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Luminaries · 1953–

Tara Brach

Emotional WellbeingSpiritual Growth

Combines meditation and clinical psychology into a practice of radical acceptance and self-compassion.

Tara Brach is included in the Luminaries collection for work associated with Emotional Wellbeing and Spiritual Growth. This profile offers a starting point for readers who want to place that work within the wider personal-development tradition.

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Luminaries

movement in the collection

1953–

life and work

2

focus areas

Ideas associated with the work

  • Explore the work through emotional wellbeing
  • Explore the work through spiritual growth
“The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.”

— Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance

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“The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.”

— Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance

Combines meditation and clinical psychology into a practice of radical acceptance and self-compassion.

  • Emotional Wellbeing
  • Spiritual Growth

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01

Radical Acceptance

2003 · Meeting life without self-judgment.

02

True Refuge

2013 · Finding steadiness in hard times.

03

Radical Compassion

2019 · The RAIN practice in detail.

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