Grief Archives - Tara Brach

In this talk, we explore how compassion can arise in the midst of conflict—within our lives and in the larger world. In a conversation with moderated by Dr. Rick Hanson, […] The post Compassion in Times of Conflict—a Conversation with Tara, Paul Gilbert, and Rick Hanson appeared first on Tara Brach .

Most people get depressed at times, and many suffer greatly from bouts of major depression. At the heart of the suffering is the experience of severed belonging—of being imprisoned in […] The post Part 2: Healing Depression with Meditation appeared first on Tara Brach .

Most people get depressed at times, and many suffer greatly from bouts of major depression. At the heart of the suffering is the experience of severed belonging—of being imprisoned in […] The post Part 1: Healing Depression with Meditation appeared first on Tara Brach .

Most people get depressed at times, and many suffer greatly from bouts of major depression. At the heart of the suffering is the experience of severed belonging—of being imprisoned in […] The post Part 1: Healing Depression with Meditation appeared first on Tara Brach .

Grief is our natural way of expressing loss for what we love, and learning to open to grief serves the deepening and widening of our loving. This event, given at […] The post Being with Love, Death and Grief: Tara Brach and Frank Ostaseski appeared first on Tara Brach .

Last week, I began a two-part series inspired by Pema Chödron’s newest offering, How We Live is How We Die. It’s a powerful book that I highly recommend! (Here’s where you can […] The post Finding True Refuge in This Living Dying World – Part 2 appeared first on Tara Brach .

This week, I began a two-part series inspired by Pema Chödron’s newest offering, How We Live is How We Die. It’s a powerful book that I highly recommend! (Here’s where you can […] The post Finding True Refuge in This Living Dying World – Part 1 appeared first on Tara Brach .

Our world is changing faster than we can compute or process. Accompanying these changes are a growing violence, deepening divides, great loss and much uncertainty and fear. In this week’s […] The post Responding with Heart to Painful Times: A Conversation with Tara and Frank Ostaseski appeared first on Tara Brach .

How we relate to change and loss is directly connected to how fully we live and love. This talk looks at the classic ways we avoid opening to the realness […] The post Grieving and Timeless Love appeared first on Tara Brach .

While it’s natural to have fears of what’s ahead, when we learn to face the inevitability of change and loss without resistance, we discover true peace and freedom in the […] The post Fear of Aging: Finding Freedom in this Impermanent World – Part 2 appeared first on Tara Brach .