The Honesty Challenge – Getting More Truthful with Ourselves and Our World
What does it truly mean to be honest—with ourselves, with each other, and with the world we share? In this talk, Tara explores radical self-honesty as a pathway to inner freedom and authentic connection. While honesty is often thought of as simply “telling the truth,”...
Compassion in Times of Conflict—a Conversation with Tara, Paul Gilbert, and Rick Hanson
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, Tara and internationally renowned psychologist Dr. Paul Gilbert, reflect on how our evolutionary...
This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Devon & Nico Hase
In this conversation, Tara is joined by two longtime friends and wonderful teachers, Devon and Nico Hase, to explore their recent book, This Messy, Gorgeous Love: A Buddhist Guide to Lasting Partnership. This refreshingly real and relatable book offers guidance for...
Your Awake Heart Is Calling You: Healing Separation and Returning to Loving Presence
In this talk, we’ll explore the deep evolutionary and spiritual currents that shape our lives—the pull of fear and separation, and the quiet, persistent call toward love, compassion, and belonging. Drawing on stories, reflections, and contemplative practices,...
Love-Based Activism: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Mohsen Mahdawi – Part II
In this conversation, Tara is joined by Mohsen Mahdawi—Palestinian refugee, Buddhist practitioner, and courageous voice for justice—whose life bridges worlds that are so often held apart. Growing up in a refugee camp and later emerging as a student leader and...
Love-Based Activism: A Conversation with Tara Brach and Mohsen Mahdawi – Part I
In this conversation, Tara is joined by Mohsen Mahdawi—Palestinian refugee, Buddhist practitioner, and courageous voice for justice—whose life bridges worlds that are so often held apart. Growing up in a refugee camp and later emerging as a student leader and advocate...
The Power of Inquiry in Spiritual Awakening – Part 1
In spiritual life, inquiry arises from our deep yearning to understand reality, and it involves bringing an interested, engaged attention to our immediate experience. These two talks explore how inquiry serves emotional healing by focusing on difficult “stuck”...
Letting Go of Controlling: The Path of Freedom – Part 2
While it’s natural to try to control our life experience, our chronic controlling cuts us off from presence and obscures the loving awareness that is our essence. This series of talks explores how we can let go in four key domains of controlling: clinging to...
Letting Go of Controlling: The Path of Freedom – Part 1
While it’s natural to try to control our life experience, our chronic controlling cuts us off from presence and obscures the loving awareness that is our essence. This series of talks explores how we can let go in four key domains of controlling: clinging to...
3 Degrees Friendlier: Small Shifts That Transform Everything
What might change if you were three degrees friendlier than you are now? Not more accommodating or self-sacrificing, but authentically friendlier—to your inner life, with others, and in how you meet the world. In this talk, I explore what friendliness actually is, why...
Coming Home to True Refuge | Finding Peace Through Awareness, Truth, and Love
In this talk, we’ll explore what it truly means to find refuge—not through controlling life, but by coming home to the living truth of our experience. Our deepest refuge—the source of peace, safety, and freedom—is discovered through direct realization of reality...
Seeing the Light in Each Other
This talk explores how to see past the mask of personality and glimpse the sacred goodness shining through each person we meet. As we become mirrors of this goodness, we help one another trust the divine essence that connects us...
Meditation: Meeting Life with a Kind Presence (21:28 min.)
This practice guides us to a receptive, kind presence by starting with listening, and moving through a body scan. We then rest in an open awareness, responding to whatever arises with a gentle...