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Part 2 – Radical Compassion – Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing

Jan 15, 2025


Drawn from Tara’s book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) awakens the active, embodied caring that heals and frees our hearts. Through the framework of this practice, we look at how we can reconnect with the gold of our true nature, navigating life’s challenges with mindfulness and love.

In Part 2, Tara explores:

  • Stories and reflections that illustrate the healing potential of Radical Compassion in even the most challenging relationships.Drawn from Tara’s new book, Radical Compassion (2020), these three talks explore how the RAIN practice (Recognize, Allow, Investigate, Nurture) awakens the active, embodied caring that heals and frees our hearts.
  • How unmet needs and emotional reactivity block authentic connection in relationships.
  • The “limbic controller” and its strategies, such as blame, avoidance, and pretending, that create distance in relationships.
  • The transformative power of the RAIN practice in healing relational patterns and fostering deeper intimacy.
  • The importance of recognizing the “goodness behind the mask” in ourselves and others to bridge separation.

Check Radical Compassion for more information on Tara’s latest book, including links to order.

“Be Ground
Be crumbled, so wildflowers will come up where you are.
You’ve been stony for too many years.
Try something different.
Surrender.”
~ Jalaluddin Rumi

This talk also freely available on Insight Timer in audio.

Enjoy the transcript in blog format – includes cuts from the meditations from the talk – also on Insight Timer.

Link to Part 1 Radical Compassion – Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing

Photo: Christy Sharshel

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