Tara Talks
Tara Talks is a web series of short videos, each offering a bit of timeless and essential wisdom. They give us a “sacred pause” and help us bring more mindfulness, compassion and presence to our busy lives.
Tara Talks – Opening to Reality Means Full Engagement (not Resignation) (2:31 min.)
Every time our heart gets really broken open by loss, there can be more attunement to what it means to be unconditionally loving. This frees us to act more fully, honestly, true...
Tara Talks: When an Attempt at Reconnection Goes Astray (6:13 min.)
Deep reconciliation requires radically opening – inwardly to ourselves, then outwardly to the other – and saying, “OK… What’s it like to be you in this right now? I’m listening.”...
Tara Talks: Not Enough Time (3:27 min.)
The more stressed we are, the more likely it is that we’ll mistake the needs of someone we care about for “an interruption.” Listen to and watch the full talk: Listening to the...
Tara Talks – Reflection: The Practice of Serving as a Gateway to Happiness
Taste what it’s like, in the body and in the heart, to feel a sense of your own being when you’re helping. “Every time I take a step in the direction of generosity, I know that I...
Tara Talks: What Am I Running From Right Now?
Tara shares a dear friend’s end-of-life insights on how every one of us has something we’re running from. It’s when we start recognizing what we’re resisting that we can re-enter...
Tara Talks: We Have To Listen (2:48 min.)
Longfellow’s insight that “if we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man’s life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility” is really...
Tara Talks: A Forgiving Heart (2:42 min. video)
What is the real process of forgiving when we've been hurt? This short talk focuses on the key element that allows us to let go of blame and free our hearts.
Tara Talks: The “If Only” Mind (3:01 min. video)
Without desire, this world would not exist. Yet if we become possessed by our need to have life a certain way, we lose our capacity for presence and joy. Listen and watch the...
Tara Talks: The Warmth of Compassion (3:44 min. video)
We cultivate compassion by letting ourselves be touched by the suffering within and around us. As this short presentation shows, this requires intention and courage. Watch and...
Tara Talks: Keeping Busy (5:04 min. video)
We are sometimes described as "human doings" versus "human beings." In this short presentation we look at how our drive to keep busy and to over-achieve is a way of avoiding...
Tara Talks: Catching Fear Thoughts (3:49 min. video)
Unless we recognize it, fear thinking can take over our lives. This brief talk points to the power of these thoughts, and the importance of cultivating mindfulness of them....
Tara Talks: This Moment Counts (3:01 min. video)
Much of our life we have the sense that we are on our way to something else. In this short talk we hear an ancient myth with a timeless reminder: What we are seeking is here,...
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