Tag: self-forgiveness

  • We all could use more Radical Acceptance

    We all could use more Radical Acceptance

    “Radical Acceptance is the art of engaging fully in this world” The final chapter of Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach brings all of the themes of the book together for one final reminder: None of us are separate. None of us are unworthy.

  • We are all “waking up” together

    We are all “waking up” together

    We are wounded in relationship and we need to heal in relationship. While so much of the wise teachings in the book Radical Acceptance focus on our relationship with ourselves and our solitary practices to be at peace with who we are, the theme of the eleventh chapter is that we can’t get there alone.…

  • Forgiving yourself and others is super hard (and just might be the most important thing you’ll ever learn)

    Forgiving yourself and others is super hard (and just might be the most important thing you’ll ever learn)

    Let’s be honest, forgiving someone who has done something wrong (including yourself) is really hard. The biggest barrier to forgiveness (for me) is thinking of it as “losing”. It can feel like if I forgive someone, I’m saying what happened was ok, when it wasn’t. That’s the wrong way to think about it but I…