Tara Brach is an American psychologist and Buddhist teacher who has brought self-compassion into the language of personal change. Let’s explore the RAIN meditation that we can use when we turn against ourselves. RAIN is a process I introduce in some way to most clients. In her book Radical Compassion, Tara informs us that any […]
As a therapist struggling with chronic (yes, decades-long) depression and anxiety, I know what it’s like to wake up and feel like a failure. To wonder why things that seem easy for others feel impossible. To hypothesize about what is wrong with you. To see mistakes as failures and fear repeating them. To avoid feelings […]