Radical Compassion
by Tara Brach
Brach's RAIN practice, recognize, allow, investigate, nurture, applied to shame, fear, anger, difficult relationships and self-doubt, with stories from her clinical and teaching work. It is the practical companion to Radical Acceptance, more method-focused, and useful for working with hard emotions in real time.
Read it if…
you want a single, repeatable practice for difficult emotions.
Skip it if…
you want theory; this is application.
Three things you will actually use
- Recognize and allow before you fix.
- Investigate with the body, not just the mind.
- Nurture: speak to yourself as to a friend.
Do this first
Next wave of self-criticism, run RAIN: name it, let it be, feel where it lives, offer yourself kindness.
Our verdict
Practical and kind; a method for hard moments.
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