Rider Radical Acceptance: Awakening the Love that Heals Fear and Shame

Ho deciso di leggerlo in inglese viste le pessime recensioni sulla traduzione italiana e ne è valsa la pena. Si sente l'esperienza sia di pratica meditativa sia come terapista dell'autrice. Concetti espressi in modo chiaro e delicato, sembra di sentirla parlare. E' stato di grande aiuto per approfondire alcuni aspetti della mia pratica. In particolare legati alla compassione verso se stessi.

Fantastic book that will help you bring about the changes you desire. Well worth picking up. Helps you to view things very differently

A friend recommended that I read Tara Brach. He had read this book and also listened regularly to her weekly podcast and said that her advice was useful to the point of being transformative. Though not a committed follower of any formal belief system, he is what I would term a Catholic in recovery in the process of migrating toward Buddhism. I think I can say the same about myself. There are more than a few of us out there. I suppose that Radical Acceptance can be categorized as self-help but in the best sense. I am no great fan of the genre, but I found it hard to put this book down or to dismiss Ms. Brach's arguments. The author's voice is kind but sure. Her mastery of the tenets of Buddhist teaching and how they might be applied to Western lay people feel spot on. Nearly every page has something to offer in the way of resonating observations or applicable practices. Though it has been months since I read the book, I still use one of her meditations every morning as I am driving to work. I pray for myself, my wife, those I will be working with, someone whom [try as I might not to] I despise, and then everyone and every being. It helps. "May we be filled with lovingkindness, may we be held in lovingkindness." It sound all granola and hokey but to paraphrase Herman Hesse, wisdom when spoken sounds foolish.

I love this book, it has help my healing so much!

Must read. Absolutely.