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Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN by Tara Brach
habkehanna's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
5/5 ⭐
0/5 🌶️
Tropes
- meditation
- spiritual and Buddhist themes
- self help
📖 My Thoughts
This book was recommended to me by my therapist. I found that I could feel empathy for others but have a hard time holding space for myself. I can recognize my own feelings, but accepting them and nurturing them is another thing. The inner work i feel like will be difficult but totally doable. Where I got triggered was applying compassion to all relationships outside of my inner world. Particularly when it comes to forgiveness. Without diving into too much detail, I don’t have the space right now to forgive the person who is the “cause” of my therapy. However the book describes a philosophy of how learning self compassion is what allows you to extend to other beings. Overall I loved this book and recommend it for anyone who is interested in meditation, mindfulness, and healing trauma.
⚠️ Triggers
Drugs, addiction, disability, eating disorders, mentions of various religions, suicide thoughts, death, divorce and some extras.
🏳️🌈Representation
This is non fiction but it did have stories from people from all walks of life. Old/young, disabled and athletes, people with addiction, people of colour, queer folks, etc. Tara acknowledges that she is writing from a white prospective, but she stayed true to an intersectional and compassionate approach.
📝 Special Notes
This is her second most recent book on this topic. I have not read the first.
0/5 🌶️
Tropes
- meditation
- spiritual and Buddhist themes
- self help
📖 My Thoughts
This book was recommended to me by my therapist. I found that I could feel empathy for others but have a hard time holding space for myself. I can recognize my own feelings, but accepting them and nurturing them is another thing. The inner work i feel like will be difficult but totally doable. Where I got triggered was applying compassion to all relationships outside of my inner world. Particularly when it comes to forgiveness. Without diving into too much detail, I don’t have the space right now to forgive the person who is the “cause” of my therapy. However the book describes a philosophy of how learning self compassion is what allows you to extend to other beings. Overall I loved this book and recommend it for anyone who is interested in meditation, mindfulness, and healing trauma.
⚠️ Triggers
Drugs, addiction, disability, eating disorders, mentions of various religions, suicide thoughts, death, divorce and some extras.
🏳️🌈Representation
This is non fiction but it did have stories from people from all walks of life. Old/young, disabled and athletes, people with addiction, people of colour, queer folks, etc. Tara acknowledges that she is writing from a white prospective, but she stayed true to an intersectional and compassionate approach.
📝 Special Notes
This is her second most recent book on this topic. I have not read the first.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Drug abuse
carolinerosereads's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.75
gijs's review against another edition
4.0
3,5 stars; useful insights and a workable RAIN (recognize allow investigate nurture) principle up until chapter 6; afterwards the story takes a deep nosedive and feels redundant.
kellym10's review against another edition
5.0
This book rang true for me as a way to work through difficult emotions and feelings I'm not proud of having.
audhdylan's review against another edition
5.0
I intend to come back and write a thorough review of this soon. One of the better self-help books I've read, as recommended by my therapist.