Tara Brach and Sharon Salzberg (KCRW FM)

Life Examined (kcrw.com, 6/25/23); Crystal Q., Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Sharon Salzberg was 18 when she left New York to travel in India in search of Truth.

Tara Brach on the transformative power of radical compassion (mindful.org)

AUDIO: American Buddhist teachers Tara Brach and Sharon Salzberg  (KCRW FM)

Who is psychologist Tara Brach?

Tara Brach on meditation, emotional healing, spiritual awakening (thoughteconomics.com)

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Dr. Tara Brach, Ph.D. (born May 17, 1953) is an American psychologist, author, and Buddhist meditator.

She is a guiding teacher and founder of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington, D.C. (IMCW). Brach also teaches Buddhist meditation at centers for meditation and yoga in the United States and Europe, including Spirit Rock Meditation Center near San Francisco, California; the Kripalu Center; and the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies.

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Tara Brach talks: audio and video (tarabrach.com)

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Brach is an Engaged Buddhist, specializing in the application of Buddhist teachings like mindfulness meditation for emotional healing.

She has authored several books on these subjects, including Radical Acceptance, True Refuge, and Radical Compassion. More

Release feelings of unworthiness with Tara Brach in this Calm Masterclass (blog.calm.com)

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Who is awakened American Sharon Salzberg?

Key to meditation: "Begin again."

Sharon Salzberg (born August 5, 1952) is a Buddhist teacher and New York Times bestselling author. She teaches meditation practice in the West.

In 1974, she co-founded the Insight Meditation Society outside Boston, in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow teachers Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. Her emphasis is on insight meditation (vipassanā) and loving-kindness (mettā).

She has been leading meditation retreats around the world for over three decades, with methods originating in Theravada Buddhism.

I meditate. Mind wanders. Begin again.

Her books include Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness (1995), A Heart as Wide as the World (1999), Real Happiness - The Power of Meditation: A 28-Day Program (2010), which was on The New York Times Best Seller list in 2011, and the follow-up Real Happiness at Work (2013).

She runs the Metta Hour podcast and contributes monthly to a column On Being. More