{"podcast":{"title":"Tara Brach","slug":"tara-brach-385339","podcast_index_feed_id":385339,"rss_url":"https://tarabrach.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.tarabrach.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/e/d/3/1ed3109f6a33105cd959afa2a1bf1c87/Tara-Brach-Podcast-Series-Art-Green-2025-Lower_Res.jpg","author":"Tara Brach","episode_count":1607,"summary":"Tara Brach, Ph.D is an internationally known meditation teacher and author of bestselling Radical Acceptance and True Refuge. Tara shares a weekly guided meditation and talk that blend Western psychology and Eastern spiritual practices. The podcast addresses the value of mindfulness meditation and self-compassion in relieving emotional suffering, serving spiritual awakening and bringing healing to our world.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T00:19:04.714828+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tara-brach-385339"},"episode":{"title":"Compassion in Times of Conflict—a Conversation with Tara, Paul Gilbert, and Rick Hanson","slug":"compassion-in-times-of-conflict-a-conversation-with-tara-paul-gilbert-and-rick-hanson","published_at":"2026-04-16T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tara-brach-385339/compassion-in-times-of-conflict-a-conversation-with-tara-paul-gilbert-and-rick-hanson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tara-brach-385339","url":"https://tarabrach.libsyn.com/compassion-in-times-of-conflicta-conversation-with-tara-paul-gilbert-and-rick-hanson","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tarabrach/2026_04_15_Talk_Compassion_in_Times_of_Conflict.mp3?dest-id=138667","summary":"In this talk, we explore how compassion can arise in the midst of conflict—within our lives and in the larger world. In a conversation with Paul Gilbert, moderated by Rick Hansen, we reflect on how our evolutionary conditioning—especially the brain's threat system—fuels fear, shame, and the reflex to see others as \"other.\" Drawing on Buddhist psychology, we look at how a sense of separation and the stories of blame keep us caught in reactivity—and how we can begin to shift out of reactivity into presence, understanding, and care. This talk includes a guided reflection for working with conflict, helping us contact the vulnerability beneath anger, reopen the heart, and widen the circle of belonging. Our introduction music is from \"Opening\" by Adrienne Torf, © 2025 ABT Music","meta_description":"In this talk, we explore how compassion can arise in the midst of conflict—within our lives and in the larger world. In a conversation with Paul Gilbert,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3824,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tara-brach-385339/episodes/compassion-in-times-of-conflict-a-conversation-with-tara-paul-gilbert-and-rick-hanson/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tara-brach-385339/compassion-in-times-of-conflict-a-conversation-with-tara-paul-gilbert-and-rick-hanson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}