Empathy Rooted in Action | Terry Tempest Williams

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What did you love? What would you like to hear?

Season two of Becoming Wise is a wrap! We’re so grateful you joined us for these months of reflection and recentering. Before we go away to work on our next season, we’d love to hear from you. What did you love? How can we make the podcast even better? Go to onbeing.org/bwsurvey ...  Show more

Releasing Anger as an Act of Self-Compassion | Sharon Salzberg and Robert Thurman

The last episode of season two. Robert Thurman and Sharon Salzberg are icons of American Buddhism, and they are joyful, longtime friends. They challenge us to reframe our anger by seeing love for our enemies as an act of self-compassion. “It’s very hard to see love as a force, as ...  Show more

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