Tara Brach
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This book by Tara Brach has been genuinely recommended 12 times on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: BJ Miller, Martha Beck, Tim Ferriss. It comes up in conversations about addiction & recovery, anxiety & stress, brain health, consciousness, depression & mood. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from Sep 2020 and the most recent from May 2024. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.
“a book that helped me a lot with this... was Radical acceptance by Tara Brock... the book is so good”
Said during "Tony Robbins and Jerry Colonna, The Tim Ferriss Show". The episode features Tony Robbins and Jerry Colonna: Tony Robbins is a peak-performance coach and bestselling author of Money: Master the Game, Life Force, and Awaken the Giant Within. Jerry Colonna is co-founder and CEO of executive-coaching firm Reboot, a former VC (Flatiron Partners, JP Morgan), and author of Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up. A 10-year anniversary combo episode pairing Tony Robbins on daily priming and asymmetric investing with Jerry Colonna on coaching, depression, and self-acceptance.
“Tera Brock the well-known meditation teacher also writer radical acceptance is a fantastic book shared with me”
Said during "Brené Brown and Edward O. Thorp, The Tim Ferriss Show". The episode features Brene Brown and Edward O. Thorp: Two featured guests: Brene Brown, University of Houston research professor and six-time #1 NYT bestselling author (Atlas of the Heart, Dare to Lead); and Edward O. Thorp, mathematics professor, legendary blackjack player and hedge fund manager, author of Beat the Dealer and A Man for All Markets. A 10-year anniversary super-combo pairing Brene Brown on self-acceptance and armor with Edward Thorp on beating Vegas and Wall Street.
“there's a book with a very Bland title called radical acceptance by Tara Brock that I found very very particularly helpful to me in this in this instance”
Said during "Dr. Gabor Maté and Dr. BJ Miller, The Tim Ferriss Show". The episode features Dr. Gabor Mate and Dr. BJ Miller: Two featured guests: Dr. Gabor Mate, addiction and trauma expert and bestselling author (In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, When the Body Says No, The Myth of Normal); and Dr. BJ Miller, hospice and palliative care physician, triple amputee, and speaker whose TED Talk on end-of-life has 17M+ views. A Tim Ferriss anniversary super-combo pairing trauma expert Dr. Gabor Mate with hospice physician Dr. BJ Miller on healing, addiction, and dying well.
“it's time for me to go back and reread Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach, probably. Martha Beck: Yeah, that's a great book.”
Said during "The Amazing and Brutal Results of Zero Lies for 365 Days, Martha Beck". The episode features Martha Beck: Harvard-trained sociologist, life coach, and bestselling author (The Way of Integrity); ex-Mormon known for radical honesty and somatic, joy-based coaching. Martha Beck on tracking joy in the body, her year of zero lies, and how curiosity defeats anxiety.
“If you haven't read it, folks, Radical Acceptance, which DarDar, I owe DarDar thanks for.”
Said during "2024 New Year’s Resolutions, AI Upheavel, & Much More! | The Random Show (4K)". The episode features Kevin Rose: Kevin Rose with Tim Ferriss. Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose share 2024 resolutions, advising tips, AI, and candid stories on ketamine therapy, caffeine, and ayahuasca.
“Tara Brach, who wrote an incredible book called Radical Acceptance. So I'd say Tara Brach is definitely one.”
Said during "Q&A with Tim, PR and Marketing Lessons, Time Dilation, Selling to the Affluent, and Much More". The episode features Tim Ferriss: Author of The 4-Hour Workweek, 4-Hour Body and 4-Hour Chef, host of The Tim Ferriss Show podcast, early-stage startup investor and advisor to companies including Shopify, Uber and TaskRabbit. Tim Ferriss fields a solo live Q&A on PR, marketing, launching products, selling to the affluent, time dilation, and his personal protocols.
“read this book and recommended it to me and i found it tremendously tremendously helpful and it may be time for me to revisit it”
Said during "Dr. Gabor Maté, The Myth of Normal". The episode features Dr. Gabor Maté: Renowned physician and best-selling author on addiction, stress, and childhood development; author of The Myth of Normal, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, and When the Body Says No. Trauma physician Gabor Maté explains how a sick culture disconnects us from ourselves, and why healing means reconnecting.
“reading a book like Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach is incredibly helpful... I think that book is spectacular”
Said during "Q&A with Tim, Tools for Better Sleep, Parenting, Fear, How to Boost Your Mood, and More". The episode features Tim Ferriss: Author of The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, and Tools of Titans, and host of The Tim Ferriss Show. This is a solo Q&A episode where he both asks and answers, fielding live-chat and pre-submitted listener questions. Tim Ferriss answers live and submitted Q&A on sleep, parenting, fear, mood, psychedelics, learning, and travel.
“radical acceptance by tara brock... if you want to consider radical acceptance which is a fantastic fantastic book”
Said during "Q&A with Tim, Exercise And Morning Routines, Holotropic Breathwork, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show". The episode features Tim Ferriss: Author, investor, and host of The Tim Ferriss Show, known for The 4-Hour Workweek and for interviewing world-class performers about their habits and routines. Here he flips the format to be the guest in a solo Q&A with his supporter group. Tim Ferriss answers fan questions on his morning and exercise routines, holotropic breathwork, self-compassion, meaning, and managing trauma.
“a quote from Tara Brach who's a mindfulness and meditation teacher wrote an amazing book called Radical Acceptance that I recommend to everyone”
Said during "Josh Waitzkin - The Cave Process, Advice from Future Selves, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show". The episode features Josh Waitzkin: Author of The Art of Learning, eight-time US national chess champion, two-time Tai Chi push hands world champion, and the first BJJ black belt under Marcelo Garcia. He now trains elite mental performers and runs The Art of Learning Project nonprofit. Josh Waitzkin turns the tables on Tim Ferriss, probing gating questions, the entanglement of genius and wounds, surrender, and preparing for accelerating change.
“Radical Acceptance, that's what it is. She's awesome. Acceptance is a great book. it's also one of the key books in the quiver.”
Said during "Leo Babauta on Zen Habits, Antifragility, Contentment, and Unschooling | The Tim Ferriss Show". The episode features Leo Babauta: Founder of Zen Habits, a website on simplicity and mindfulness with more than 2 million readers, named by Time among its top blogs and websites. A father of six who transformed his life starting in 2005 and now coaches others, studies Zen Buddhism, and unschools his kids. Zen Habits founder Leo Babauta on rebuilding his life one habit at a time, simplicity, contentment, unschooling, and befriending uncertainty.
“her book radical acceptance uh which has a very generic title but very impactful content for me at least radical acceptance”
Said during "Tim Ferriss, My Healing Journey After Childhood Abuse". The episode features Tim Ferriss: Tim Ferriss is the host of The Tim Ferriss Show and a bestselling author. In this deeply personal solo episode he is also the subject, joined by his friend Debbie Millman as interviewer and fellow survivor. Tim Ferriss publicly shares his childhood sexual abuse for the first time, discussing trauma, near-suicide, and the tools that aided his healing.
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