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TED Radio Hour · Dec 5, 2025
Finding your bliss
“Early 20th-century poet whose letters to young poet inform Christa Tippett's philosophy of living with questions”
Meditation and Mindfulness PracticesLoving-Kindness Meditation (Metta)Living with Uncertainty and Open Questions
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Tara Brach · Nov 20, 2025
Awakening Compassion in a Fearful World: The Practice of Tonglen
“German poet quoted for his concept of 'widening circles' that reach across the world in expanding compassion”
Tonglen meditation practiceCompassion cultivation and trainingEmpathy deficit in digital communication
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Trauma: The Light Shines through the Broken Places
“Quoted at episode close with poem about brokenness, shattering, and emergence of strength through fragility”
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms and prevalenceNeurobiology of trauma and nervous system dysregulationGenerational and intergenerational trauma transmission
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