Relaxing the Over Controller with Tara Brach (Part 1)

Relaxing the Over Controller with Tara Brach (Part 1) Do you ever feel stuck in the habit of over-controlling your life? While it's natural to want to protect and promote our well-being, excessive control can create deep suffering. In this talk, Tara Brach explores the emergence of the fear-based “over-controller” and how mindfulness and self-awareness can help us relax into our natural state of being. By witnessing our need for control with compassionate awareness, we can let go of fear-driven habits and reconnect with a more spontaneous, wise, and loving presence. ✨ Key Insights: ✔️ Understanding the over-controller and its impact on our well-being ✔️ How excessive control leads to stress, anxiety, and disconnection ✔️ Awareness practices to relax control and trust the flow of life ✔️ Awakening to wholeness, presence, and true inner freedom Watch Part 2 here: https://youtu.be/MIkXPMHkKM8 Subscribe to Tara's podcast: https://tbrach.com/3WKHdfO Support Tara's Work: If you find value in these talks and wish to support their continuation, please consider making a donation. Your generosity helps us keep these teachings available to all. Visit: https://www.tarabrach.com/donation/ With thanks and love, Tara ----- In times of hardship, we have a choice: repeat old fear-based patterns or awaken to a deeper wisdom and love. Transforming Suffering into Freedom is a free 5-session mini-course by Tara Brach that explores key principles for navigating difficulty in ways that lead to healing and freedom—both personally and collectively. Delivered directly to your inbox, this on-demand course allows you to watch or listen at your own pace, whenever it fits your schedule. Sign up now for this transformative mini-course and start shifting your relationship to suffering today. https://tbrach.com/freedom-course When we leave embodied presence, we lose contact with our naturally wise heart. The Embodied Presence: Our Pathway to Wisdom, Love and Full Aliveness course invites us back into awareness of our body, and guides us in meeting difficult emotions with the healing of a mindful and kind presence. The gift is experiencing our full potential for vitality, clarity and love. Enroll in the course today: https://tbrach.com/3X4xlOa Stay connected to Tara: ▪️YouTube: Subscribe & Like the Channel ▪️Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tara-brach/id265264862 ▪️Spotify Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/37McjD0j2cdu4GExcFQgm0 ▪️Website: tarabrach.com ▪️Facebook: /tarabrach ▪️Instagram: @tarabrach ▪️Threads: @tarabrach #RelaxAndAwaken #Meditation #SelfAwareness #EmotionalHealing #SpiritualGrowth #InnerPeace