Tara Brach Without Anxiety About Imperfection - featuring special guest, Haemin Sunim, with Tara Brach
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Jan 25, 2019 
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Freedom From Anxiety About Imperfection
- True freedom is being without anxiety about imperfection, a core Zen teaching Hemin cites.
- Recognizing imperfection as thought releases its power to define you.
Perfection That Lives Only In Our Head
- Haemin describes obsessing over his radio voice and re-recording until his producer said they couldn't tell a difference.
- The producer's comment revealed the imagined perfection lived mostly in Haemin's head.
Reframe Setbacks Into Small Gifts
- Accept that you are not in control and reframe setbacks by finding the bright side.
- Use small practical reframes (missed train → unexpected hour for food) to ease anxiety about imperfection.