Healing Painful Patterns with Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD

Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and teacher of Buddhist meditation and Buddhist psychology. Drawing on decades of experience as a therapist and mindfulness meditation teacher, she helps people understand the trauma behind their painful emotional patterns in her new book Heart Medicine: How to Stop Painful Patterns and Find Peace and Freedom—at Last

In this episode, Radhule discusses:

• How the Dalai Lama encouraged her to share Buddhist teachings and practices
• How her new book Heart Medicine was born out of her wish to heal her own trauma
• The wider perspective her Tibetan-influenced meditation practice gives her
• LRPPs
• Looking at difficult times as portals
• What she learned about trauma recovery while working on her dissertation
• The impact of generational trauma
• How changing your beliefs may not be enough
• Using mindfulness skills to change your relationship to longstanding painful patterns
• Working towards compassion
• The free online mindfulness program she created: Mindful Heart Programs
• The benefits of creating a mindfulness practice
• The challenge of becoming aware of things you’re not aware of
• The clues your body gives you
• Accessing compassion

Radhule’s website: https://www.radhuleweiningerphd.com/home

Free Mindfulness platform: https://mindfulheartprograms.org/

Sign up for Radhule’s July 2022 course at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY: https://www.eomega.org/search?query=radhule+weininger

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