Radical Acceptance: Letting Go Of How Things "Should" Be

So much of our stress doesn't come from the situation itself, it comes from the story we keep telling ourselves about how things shouldn't be this way. We replay, we resist, we exhaust ourselves fighting what already is.
This guided meditation walks you through the practice of radical acceptance, not as a way of giving up or approving of things that aren't okay, but as a way of reclaiming the energy you've been losing to resistance. You'll move through three layers of acceptance: yourself, the people in your life, and the circumstances you're facing right now.

Radical acceptance is the groundwork for actually being able to change things, because you can't respond wisely to something you refuse to see clearly. When you stop insisting reality should be different, you free yourself up to ask a much better question: "What can I do from here?"