Honoring the life of a longtime friend of the Be Here Network, Ralph De La Rosa, this special episode explores Ralph’s wisdom on moving through trauma via the heart of compassion.
If you’d like to honor Ralph De La Rosa’s legacy by supporting his family, a GoFundMe has been created to help with the significant and unexpected expenses following his passing - Honoring Ralph's Life: Support their family
In this conversation with Jackie Dobrinska from June 2024, Ralph shares his wisdom on the topics of:
- The nourishment that daily spiritual practice brought to Ralph's healing journey
- Ralph’s difficulties with mental health, bullying, neurodivergence, and gender non-conformity
- How spiritual bypassing can distract from real healing and disconnect us from reality
- The myth of constant happiness and why true bliss involves emotional depth
- Cultivating self-compassion to transform trauma, fear, and emotional heartbreak
- Healing from the inside out by embracing pain as a teacher and guide
- A 20-minute guided meditation/compassion practice led by Ralph
- Ralph’s transformative rehab experience and introduction to Buddhist teachings
- Developing an embodied sense of self-love, safety, and inner affection
- Exploring subjective perception and rewriting our personal and collective narratives
- Using curiosity as a stepping stone when we are struggling to get to compassion
- Healing trauma by reconnecting with the inner child (with therapeutic support)
- Acknowledging our defense mechanisms and communicating with the parts of ourselves that are stuck in survival mode
- Letting go of past emotional residue and rebuilding trust in the heart’s wisdom
- Understanding the difference between real love/compassion and codependent patterns/poor boundaries
Today's episode is sponsored by Reunion & Dharma Seed:
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Join Krishna Das, the most well-known voice of Bhakti chanting (Kirtan) in the West, and David Nichtern - a senior Buddhist teacher, founder of Dharma Moon, guitarist in Krishna Das’ band, and producer of several of his albums - for a warm and engaging conversation about these two paths, their shared roots, and how they intersect in contemporary spiritual practice. Learn more about this FREE online gathering - THE HEART & MIND OF PRACTICE: BUDDHISM & BHAKTI
About Ralph De La Rosa:
Ralph De La Rosa (he/they) was a teacher of human spirituality, an internationally published author and a trauma-focused psychotherapist. Ralph worked in private practice and was a seasoned meditation teacher known for his radically open and humorous teaching style. He was personally mentored by Richard Schwartz, founder and developer of
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