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This reads as a sober map of what family fracture leaves behind, more than a diagnosis of its many causes. It points to the shared aftermath of distance and conflict, and it lands in moments when a family is speaking past itself, where silence and accusation replace trust and the people involved are left carrying grief without easy resolution.
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About Sharon Salzberg
author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practice
Sharon Salzberg is an author and teacher of Buddhist meditation practice in the West. She co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, in 1974 with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. Her work centers on vipassanā, or insight, and mettā, or loving-kindness, and she has led meditation retreats around the world for several decades. She is known for writing and teaching in that tradition, with an emphasis on practice and attention to the mind.
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