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Real Life The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom

Sharon Salzberg

Merging the insights of inspiring voices with her own understanding of mindfulness, When confronted with pain and obstacles, we often shrink back and contract out of fear and disappointment. That can become a way of life.

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10% Happier with Dan Harris

The host highlighted the title as Sharon Salzberg’s latest 2023 release, noting it was her twelfth book that explored moving from feelings of contraction and isolation toward openness and freedom. Dan Harris repeatedly praised it as “fabulous” and recommended it during several episodes, while Salzberg herself discussed its pandemic‑origin and its teachings on the inner journey. The overall impression was that the book was a highly regarded, fresh addition to her body of work.

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Episode: Pain Is Inevitable. Suffering Is Optional. Here’s...

It was mentioned as a new book released by Sharon Salzberg in 2023.

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In 2023, Sharon released two new books: Real Life, available from Flatiron Books, and Finding Your Way, a small gift book from Workman.

Episode: Sharon Salzberg Takes on the Cliches: Authenticity...

This was the author's 12th book, released in 2023, and it focused on what life is like when we feel most contracted and trapped, and conversely, when we feel more expansive.

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The book that came out in april's called real life that was book number 12 and i like that what a lot is about what life is like when we're feeling most contracted and most trapped

Episode: Neuroaesthetics: How Art Can Improve and Extend Yo...

The host mentioned finishing this book by frequent guest Sharon Salzberg and described it as fabulous.

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Sharon Salsberg I'm a big fan of hers too and I just finished real life I don't know if you've had a chance to read that yet it's fabulous it's really fabulous book

Episode: Is It Really Possible (Or Wise) to Send Good Vibes...

This was Sharon Salzberg's most recent book at the time of the recording, and she was a guest on the show to discuss it previously.

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She was most recently a guest here on the show back on April 10th when we talked about her new book Real Life.

Episode: From the Metta Hour Podcast with Sharon Salzberg |...

This was presented as Sharon Salzberg's new book, and an excerpt from the audiobook was played, featuring Sharon herself reading from it. The book outlines a path toward openness and freedom by merging inspiring insights with her own teachings.

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I'm a huge fan of Sharon's also consider her friend and for those reasons I wanted to give you a special preview of her new book which is called Real Life the Journey from Isolation to openness and freedom.

So we are dropping a little excerpt of her book read by Sharon herself so here we go now with a little chunk of real life via Sharon Salzberg.

McMillan Audio presents real life, the journey from isolation to openness and freedom. Written and read for you by Sharon Salzberg.

An earlier book I wrote, Real Love, was about just that love. Real change was about systemic change with an emphasis on linking interchange to change in the world.

Real life is about the inner journey and journeys we make when we decide to fully live life, whatever the world has presented to us, knowing that life is short and also that life is sacred.

Episode: Sharon Salzberg On: Openness, Not Believing the St...

This was described as Sharon Salzberg's latest book, which was born while she was in lockdown during the pandemic. The exploration within the book centered on when people feel most constricted versus most expansive and open.

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Her latest is called, Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom.

The book was born actually while I was in lockdown as so many people were during the pandemic height and I was watching this show on YouTube called Saturday Night Sater

so that's why I like this book I like a lot you know sometimes when I think it's my 12th book I think but I feel like one thing I did in this book was in theater we would say I broke the fourth wall I felt like I was addressing people very directly in different ways called real life the journey from isolation to openness and freedom published by flat iron

Episode: Me, A Love Story: How Being OK With Yourself Makes...

This forthcoming release from Flatiron Books was set for release in April of 2023, and content from it previewed in Dan Harris's TED Talk.

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And now one of the theses of that book is actually based on this line from this movie, Dan, in real life, in which Peter had just who wrote it and directed it said, love is not a feeling. It's an ability.

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