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10% Happier with Dan Harris
It was mentioned as the book that Dan's wife gave him in 2008 or 2009. It was his first real exposure to Buddhism.
So I was compelled by guys like Deepak and Eckhart, but also quite frustrated, especially with Tolle because I didn't feel like he provided any practical advice for dealing with this aspect of the hum...
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It was mentioned as the book that Dan's wife gave him in 2008 or 2009. It was his first real exposure to Buddhism.
So I was compelled by guys like Deepak and Eckhart, but also quite frustrated, especially with Tolle because I didn't feel like he provided any practical advice for dealing with this aspect of the human condition, the voice in our heads.
So she handed me the book and I was looking at it and I liked this guy immediately because he had actual credentials. He's a Harvard-trained psychiatrist.
So she handed me the book and I was looking at it and I liked this guy immediately because he had actual credentials. He's a Harvard-trained psychiatrist. By the way, the book Bianca gave me was called Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart, and it's one of many books that Mark has written about the overlap between ancient Buddhism and modern psychology.
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This was mentioned as the first book the speaker read on meditation and Buddhism, and it profoundly changed his life.
He wrote a, what was I think the first book I ever read on meditation and on Buddhism called Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart which was a gift from my wife and this is an overused phrase but I'm going to use it anyway because it happens to be apt in this case changed my life.
that first book of mine that you read uh going to pieces with that falling apart that was another way of talking about the same thing
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This book was given to Dan Harris by his wife in 2009 and it genuinely changed his life, serving as his first introduction to Buddhism.
Bianca gave me one of Mark's books, it was called Going to Pieces without Falling Apart back in 2009, and it genuinely changed my life.
Episode: Mark Epstein, Combining Buddhism and Western Psych...
Dan Harris identified this as the first book he ever read on meditation and Buddhism, received as a gift from his wife, and he stated that it changed his life.
He wrote a, what was I think the first book I ever read on meditation and on Buddhism called Going to Pieces Without Falling Apart which was a gift from my wife and this is an overused phrase but I'm going to use it anyway because it happens to be apt in this case changed my life.
Episode: Dr. Mark Epstein
This was the specific book by Dr. Epstein that Dan Harris first read, which profoundly impacted his understanding of the Buddha.
The name of the book that I read was going to pieces without falling apart
the way I structured that book because I had just read all this Buddhist tantric stuff was around the four stages of Tibetan tantra which are compared to the process of falling in love so it was I think looking smiling embracing and orgasm
Episode: Dr. Mark Epstein
This was the first book by Dr. Mark Epstein that the host read, and it completely changed his perspective on Buddhism. The host highly recommended this book, among all of Epstein's works.
The name of the book that I read was going to pieces without falling apart