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Real Love The Art of Mindful Connection

Sharon Salzberg

The You are a person worthy of love. You don’t have to do anything to deserve all the love in the world.

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10% Happier with Dan Harris

The book was highlighted throughout the series as Sharon Salzberg’s latest work that inspired several guided meditations and was praised by Dan Harris as an excellent, skill‑based approach to love and compassion. Salzberg herself referenced sections of the book when explaining practices for dealing with inner criticism, relationship challenges, and self‑goodness. Harris repeatedly described it as great and noted he was reading it, framing it as a valuable tool for cultivating mindful connection. Overall, the podcast presented the book as a highly recommended resource for listeners.

Highly Recommended

Episode: An Ingenious Way to Handle Your Inner Critic | Bon...

This was Sharon Salzberg's most recent book mentioned, and the meditation practice discussed was inspired by part one of it.

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This is a practice inspired by part one of my book Real Love.

Episode: Homicide Prevention Meditation | Bonus Meditation...

The practice used in the meditation was inspired by the second section of this book, which explored what real love could mean in various relationships. The book addresses how to love skillfully and deal with difficulties like loss, disappointment, hurt, and fear within relationships.

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This practice is inspired by the second section of my book Real Love.

As we explore what real love can mean with our partners, our children, our parents, our siblings, as well as friends, colleagues and spiritual teachers, whomever.

Episode: Handling Holiday Stress (Bonus Episode!)

Sharon Salzberg's forthcoming book, which Dan Harris was currently reading, was mentioned as great.

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And the fourth coming, Real Love, which comes out in June, which I'm reading right now and it's great.

Episode: Guided Meditation: Remembering Your Goodness (Bonu...

The book was released around the time of the podcast episode and discusses how one can practice compassion and love just as one practices mindfulness and concentration. The meditations offered with the book focus on connecting with one's own goodness as a counter to self-criticism and negative thinking.

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This one's from the legendary Sharon Salisberg who is releasing a new book called Real Love which is about the fact that just as you can practice mindfulness and concentration and calm, you can actually practice compassion and love which is a pretty revolutionary headline.

This meditation was inspired by the first section of my book Real Love because many of us find ourselves ruminating on the things we regret and the mistakes we've made, sometimes, predominantly sometimes almost exclusively.

We experiment with this kind of exercise to broaden our perspective. It will help you redirect your attention and remember your basic goodness or worth.

The point is not to deny your mistakes but to understand that if you keep rehearsing them, analyzing them, creating stories around them, you're going to be reinforcing the pain and alienation they've already caused you.

When you can recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you're building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring, standing in that place increases your ability to look honestly and directly at whatever's difficult and gives you the energy and the courage to move forward.

Episode: Sharon Salzberg, 'Real Love'

The speaker admitted to only reading half of this excellent new book because he was deeply engrossed in writing his own book. The book was presented as a way to redefine love as a skill or ability, contrasting with the common thought of love as a commodity.

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I have been a bad boy, a bad friend and only read half of Real Love which is excellent as everything she has written has been but I didn't get to read all of it so I admit that to her

This book is really a way to redefine what love is as a skill or an ability.

I've read half of this excellent book and then I got sucked into writing my own book full disclosure from the jump

And it follows on your previous books Real Happiness, Real Happiness at Work. And also you're really from my point of view seminal book of loving kindness early on

Episode: Handling Holiday Stress (Bonus Episode!)

Sharon Salzberg's forthcoming book, which the host was reading and described as great, was mentioned.

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And the fourth coming, Real Love, which comes out in June, which I'm reading right now and it's great.

Episode: Guided Meditation: Remembering Your Goodness (Bonu...

The book's content inspired a series of guided meditations focusing on connecting with one's own goodness as a counter to self-criticism. It suggested that one can practice compassion and love just as one practices mindfulness.

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This one's from the legendary Sharon Salisberg who is releasing a new book called Real Love which is about the fact that just as you can practice mindfulness and concentration and calm, you can actually practice compassion and love which is a pretty revolutionary headline.

This meditation was inspired by the first section of my book Real Love because many of us find ourselves ruminating on the things we regret and the mistakes we've made, sometimes, predominantly sometimes almost exclusively.

The point is not to deny your mistakes but to understand that if you keep rehearsing them, analyzing them, creating stories around them, you're going to be reinforcing the pain and alienation they've already caused you.

When you can recognize and reflect on even one good thing about yourself, you're building a bridge to a place of kindness and caring, standing in that place increases your ability to look honestly and directly at whatever's difficult and gives you the energy and the courage to move forward.

And remember you can hear more free guided meditations from Sharon based on her new book on the 10% happier app.

Episode: Sharon Salzberg, 'Real Love'

The book was discussed as a way to redefine love as a skill or ability rather than a fixed amount or external commodity. It explored self-compassion, love for all beings, and love for life itself.

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This book is really a way to redefine what love is as a skill or an ability.

I have been a bad boy, a bad friend and only read half of Real Love which is excellent as everything she has written has been...

You will hear me admit this early on in the interview because I have been so deep in my own writing for my own book that is coming out at New Year's.

Episode: Handling Holiday Stress (Bonus Episode!)

This forthcoming book was stated to be great, and the host mentioned he was currently reading it.

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And the fourth coming, Real Love, which comes out in June, which I'm reading right now and it's great.

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