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Self-help for smart people. World-class insights and practices from experts in modern science and ancient wisdom. Hosted by veteran journalist and best-selling author, Dan Harris.

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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment cover

The Power of Now

Eckhart Tolle

Mentioned 5 months ago

How To Increase Performance By Working At Your Edge -- Plus A Quick Hack For When Panic or Anxiety Swells

Dan Harris read this book, which presented the thesis that one's inner narrator owns them if they are unaware of its nonstop nattering. However, Harris found the book correct but not useful because it didn't offer much actionable advice.

Power of Now, A New Earth. Oprah Winfrey was, you know, pushing his stuff.

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How to Feel Loved

Sonja Lyubomirsky

Mentioned 5 months ago

The Science of Happiness: Five Simple Strategies for Reducing Anxiety and Increasing Connection | Sonja Lyubomirsky and Harry Reis

The book presented an empowering approach to feeling loved, arguing that it is largely within one's control by changing the conversation rather than changing oneself or the other person. It detailed five mindsets designed to help operate the 'relationship seesaw' and foster deeper connection.

In fact, that is the title of their book, How to Feel Love.

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The Art and Science of Connection

Kasley Killam

Mentioned 1 year ago

Optimize This: If You Care About Mental And Physical Health, This May Be The Missing Piece | Kasley Killam

Kasley Killam, a Harvard-trained social scientist, discussed her book, which focuses on social health and its impact on overall well-being. The book explores the importance of connection, different social styles, and strategies for improving social health.

So social health is the dimension of your overall health and well-being that comes from connection.

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Rest

Alex Soojung-Kim Pang

Mentioned 1 year ago

Dr. Sanjay Gupta On The 5 Pillars Of Brain Health

The book was briefly mentioned in relation to the concept of rest and its various forms, contrasting with the traditional understanding of rest as simply lying in a hammock.

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Keep Sharp

Sanjay Gupta M.D.

Mentioned 1 year ago

Dr. Sanjay Gupta On The 5 Pillars Of Brain Health

The podcast extensively discussed this book, which outlines five pillars of brain health. The five pillars were described in detail, including how movement, discovery, relaxation, nourishment, and connection affect brain health.

It's called Keep Sharp and it's really something that I think is of universal interest which is how do we maintain brain health for as long as possible and you have this very handy sort of five pillars, five ways that we can think about keeping our brains healthy.

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Chasing Life

Sanjay Gupta

Mentioned 1 year ago

Dr. Sanjay Gupta On The 5 Pillars Of Brain Health

It was mentioned as one of four of Dr. Gupta's New York Times best-selling books, which were discussed in the podcast introduction.

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Cheating Death

Kenneth M. Valentine

Mentioned 1 year ago

Dr. Sanjay Gupta On The 5 Pillars Of Brain Health

This book, along with three others by Dr. Gupta, was mentioned in the podcast introduction as a New York Times bestseller.

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Radical Acceptance

Tara Brach

Mentioned 1 year ago

Tara Brach Has A Counterintuitive Strategy For Navigating Tumultuous Times

It was mentioned as one of several books written by Tara Brach, a meditation teacher and psychologist. The book's title suggests a focus on acceptance as a core concept.

Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN cover

Radical Compassion

Tara Brach

Mentioned 1 year ago

Tara Brach Has A Counterintuitive Strategy For Navigating Tumultuous Times

This book, along with others by Tara Brach, was mentioned in the introduction. The title suggests the book explores the concept of radical compassion.

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Trusting the Gold

Tara Brach

Mentioned 1 year ago

Tara Brach Has A Counterintuitive Strategy For Navigating Tumultuous Times

It was noted as one of several books written by Tara Brach, implying that it's relevant to her teachings on meditation and mindfulness.

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Look Again

Tali Sharot

Mentioned 1 year ago

Modern Life Numbs You. Here’s The Neuroscience Of Waking Up | Tali Sharot

It explores the neuroscience of habituation, explaining how we become less sensitive to things over time, impacting our joy and motivation. It also offers strategies to disrupt this process and re-sparkle our lives.

each step was so small, so inconsequential, so well explained or on occasion so regretted that people could no more see it developing from day to day than a farmer in his field sees a corn growing. One day it is over his head.

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The Influential Mind

Tali Sharot

Mentioned 1 year ago

Modern Life Numbs You. Here’s The Neuroscience Of Waking Up | Tali Sharot

This book was mentioned as one of the author's previous works, but no details were given in this interview.

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The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich Cover

Timothy Ferriss

The 4-Hour Workweek

Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich

This was mentioned as one of Tim Ferriss's number one bestsellers. The creation process for this book, specifically The 4-Hour Chef, led to immense stress and the use of stimulants for Tim Ferriss.

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The man has published five number one best sellers including the four hour work week, the four hour body, the four hour chef, tools of Titans and his new one tribe of mentors.

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This was mentioned as one of Tim Ferriss's number one bestsellers. The creation process for this book, specifically The 4-Hour Chef, led to immense stress and the use of stimulants for Tim Ferriss.

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The man has published five number one best sellers including the four hour work week, the four hour body, the four hour chef, tools of Titans and his new one tribe of mentors.

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Timothy Ferriss

The 4-Hour Body

An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman

This was listed as one of Tim Ferriss's number one bestsellers. A chapter in this book about breath-holding techniques, inspired by David Blaine, was eventually removed due to reader safety concerns.

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The man has published five number one best sellers including the four hour work week, the four hour body, the four hour chef, tools of Titans and his new one tribe of mentors.

— Episode: Tim Ferriss, Host of 'The Tim Ferriss Sh...

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This was listed as one of Tim Ferriss's number one bestsellers. A chapter in this book about breath-holding techniques, inspired by David Blaine, was eventually removed due to reader safety concerns.

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The man has published five number one best sellers including the four hour work week, the four hour body, the four hour chef, tools of Titans and his new one tribe of mentors.

There's a chapter in the four-hour body on breath holding that's David Blaine the illusionist and endurance artist taught me how to hold my breath and go from 45 seconds to almost four minutes

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Evelyn Tribole

Intuitive Eating, 4th Edition

A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach

This book detailed ten principles for rejecting the diet mentality and making peace with all food, which was the subject of the episode's discussion.

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The book for which she's probably best known is called Intuitive Eating.

— Episode: The Anti-Diet | Evelyn Tribole

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Episode: The Anti-Diet | Evelyn Tribole

This book detailed ten principles for rejecting the diet mentality and making peace with all food, which was the subject of the episode's discussion.

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The book for which she's probably best known is called Intuitive Eating.

There's 10 principles is reject the diet mentality mindful based eating doesn't doesn't have that you absolutely need awareness to access intuitive eating for sure.

The 4-Hour Chef: The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life Cover

Timothy Ferriss

The 4-Hour Chef

The Simple Path to Cooking Like a Pro, Learning Anything, and Living the Good Life

This book was noted as the first major acquisition by Amazon Publishing, which caused fear and doubt in the publishing world. Ferriss found writing this book incredibly difficult due to its complexity and his decision to take on taking a third of the photographs himself, leading to burnout.

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The man has published five number one best sellers including the four hour work week, the four hour body, the four hour chef, tools of Titans and his new one tribe of mentors.

— Episode: Tim Ferriss, Host of 'The Tim Ferriss Sh...

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This book was noted as the first major acquisition by Amazon Publishing, which caused fear and doubt in the publishing world. Ferriss found writing this book incredibly difficult due to its complexity and his decision to take on taking a third of the photographs himself, leading to burnout.

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The man has published five number one best sellers including the four hour work week, the four hour body, the four hour chef, tools of Titans and his new one tribe of mentors.

The four hour chef which was the first major acquisition by Amazon Publishing which Amazon announced in the New York Times with the acquisition of this title for our chef.

I'm writing a book which is always difficult for me of infinitely greater complexity than any of my previous books.

Tools Of Titans: A Comprehensive Guide To High-Performance Tools And Tactics For Success Cover

Timothy Ferriss

Tools Of Titans

A Comprehensive Guide To High-Performance Tools And Tactics For Success

This was mentioned as one of Tim Ferriss's number one bestsellers.

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The man has published five number one best sellers including the four hour work week, the four hour body, the four hour chef, Tools Of Titans and his new one tribe of mentors.

— Episode: Tim Ferriss, Host of 'The Tim Ferriss Sh...

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This was mentioned as one of Tim Ferriss's number one bestsellers.

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The man has published five number one best sellers including the four hour work week, the four hour body, the four hour chef, Tools Of Titans and his new one tribe of mentors.

I do the same thing Tools Of Titans was the penultimate book the ultimate well it's not going to be your last book but though this the the second most recent book is tools of Titan

Grieving Mindfully: A Compassionate and Spiritual Guide to Coping with Loss Cover

Sameet M. Kumar PhD

Grieving Mindfully

A Compassionate and Spiritual Guide to Coping with Loss

This book was given to the guest by a patient when the guest's mother was dying, prompting the guest to consider feeling her grief.

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And so a patient of mine gave me a book called Mindful Grieving.

— Episode: The Anti-Diet | Evelyn Tribole

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Episode: The Anti-Diet | Evelyn Tribole

This book was given to the guest by a patient when the guest's mother was dying, prompting the guest to consider feeling her grief.

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And so a patient of mine gave me a book called Mindful Grieving.

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Daniel Goleman

Altered Traits

Science Reveals How Meditation Changes Your Mind, Brain, and Body

The excellent book co-authored by Daniel Goldman and Richie Davidson was mentioned in the context of an upcoming event with Daniel Goldman.

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I'm going to be with my friend and another former podcast guest, Daniel Goldman who co-authored the excellent book in the last 12 months, Altered Traits with Richie Davidson.

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The excellent book co-authored by Daniel Goldman and Richie Davidson was mentioned in the context of an upcoming event with Daniel Goldman.

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I'm going to be with my friend and another former podcast guest, Daniel Goldman who co-authored the excellent book in the last 12 months, Altered Traits with Richie Davidson.

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Daniel Brown Ph.D.

Pointing Out the Great Way

The Stages of Meditation in the Mahamudra Tradition

The guest bought this really big book about the stages of meditation, put it down for five years, and upon picking it up again, realized their previous meditation practice was incorrect.

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I got his book, it's a really, really big book about the stages of meditation, Mahamudra pointing out the way and I bought it, put it down five years later, I picked it up and it blew me away and I re...

— Episode: The Anti-Diet | Evelyn Tribole

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Episode: The Anti-Diet | Evelyn Tribole

The guest bought this really big book about the stages of meditation, put it down for five years, and upon picking it up again, realized their previous meditation practice was incorrect.

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I got his book, it's a really, really big book about the stages of meditation, Mahamudra pointing out the way and I bought it, put it down five years later, I picked it up and it blew me away and I realized I had the illusion I was meditating but I was not meditating properly.

A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives Cover

Thupten Jinpa

A Fearless Heart

How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives

The host mentioned reading this excellent book by one of the guest's collaborators, Jim. The book discussed waking up in the morning and setting an intention for the day.

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So I was hooked and Jim was telling me, I was reading his book which is really excellent book. I think it's called A Fearless Heart.

— Episode: Making and Breaking Habits, Sanely | Kel...

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The host mentioned reading this excellent book by one of the guest's collaborators, Jim. The book discussed waking up in the morning and setting an intention for the day.

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So I was hooked and Jim was telling me, I was reading his book which is really excellent book. I think it's called A Fearless Heart.

Fearless heart. I still have a problem with the word heart, but anyway we can dive into that.

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Bhadantacariya Buddhaghosa

The Path of Purification

Visuddhimagga

This book was described as a thousand-page manual of practice containing details on forty different samatha objects for unifying the mind.

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the visu di maga The Path of Purification which is this one thousand page manual of practice put together by buddha gosa bhikkhu buddha gosa bhaff i think fifth century it's a practic...

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This book was described as a thousand-page manual of practice containing details on forty different samatha objects for unifying the mind.

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the visu di maga The Path of Purification which is this one thousand page manual of practice put together by buddha gosa bhikkhu buddha gosa bhaff i think fifth century it's a practice manual it's a practice manual for all these practices and they list forty different samata objects for unifying the mind

the visuti maga janas would be the the buddha gosa version the sort of super nerd version that are yeah you know you have to have attained a unification a level of unification slash concentration right that is a very high bar to meet

Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-to Book Cover

Dan Harris

Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics

A 10% Happier How-to Book

Dan Harris mentioned co-writing this new book with Jeff Warren. The speaker noted that ticket sales for an event related to the book indicated a good reception.

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Jeff Warren with whom I wrote a new book called Meditation for Figuity Skeptics

— Episode: James Altucher, Master of Reinvention

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Episode: James Altucher, Master of Reinvention

Dan Harris mentioned co-writing this new book with Jeff Warren. The speaker noted that ticket sales for an event related to the book indicated a good reception.

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Jeff Warren with whom I wrote a new book called Meditation for Figuity Skeptics

The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path Cover

Norman Fischer

The World Could Be Otherwise

Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path

This was Norman Fischer's new book which served as the theme for some of the reflections in the episode. He stated that the book discusses expanding the way we think about ourselves and the world because we are drowning in collective limitations.

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He's also a poet and a father and a grandfather and has taught all over the place mostly on the West Coast and has written a new book called The World Could Be Otherwise.

— Episode: The World's a Mess, But Don't Freak Out...

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This was Norman Fischer's new book which served as the theme for some of the reflections in the episode. He stated that the book discusses expanding the way we think about ourselves and the world because we are drowning in collective limitations.

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He's also a poet and a father and a grandfather and has taught all over the place mostly on the West Coast and has written a new book called The World Could Be Otherwise.

The world's amassed but don't freak out.

The name of the book is The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path and it's published by Shambhala

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Shunryu Suzuki

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice (Shambhala Library)

Norman Fischer first discovered this book, which was one of the first books about Zen Buddhism published in the West. He mentioned that reading it made sense of the existentialist philosophers' claims about the unfairness of life and death.

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And through those explorations I've discovered the first books about Zen Buddhism published in the West by D.T. Suzuki.

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Episode: The World's a Mess, But Don't Freak Out | Norman F...

Norman Fischer first discovered this book, which was one of the first books about Zen Buddhism published in the West. He mentioned that reading it made sense of the existentialist philosophers' claims about the unfairness of life and death.

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And through those explorations I've discovered the first books about Zen Buddhism published in the West by D.T. Suzuki.

I remember specifically it was called Zen Buddhism. D.T. Suzuki essays.

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Shunryu Suzuki

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice (Shambhala Library)

This book was mentioned as coming out later than D.T. Suzuki's initial works that Norman Fischer read in the early to mid-60s.

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And then there was also, was Zen mind beginners mind? That came later.

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Episode: The World's a Mess, But Don't Freak Out | Norman F...

This book was mentioned as coming out later than D.T. Suzuki's initial works that Norman Fischer read in the early to mid-60s.

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And then there was also, was Zen mind beginners mind? That came later.

Widen the Window: Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma Cover

Elizabeth A. Stanley PhD

Widen the Window

Training Your Brain and Body to Thrive During Stress and Recover from Trauma

The guest's new book offered science-based advice on how to thrive during stress and recover from trauma, detailing five areas of habit change.

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Her book, "Widen the Window," offers tools on thriving during stress and recovering from trauma.

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The guest's new book offered science-based advice on how to thrive during stress and recover from trauma, detailing five areas of habit change.

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Her book, "Widen the Window," offers tools on thriving during stress and recovering from trauma.

I was unaware of her new book, Widen the Window in which she talks about this.

And in this new book, which again is called Widen the Window, she talks about her stress and that she talks about five areas of habit change that we can all explore that will both reduce our stress and help us thrive in unavoidable stress.

The book is called Widen the Window training your brain and body to thrive during stress and recover from trauma and you can learn more about me and the book and the research with emphit on my website which is www.alizabeth hyphen stanley.com

10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story Cover

Dan Harris

10% Happier

How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A True Story

This was the host's first book, where he wrote his personal story about how he became a meditator. He assumed that readers would start meditating after reading it because he thought he laid out a compelling case, but later realized starting any habit is very hard.

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My first book, Ten Percent Happier, I wrote my personal story of how I became a meditator.

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Episode: Your Meditation Questions, Answered!

This was the host's first book, where he wrote his personal story about how he became a meditator. He assumed that readers would start meditating after reading it because he thought he laid out a compelling case, but later realized starting any habit is very hard.

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My first book, Ten Percent Happier, I wrote my personal story of how I became a meditator.

And I assumed, naively, that anybody who read it would probably start meditating because I thought I laid out the case into somewhat compelling fashion.

The Compassionate Kitchen: Buddhist Practices for Eating with Mindfulness and Gratitude Cover

Thubten Chodron

The Compassionate Kitchen

Buddhist Practices for Eating with Mindfulness and Gratitude

The book discussed Buddhist practices for eating with mindfulness and gratitude, focusing on putting eating into its proper context before consuming food. The speaker mentioned spending a lot of time talking about this book toward the end of the conversation.

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She's also written a book about eating and sharing meals in a Buddhist and mindful spirit it's called The Compassionate Kitchen.

— Episode: What's Your Motivation? Thubten Chodron

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Episode: What's Your Motivation? Thubten Chodron

The book discussed Buddhist practices for eating with mindfulness and gratitude, focusing on putting eating into its proper context before consuming food. The speaker mentioned spending a lot of time talking about this book toward the end of the conversation.

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She's also written a book about eating and sharing meals in a Buddhist and mindful spirit it's called The Compassionate Kitchen.

And then toward the end here in this chat we talk about her book The Compassionate Kitchen.

So then there's The Compassionate Kitchen is the one on food

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Thubten Chodron

Open Heart, Clear Mind

An Introduction to the Buddha's Teachings

This was listed as one of the books Thubten Chodron authored herself.

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but three I did myself open-heart clear mind uh Buddhism for beginners

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Episode: What's Your Motivation? Thubten Chodron

This was listed as one of the books Thubten Chodron authored herself.

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but three I did myself open-heart clear mind uh Buddhism for beginners

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Noah Rasheta

No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners

Clear Answers to Burning Questions About Core Buddhist Teachings

This was listed as one of the books Thubten Chodron authored herself.

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but three I did myself open-heart clear mind uh Buddhism for beginners

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Episode: What's Your Motivation? Thubten Chodron

This was listed as one of the books Thubten Chodron authored herself.

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but three I did myself open-heart clear mind uh Buddhism for beginners

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Thich Nhat Hanh

Taming The Tiger Within

This was listed as one of the books Thubten Chodron authored herself, and the speaker noted it might be one people would like.

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t-taming the mind working with anger that's one people may like that's four yeah that's four

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Episode: What's Your Motivation? Thubten Chodron

This was listed as one of the books Thubten Chodron authored herself, and the speaker noted it might be one people would like.

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t-taming the mind working with anger that's one people may like that's four yeah that's four

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