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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

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.

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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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Claude M. Steele

Whistling Vivaldi

And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us (Issues of Our Time)

The third recommended book discusses psychological phenomena like stereotyped threat and how they take place.

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and the third book that comes to mind is um whistling the vality it's by klot stio also a social psychologist and he talks about how stereotyped threat and all these other psychological phenomenons ta...

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Episode: Anurag Gupta, Attorney 'Hacking' Unconscious Bias

The third recommended book discusses psychological phenomena like stereotyped threat and how they take place.

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and the third book that comes to mind is um whistling the vality it's by klot stio also a social psychologist and he talks about how stereotyped threat and all these other psychological phenomenons take place

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Rich Roll

The Plantpower Way

Whole Food Plant-Based Recipes and Guidance for The Whole Family

This is the title of Rich Roll's cookbook, which Dan Harris mentioned making smoothies from, specifically a recipe that included spinach, kale, banana, and blueberry.

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And just basically being an advocate at large for healthy living. ... and the cookbook is called the plant power way.

— Episode: Rich Roll, Vegan Ultra-Endurance Athlete

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Episode: Rich Roll, Vegan Ultra-Endurance Athlete

This is the title of Rich Roll's cookbook, which Dan Harris mentioned making smoothies from, specifically a recipe that included spinach, kale, banana, and blueberry.

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And just basically being an advocate at large for healthy living. ... and the cookbook is called the plant power way.

I make at home smoothies including smoothies from your cookbook and also a smoothie that you just one day when you were in my office told me I should have which is spinach, kale, banana blueberry and I add avocado.

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David Shannon

That's Not Funny, David!

The book was mentioned as one Sylvia Boorstein had written, which the host found fitting given her personality.

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Hey guys, I think it is super fitting that Sylvia Borestein once wrote a book called That's Funny.

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The book was mentioned as one Sylvia Boorstein had written, which the host found fitting given her personality.

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Hey guys, I think it is super fitting that Sylvia Borestein once wrote a book called That's Funny.

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones Cover

James Clear

Atomic Habits

An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

This book was highlighted as a huge bestseller that stood out among others on the subject of habits. The author proposed that the best way to change habits is to start very small, at an atomic level, and then build upon those small changes to achieve powerful results over time.

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It's called Atomic Habits and it's written by a guy named James Clear who's got a rather varied resume.

— Episode: Atomic Habits, James Clear

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Episode: Atomic Habits, James Clear

This book was highlighted as a huge bestseller that stood out among others on the subject of habits. The author proposed that the best way to change habits is to start very small, at an atomic level, and then build upon those small changes to achieve powerful results over time.

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It's called Atomic Habits and it's written by a guy named James Clear who's got a rather varied resume.

The term Atomic Habits has to do in part with his belief which is based in science. He says that the best way to change your habits is to start really, really, really small and easy at the atomic level and then to layer up from there in ways that can be super powerful.

The first meaning of the word atomic is what you might guess, tiny or small like an atom. And that's kind of a big part of my philosophy. Habits should be small and easy to do.

The second meaning of the word atomic is the fundamental unit in a larger system. . . And you put them all together and you end up with the system of your daily routine.

And then the third and final meaning is the source of immense energy or power. And I think that if you combine all three of those meanings, you sort of understand the narrative arc of the book, which is you make changes that are small and easy to do. You layer them on top of each other, like units in a larger system. And if you do that, then you can end up with some really powerful remarkable results in a long way.

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Stephen R. Covey

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Large Print)

This book was listed among those previously written on the subject of habits.

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Seven habits I affect people.

— Episode: Atomic Habits, James Clear

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Episode: Atomic Habits, James Clear

This book was listed among those previously written on the subject of habits.

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Seven habits I affect people.

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Emily McIntire

Hooked (Collector's Edition) (Never After, 1)

The guest's friend wrote this book about habits and technology, which was referenced when discussing a strategy for limiting late-night screen time by using an outlet timer to disconnect the internet router.

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uh... near a y'all you wrote another book on habits and technology it's called hooked

— Episode: Atomic Habits, James Clear

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Episode: Atomic Habits, James Clear

The guest's friend wrote this book about habits and technology, which was referenced when discussing a strategy for limiting late-night screen time by using an outlet timer to disconnect the internet router.

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uh... near a y'all you wrote another book on habits and technology it's called hooked

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice (Shambhala Library) Cover

Shunryu Suzuki

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice (Shambhala Library)

This book was mentioned as one that influenced Phil Jackson, which Tim Ryan subsequently read after finding it referenced in 'Sacred Hoops.'

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he had books that influenced him that he put in sacred hoops book and it was zen minds beginners mind

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Episode: Rep. Tim Ryan, Teaching Congress to Meditate

This book was mentioned as one that influenced Phil Jackson, which Tim Ryan subsequently read after finding it referenced in 'Sacred Hoops.'

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he had books that influenced him that he put in sacred hoops book and it was zen minds beginners mind

so i went out got that he had a couple others in there that i went out and then bought those and started reading those and it just evolved

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Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche

In Love with the World

A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying

The book was mentioned in relation to Mingyur Rinpoche's near-death experience, where he felt that once attachments were stripped away, all that remained was love, causing him to be 'in love with the world.' The speaker questioned if there was real evidence that love is what remains when all habitual thought patterns are stripped away.

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And the book is called In Love with the World.

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The book was mentioned in relation to Mingyur Rinpoche's near-death experience, where he felt that once attachments were stripped away, all that remained was love, causing him to be 'in love with the world.' The speaker questioned if there was real evidence that love is what remains when all habitual thought patterns are stripped away.

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And the book is called In Love with the World.

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Viktor E. Frankl

Man's Search for Meaning (Beacon Classics)

This book was mentioned as a source for the quote about the space between stimulus and response defining one's power to choose a response, growth, and freedom.

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I got one from Victor Frankl so this guy wrote the book Man Search for Meaning. He says between stimulus and response there's a space in that space is our power to choose our response and in our respo...

— Episode: Gary Vaynerchuk, Media Industry Leader

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Episode: Gary Vaynerchuk, Media Industry Leader

This book was mentioned as a source for the quote about the space between stimulus and response defining one's power to choose a response, growth, and freedom.

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I got one from Victor Frankl so this guy wrote the book Man Search for Meaning. He says between stimulus and response there's a space in that space is our power to choose our response and in our response lies our growth and our freedom.

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Sharon Rose

A Castle Awakened

Castle in the Wilde - Novel 1

This was Mark Coleman's first book, which discussed integrating mindfulness and meditation into nature experiences. It explored how being outside teaches concepts like change, letting go, and connection.

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So one of the things I am passionate about is integrating mindfulness and meditation in nature. Which is the subject of your first book of life. Right. Awakened a while.

— Episode: Mark Coleman, Meditating in the Great Ou...

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Episode: Mark Coleman, Meditating in the Great Outdoors

This was Mark Coleman's first book, which discussed integrating mindfulness and meditation into nature experiences. It explored how being outside teaches concepts like change, letting go, and connection.

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So one of the things I am passionate about is integrating mindfulness and meditation in nature. Which is the subject of your first book of life. Right. Awakened a while.

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David Gelles

Mindful Work

How Meditation Is Changing Business from the Inside Out

This book was mentioned as an excellent work that reported on how mindfulness was showing up in workplaces across the country and the world.

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One of our mutual friend David Gellis who wrote an excellent book called Mindful Workies a reporter for the New York Times and wrote about how mindfulness is showing up in workplace i...

— Episode: James Gimian, Mindful Magazine Publisher

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Episode: James Gimian, Mindful Magazine Publisher

This book was mentioned as an excellent work that reported on how mindfulness was showing up in workplaces across the country and the world.

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One of our mutual friend David Gellis who wrote an excellent book called Mindful Workies a reporter for the New York Times and wrote about how mindfulness is showing up in workplace is all over all over the all over the country in the world

Super Easy Knitting for Beginners: Patterns, Projects, and Tons of Tips for Getting Started in Knitting (New Shoe Press) Cover

Carri Hammett

Super Easy Knitting for Beginners

Patterns, Projects, and Tons of Tips for Getting Started in Knitting (New Shoe Press)

This was Mindful magazine's first special publication, which repurposed content from various magazine issues into a beautiful book format.

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We've just brought out our first special publication where we've repurposed content from mindful magazine to a beautiful book getting started in mindfulness for beginners

— Episode: James Gimian, Mindful Magazine Publisher

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Episode: James Gimian, Mindful Magazine Publisher

This was Mindful magazine's first special publication, which repurposed content from various magazine issues into a beautiful book format.

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We've just brought out our first special publication where we've repurposed content from mindful magazine to a beautiful book getting started in mindfulness for beginners

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Annaka Harris

Conscious

A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind

This new book was described as a slim, crisp, and compelling volume exploring the mystery of consciousness. The host suggested that reading just the first three pages would reveal the author's uncanny ability to succinctly produce awe and wonder.

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She's also the author of a children's book called I Wonder, which my wife and I read to our son.

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Episode: The Fundamental Mystery of the Mind, Annaka Harris

This new book was described as a slim, crisp, and compelling volume exploring the mystery of consciousness. The host suggested that reading just the first three pages would reveal the author's uncanny ability to succinctly produce awe and wonder.

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She's also the author of a children's book called I Wonder, which my wife and I read to our son.

It's a slim, crisp, compelling volume called Conscious, a brief guide to the fundamental mystery of the mind.

I think people do use the word in many ways and it's confusing and I actually like the word experience. I think it's a little bit cleaner.

My main goal kind of shifted from just wanting to share this mystery with everyone to really hoping that I could help make the topic less taboo because if we are ever going to make any progress on the hard problem it will it has to be that scientists can can think about it and discuss it publicly

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Douglas Edison Harding

On Having No Head

This was described as a spiritual classic thin volume that was recommended to the guest by the host's husband and Joseph Goldstein. The guest found this book to be mind-blowing and a strong practice for immediately experiencing the dropping of the illusion of self.

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I actually love to quote Galen Strass and the philosopher Galen Strass who says what you do follows from what you are.

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Episode: The Fundamental Mystery of the Mind, Annaka Harris

This was described as a spiritual classic thin volume that was recommended to the guest by the host's husband and Joseph Goldstein. The guest found this book to be mind-blowing and a strong practice for immediately experiencing the dropping of the illusion of self.

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I actually love to quote Galen Strass and the philosopher Galen Strass who says what you do follows from what you are.

and I can't remember if you and I've talked about this or not but that that's the one thing that's the strongest practice for me and brings me almost immediately to the place that I had kind of discovered on my own after hours of meditating Douglas Harding wrote us I guess what you could refer to as a kind of spiritual classic thin volume kind of like yours called On Having No Head

which was initially recommended to me by your husband and also by Joseph Goldstein

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Diana Winston

The Little Book of Being

Practices and Guidance for Uncovering Your Natural Awareness

The host mentioned that Diana Winston's new book, A Little Book of Being, offered practices that resonated with the discussion about Zogchen and non-judgmental noting during meditation.

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And actually Diana Winston has a new book out that is on that is just practices that are Zogchen practices complete in it sorry taught in a completely secular way

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Episode: The Fundamental Mystery of the Mind, Annaka Harris

The host mentioned that Diana Winston's new book, A Little Book of Being, offered practices that resonated with the discussion about Zogchen and non-judgmental noting during meditation.

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And actually Diana Winston has a new book out that is on that is just practices that are Zogchen practices complete in it sorry taught in a completely secular way

it's called The Little Book of Being a little book of being yeah and it's wonderful

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Robin Hobb

Fool's Errand (The Tawny Man, Book 1)

This book was given to Cory Muscara by his father as an evidence-based entry point into the science of positive psychology and mindfulness. The speaker found every word of the book deeply resonant, comparing the experience of reading it to the scene in Dead Poets Society where poetry is recited beautifully.

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and he gave me John Cavazins first book Folk a Tastrophe Living and just every word of that book the phrase that comes up is dead poet's society when Robin William goes we don't read poetry we let it...

— Episode: Cory Muscara, Mindfulness Teacher, Forme...

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Episode: Cory Muscara, Mindfulness Teacher, Former Monk

This book was given to Cory Muscara by his father as an evidence-based entry point into the science of positive psychology and mindfulness. The speaker found every word of the book deeply resonant, comparing the experience of reading it to the scene in Dead Poets Society where poetry is recited beautifully.

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and he gave me John Cavazins first book Folk a Tastrophe Living and just every word of that book the phrase that comes up is dead poet's society when Robin William goes we don't read poetry we let it drip from our tongues like honey that's what it was like just to read it

Folk a Tastrophe Living is among his books he's also wrote a book wherever you go there you are

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Jon Kabat-Zinn PhD

Wherever You Go, There You Are

Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life

The speaker mentioned this book as another great work written by John Kabat-Zinn.

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Folk a Tastrophe Living is among his books he's also wrote a book wherever you go there you are

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Episode: Cory Muscara, Mindfulness Teacher, Former Monk

The speaker mentioned this book as another great work written by John Kabat-Zinn.

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Folk a Tastrophe Living is among his books he's also wrote a book wherever you go there you are

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Diana Winston

The Little Book of Being

Practices and Guidance for Uncovering Your Natural Awareness

This was Diana Winston's most recent book, which focused on natural awareness, practicing with more spaciousness and less effort.

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And she has a new book called The Little Book of Being Practices and Guidance for Uncovering Your Natural Awareness.

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This was Diana Winston's most recent book, which focused on natural awareness, practicing with more spaciousness and less effort.

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And she has a new book called The Little Book of Being Practices and Guidance for Uncovering Your Natural Awareness.

my most recent book is called is called The Little Book of Being practices and guidance for uncovering your natural awareness that just came out in March it's available wherever books are sold

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