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Sharon Salzberg Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Sharon Salzberg is an author and teacher of buddhist meditation practices. ★ Teaching meditation since 1974 ★ Host of the Metta Hour Podcast ★ "Real Life" now available in hardcover, ebook & audiobook

8 books
Book Cover for: The Book of Soul: 52 Paths to Living What Matters, Mark Nepo

The Book of Soul: 52 Paths to Living What Matters

Mark Nepo
Sharon SalzbergSharon Salzberg

For episode 155 of the Metta Hour, Sharon speaks with @marknepo. Mark is an author, poet, and spiritual teacher with over 40 years of teaching experience. He has published twenty-two books, including his most release from 2020, "The Book of Soul." https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/metta-hour-podcast-episode-155-mark-nepo/ https://t.co/V5h6ELQsVj

Hardcover, 2020

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Outsmart Your Pain: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion to Help You Leave Chronic Pain Behind, Christiane Wolf

Outsmart Your Pain: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion to Help You Leave Chronic Pain Behind

Christiane Wolf
Sharon SalzbergSharon Salzberg

For episode 175 of the Metta Hour, Sharon welcomes @meditation_wolf for a conversation about chronic pain. Christiane is a physician, meditation teacher, and author of the May 2021 release, “Outsmart Your Pain.” 🎧 Listen 🎧 https://t.co/1RYtNZq0Fl https://t.co/Ggpn4ikrv1

Hardcover, 2021

$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices, Thich Nhat Hanh

Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices

Thich Nhat Hanh
Sharon SalzbergSharon Salzberg

Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh has said, “Happiness is available. Please help yourself.” Helping ourselves could not only amount to our own happiness, but also to our commitment to the well-being of others.

Paperback, 2009

$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: A Queer Dharma: Yoga and Meditations for Liberation, Jacoby Ballard

A Queer Dharma: Yoga and Meditations for Liberation

Jacoby Ballard
Sharon SalzbergSharon Salzberg

Sharon welcomes Jacoby Ballard to the Metta Hour Podcast. Jacoby is a social justice educator, yoga teacher, and author of “A Queer Dharma” released in 2021 from @NAtlanticBooks. Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 https://t.co/h9ifaInKHA

Paperback, 2021

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Letter to My Daughter, Maya Angelou

Letter to My Daughter

Maya Angelou
Sharon SalzbergSharon Salzberg

As Maya Angelou said in her book Letter to My Daughter, “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” I started meditation practice, as many do, with the need to turn around that tendency to feel reduced by life. 7/7

Paperback, 2009

$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Being RAM Dass, Ram Dass

Being RAM Dass

Ram Dass
Sharon SalzbergSharon Salzberg

For episode 147 of the Metta Hour, Sharon speaks with her longtime friends and colleagues Rameshwar Das and @jhalifax about the new book, “Being Ram Dass” about the life of @BabaRamDass https://t.co/JKqwkDRcW1 https://t.co/JNDgtaa8xP

Paperback, 2022

$22.99$11.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love, Dani Shapiro

Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love

Dani Shapiro
Sharon SalzbergSharon Salzberg

For episode 152 of the Metta Hour Podcast, Sharon speaks with @danijshapiro. Dani is the author of the New York Times best-selling memoir, Inheritance, published in January 2019 by Knopf. https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/metta-hour-podcast-episode-152-dani-shapiro/ https://t.co/PBIAaW0FHB

Paperback, 2020

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Book Cover for: Love Your Enemies: How to Break the Anger Habit & Be a Whole Lot Happier, Sharon Salzberg

Love Your Enemies: How to Break the Anger Habit & Be a Whole Lot Happier

Sharon Salzberg
Sharon SalzbergSharon Salzberg

For all those who express their strength through compassion instead of anger, whether within themselves, their families, their communities or their nations. May love and kindness prevail. – Sharon Salzberg

Paperback, 2023

$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book