Sharon Salzberg Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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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

The Book of Soul: 52 Paths to Living What Matters
Mark Nepo
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
Outsmart Your Pain: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion to Help You Leave Chronic Pain Behind
Christiane Wolf
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
Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices
Thich Nhat Hanh
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
A Queer Dharma: Yoga and Meditations for Liberation
Jacoby Ballard
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
Letter to My Daughter
Maya Angelou
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
Being RAM Dass
Ram Dass
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
Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
Dani Shapiro
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
Love Your Enemies: How to Break the Anger Habit & Be a Whole Lot Happier
Sharon 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