How can i be the person i want to be when i'm stuck in a job i hate? how is it possible to stay present in an era of nearly constant distractions? Can I pick someone up at a bar or club and still call myself spiritual?This nitty-gritty guide to life for the spiritual-but-not-necessarily-religious uses Buddhist teachings to answer those burning questions and a host of others related to going out, work, relationships, and social action.

From the author of the best-selling Buddha Walks into a Bar. Used book in Good Condition. Based on lodro rinzler's popular advice columns, wisdom, walk like a buddha offers wisdom that can be applied to just the sort of dilemmas that tend to arise for anyone making even a modest attempt to walk like a Buddha--that is, to live with honesty, and compassion in the face of whatever life surprises you with.

. Compassion, tips for living with integrity, and happiness--from his popular Huffington Post advice column.

The Buddha Walks into a Bar...: A Guide to Life for a New Generation

Shambhala. You'll learn how to use meditation techniques to work with your own mind, " how to relax into your life despite external pressures, how to manage the pervasive "Incredible Hulk Syndrome, and ultimately how you can start to bring light to a dark world. The buddha walks into a bar is buddhist teacher Lodro Rinzler's introduction to Buddhism for anyone who wants to ride the waves of life with mindfulness and compassion.

The buddha walks into a bar is a book for those who are spiritual but not religious, who like drinking beer and having sex and hate being preached at, who are disillusioned by the state of the world, who are sick of their jobs and just started last Tuesday, who are striving to deepen their social interactions beyond the digital realms of Twitter and Facebook.

This is buddhism presented to a generation leaving the safe growth spurts of college and entering a turbulent and uncertain work force.

The Buddha Walks into the Office: A Guide to Livelihood for a New Generation

Does it ever seem that a lot of the people you work with are, well, jerks? This book is about how not to let work turn you into one of them. Apply the simple buddhist teachings and practices lodro rinzler provides here to whatever you do for a living, and you’ll not only avoid jerk-hood, honesty, but you’ll be setting out on the path toward making your livelihood an expression of your inherent wisdom, and compassion.

Shambhala. Satisfying, wisdom for "Generation Next" on how to make your work meaningful, and of benefit to others. You’ll discover practical ways to bring mindfulness into administrative support, cabinet-making, truck-driving, nursing, financial management, or latté-brewing. In the process, you’ll discover genuine empathy for the folks you once found so difficult.

From the author of the best-selling Buddha Walks into a Bar. You’ll also learn leadership skills that apply compassion to management in a way that increases happiness along with efficiency. This is career advice of the profoundest kind, geared toward today’s twenty- and thirty-something workers and job-seekers whose employment outlook is radically different from that of a generation ago.

As lodro shows, even if the path of work shifts beneath your feet, it’s possible to make your livelihood a source of satisfaction and of deep meaning. Shambhala Publications.

How to Love Yourself and Sometimes Other People: Spiritual Advice for Modern Relationships

Shambhala Publications. Their dual perspectives as teachers and scholars of christian mysticism and Buddhism make for a rich and fascinating dialogue that covers everything from sex, falling in and out of love, self-worth, deep friendships, to breakups—and how to maintain an open heart through it all.

Shambhala. In the process, they share deeply personal, revealing, honest anecdotes and spiritual practices to assist you with the inevitable ebbs and flow of love in all its manifestations. Meggan and lodro suggest that you are worthy of love, both self-love and the love of others. Hay House. Told from the unique vantage points of authors Meggan Watterson and Lodro Rinzler, this book explores staying anchored in the foundation of self-love as you navigate the natural and often stormy cycle of a relationship.

They aren’t experts on how to get that man or lady to fall in love with you, nor are they experts on how to have "the perfect relationship. They are spiritual teachers who know that relationships have a life of their own, and can speak to the human element of what it means to experience them fully. How to love yourself and sometimes Other People is a smart, hip guide for spiritual seekers who want to experience more love and stability in all forms of relationships.

At its core, this book is about learning to love yourself no matter what.

Sit Like a Buddha: A Pocket Guide to Meditation

This is the ultimate go-to guide for learning how to meditate. And it's instruction in the voice of the meditation teacher the young spiritual-but-not-religious crowd have come to trust: Lodro Rinzler, a young Buddhist teacher who speaks to the twenty- and thirty-something crowd in a way that has made his first book, The Buddha Walks into a Bar.

. A best seller. Shambhala. Shambhala. Shambhala Publications. Lodro begins by challening you to understand why you want to meditate in the first place, then, after the basic instructions, he shows how to prioritize your practice among your other daily activities and make it the center of all of them. It contains all the instructions you'll need to get started in a remarkably short space, but it also shows you how to make meditation practice a permanent part of your life, infusing it with wisdom and compassion as you go about your day.

How to meditate—a concise, pocket-size guide that tells you everything you need to know, from the best-selling author of The Buddha Walks into a Bar. Hay House. He then shows you how to bring the wisdom and insight gained from meditation into all aspects of life.

Love Hurts: Buddhist Advice for the Heartbroken

It feels like you may never recover sometimes. Shambhala. And you don't need to be a Buddhist for them to apply to you. Shambhala Publications. It's a great, practical offering of consolation for someone you know who's going through a tough time, and for yourself when you're looking for the light at the end of the tunnel in your own situation.

In this short and compact first-aid kit for a broken heart, he walks you through the cause and cure of suffering, with much practical advice for self-care as you work to survive a breakup. Buddhist-inspired advice for working through romantic breakups and other painful emotional periods--by the best-selling author of The Buddha Walks into a Bar.

. Buddhism has a lot to say about suffering--and there are likely few times we suffer more intensely than when we break up with a romantic partner. Hay House. Shambhala. Shambhala. The wisdom he presents applies to any kind of emotional suffering. But lodro rinzler has wonderfully good news for those suffering heartbreak: the 2, 500-year-old teachings of the Buddha are the ultimate antidote for emotional pain.

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Rewire: Change Your Brain to Break Bad Habits, Overcome Addictions, Conquer Self-Destruc tive Behavior

In rewire, withstand temptations, and interrupt reflexive, o’Connor expands those ideas, showing how we actually have two brains—a conscious deliberate self and an automatic self that makes most of our decisions—and how we can train the latter to ignore distractions, self-sabotaging responses. The bestselling author of undoing depression offers a brain-based guide to permanently ending bad habits Richard O’Connor’s bestselling book Undoing Depression has become a touchstone in the field, helping thousands of therapists and patients overcome depressive patterns.

Shambhala. Plume Books. Shambhala Publications. Hay House. Shambhala. Shambhala. Rewire gives readers a road–map to overcoming the most common self-destructive habits, including procrastination, overeating, internet addiction, and self-medication, excessive worrying, risk-taking, among others. By learning valuable skills and habits—including mindfulness, productive, confronting fear, self-control, and freeing yourself from mindless guilt—we can open ourselves to vastly more successful, and happy lives.

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Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence

But each day is filled with opportunities to build inner strengths and Dr. Harmony. Hanson’s four steps build strengths into your brain to make contentment and a powerful sense of resilience the new normal. Shambhala Publications. Shambhala. Dr. With new york Times bestselling author, Dr. Rick hanson, an acclaimed clinical psychologist, shows what you can do to override the brain’s default pessimism.

Hardwiring happiness lays out a simple method that uses the hidden power of everyday experiences to build new neural structures full of happiness, love, confidence, and peace. Hanson's four steps, you can counterbalance your brain's negativity bias and learn to hardwire happiness in only a few minutes each day.

Why is it easier to ruminate over hurt feelings than it is to bask in the warmth of being appreciated? Because your brain evolved to learn quickly from bad experiences and slowly from good ones, but you can change this. Life isn’t easy, and having a brain wired to take in the bad and ignore the good makes us worried, secure, instead of confident, and stressed, irritated, and happy.

Shambhala. In just minutes a day, you can transform your brain into a refuge and power center of calm and happiness. Plume Books. Shambhala.

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

Harmony. Shambhala. Plume Books. Shambhala. This bestselling book from the author of Wild collects the best of The Rumpus's Dear Sugar advice columns plus never-before-published pieces. Hay House. Rich with humor, insight, compassion—and absolute honesty—this book is a balm for everything life throws our way.

Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can’t pay the bills—and it can be great: you’ve had the hottest sex of your life; you get that plum job; you muster the courage to write your novel. Shambhala. Sugar—the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild—is the person thousands turn to for advice.

Tiny beautiful things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar. Shambhala Publications.

The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life

Plume Books. Shambhala Publications. Hay House. Getting advice at every turn from psychologists, doctors, and philosophers, academics, she brings readers on a smart and witty journey to discover the value of appreciating what you have. Harmony. Shambhala. Through extensive interviews with experts and lively conversations with real people, including celebrities like Matt Damon, and Jerry Seinfeld, Daniel Craig, Kaplan discovers the role of gratitude in everything from our sense of fulfillment to our children’s happiness.

With warmth, humor, and appealing insight, Kaplan’s journey will empower readers to think positively and start living their own best year ever. From the hardcover edition. She realizes that how she feels over the next twelve months will have less to do with the events that occur than with her own attitude and perspective.

Shambhala. She learns how appreciating your spouse changes the neurons of your brain and why saying thanks helps CEOs succeed. Relying on both amusing personal experiences and extensive research, money and ambition, Kaplan explores how gratitude can transform every aspect of life including marriage and friendship, and health and fitness.

The gratitude diaries how a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life. Tiny beautiful things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar.

Start Something That Matters

You’re curious about how someone who never made a pair of shoes, attended fashion school, or worked in retail created one of the fastest-growing footwear companies in the world by giving shoes away. Great product! One for One. Shambhala. Shambhala. You’re looking for a new model of success to share with your children, co-workers, students, and members of your community.

You’re inspired by charity: water, method, and FEED Projects and want to learn how these organizations got their start. Shambhala. The gratitude diaries how a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life. Hay House. Plume Books. Harmony. Shambhala Publications. You want to love your work, work for what you love, and have a positive impact on the world—all at the same time.

You’re ready to start something that matters. Tiny beautiful things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar. The incredible story of the man behind toms shoes and One for One, the revolutionary business model that marries fun, profit, and social good “A creative and open-hearted business model for our times.

The wall street journal why this book is for you: • you’re ready to make a difference in the world—through your own start-up business, a nonprofit organization, or a new project that you create within your current job.