8 Top personal development books like Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World by Pema Chödrön

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Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World

By: Pema Chödrön

4.36

Format: 187 pages, Hardcover

In her first new book of spiritual teachings in many years, Pema Chödrön offers new wisdom, heartfe…

"When we stop seeking the familiarity of samsara, when we stop fighting the groundlessness of freedom from imputed meaning, emptiness becomes an experience of awe, of the infinite, of limitless pace."

-Pema Chödrön, Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World

"When we stop seeking the familiarity of samsara, when we stop fighting the groundlessness of freedom from imputed meaning, emptiness becomes an experience of awe, of the infinite, of limitless pace."

-Pema Chödrön, Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World

"Status quo is not very helpful for spiritual growth, for using this short interval between birth and death. On the other hand, expanding our ability to feel comfortable in our own skin and in the world, so that we can be there as much as possible for other people, is a very worthy way to spend a human life."

-Pema Chödrön, Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World

"Status quo is not very helpful for spiritual growth, for using this short interval between birth and death. On the other hand, expanding our ability to feel comfortable in our own skin and in the world, so that we can be there as much as possible for other people, is a very worthy way to spend a human life."

-Pema Chödrön, Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World

If you liked the personal development plot in Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World by Pema Chödrön , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

By: Chögyam Trungpa

4.22

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In this modern spiritual classic, the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa highlights the comm… read more

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"Eventually we must give up trying to be something special."

-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

"As in music, when we hear the crescendo building, suddenly if the music stops, we begin to hear the silence as part of the music."

-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

"As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation."

-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

"Self-deception is a constant problem as we progress along a spiritual path. Ego is always trying to achieve spirituality. It is rather like wanting to witness your own funeral."

-Chögyam Trungpa, Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

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2. No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.25

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

The secret to happiness is to acknowledge and transform suffering, not to run away from it. Here, T… read more

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"Suffering has its beneficial aspects. It can be an excellent teacher."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

"The most effective way to show compassion to another is to listen, rather than talk."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

"If you can be aware that you have a living body, and notice when there's tension in your body, that's already an important insight."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

"Without suffering, there's no happiness. So we shouldn't discriminate against the mud. We have to learn how to embrace and cradle our own suffering and the suffering of the world, with a lot of tende…"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

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3. Thoughts Without A Thinker: Psychotherapy From A Buddhist Perspective

By: Dalai Lama XIV , Mark Epstein

5.00

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Traditional distinctions between matters of the mind and matters of the spirit are increasingly bei… read more

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  • buddhism
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4. Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

3.16

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

The Zen master and one of the world's most beloved teachers returns with a concise, practical guide… read more

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5. Being with Dying: Cultivating Compassion and Fearlessness in the Presence of Death

By: Joan Halifax , Ira Byock

4.27

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In this long-awaited book of inspiring and practical teachings, Buddhist teacher Joan Halifax offer… read more

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6. The Art of Mindful Living: How to Bring Love, Compassion, and Inner Peace Into Your Daily Life

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

2.00

Format: 232 pages, Audio CD

Zen meditation master Thich Nhat Hanh offers his practical teachings about how to bring love and mi… read more

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7. The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology

By: Jack Kornfield

3.77

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

You have within you unlimited capacities for love, for joy, for communion with life, and for unshak… read more

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8. Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha

By: Tara Brach

4.16

Format: 355 pages, Paperback

For many of us, feelings of deficiency are right around the corner. It doesn’t take much--just hear… read more

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"The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom."

-Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha

"I found myself praying: "May I love and accept myself just as I am."

-Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha

"Observing desire without acting on it enlarges our freedom to choose how we live."

-Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha

"What would it be like if I could accept life--accept this moment--exactly as it is?"

-Tara Brach, Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha

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9. How We Live Is How We Die

By: Pema Chodron

4.30

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

As much as we might try to resist, endings happen in every moment—the end of a breath, the end of a… read more

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

By: Tara Brach

4.23

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

One of the most beloved and trusted mindfulness teachers in America offers a lifeline for difficult… read more

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11. How to Live When a Loved One Dies: Healing Meditations for Grief and Loss

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.27

Format: 167 pages, Kindle Edition

This comforting and accessible Zen mindfulness guide offers short affirmations and in-depth healing… read more

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12. Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World

By: Sharon Salzberg

4.09

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From one of most prominent figures in the field of meditation comes a guidebook for how to use mind… read more

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13. A Mind At Home With Itself: How Asking Four Questions Can Free Your Mind, Open Your Heart, and Turn Your World Around

By: Byron Katie

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

‘Very illuminating…on the cutting edge of current biological research’ Jon Kabat-Zinn In A Mind … read more

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"I knew I wasn't dealing with a person; I was dealing with concepts, and once I investigated the concepts about my mother, I had unraveled all my concepts about everyone and everything."

-Byron Katie, A Mind At Home With Itself: How Asking Four Questions Can Free Your Mind, Open Your Heart, and Turn Your World Around

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14. Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World

By: Pema Chödrön

4.36

Format: 187 pages, Hardcover

In her first new book of spiritual teachings in many years, Pema Chödrön offers new wisdom, heartfe… read more

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  • psychology
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"When we stop seeking the familiarity of samsara, when we stop fighting the groundlessness of freedom from imputed meaning, emptiness becomes an experience of awe, of the infinite, of limitless pace."

-Pema Chödrön, Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World

"Status quo is not very helpful for spiritual growth, for using this short interval between birth and death. On the other hand, expanding our ability to feel comfortable in our own skin and in the wor…"

-Pema Chödrön, Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World

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15. Reverse Meditation

By: Andrew Holecek

4.12

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Disruptive practices to revolutionize your relationship with meditation and fully engage with the f… read more

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"[T]o end contraction is to transc*end* the ego, which is why so much of the spiritual path is about letting go. The challenge we experience in attempting to let go reveals how much we love to grasp."

-Andrew Holecek, Reverse Meditation

"Self-consciousness . . . rips us away from the natural state of flow, and we become children of the damned. We choke the life-force energy and fall into self-referential "think-holes" that are deeper…"

-Andrew Holecek, Reverse Meditation

"[T]he contraction of self-referencing can be thought of as gravitational pull. Like the planets in our solar system, everything in our lives orbits a narrative center of gravity--*me*. As long as we …"

-Andrew Holecek, Reverse Meditation

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16. Training in Tenderness: Buddhist Teachings on Tsewa, the Radical Openness of Heart That Can Change the World

By: Dzigar Kongtrül III

4.41

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Best Spirituality Books of 2018 - Spirituality & Practice A little guide to cultivating tsewa : th… read more

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17. Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom

By: Sharon Salzberg

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Merging the insights of inspiring voices with her own understanding of mindfulness, New York Times … read more

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18. Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential

By: Deepak Chopra

3.76

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

Is it possible to venture beyond daily living and experience heightened states of awareness? Deepak… read more

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19. Our Only Home: A Climate Appeal to the World

By: Dalai Lama XIV

3.55

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

“This impassioned account is ideal for readers well versed in current climate change activism, espe… read more

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20. Making Great Relationships: Simple Practices for Solving Conflicts, Building Connection, and Fostering Love

By: Rick Hanson

3.70

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

“50 simple, powerful ways to improve your relationships at home and at work” (Lori Gottlieb, author… read more

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21. Sadness, Love, Openness: The Buddhist Path of Joy

By: Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche

4.15

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

A direct, pithy, and accessible guide to the entire path of Tibetan Buddhism by one of the most bel… read more

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13 Best audiobook books like Welcoming the Unwelcome: Wholehearted Living in a Brokenhearted World by Pema Chödrön

Transform Your Habits

Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism

Chögyam Trungpa

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha

Tara Brach

4.16

Transform Your Habits

How We Live Is How We Die

Pema Chodron

4.30

Transform Your Habits

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

Tara Brach

4.23

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12 Top audiobook books like Reverse Meditation by Andrew Holecek

Transform Your Habits

Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will

Robert M. Sapolsky

4.25

Transform Your Habits

The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort To Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self

Michael Easter

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

Michael Easter

3.97

Transform Your Habits

No Self, No Problem: How Neuropsychology Is Catching Up to Buddhism (The No Self Wisdom Series)

Chris Niebauer

4.26

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