14 best-selling nonfiction books like Making Friends with Your Mind: The Key to Contentment by Pema Chödrön

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Making Friends with Your Mind: The Key to Contentment

By: Pema Chödrön

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Audio CD

Return to the Inner Flow and Freedom of Unconditional Friendliness Have you ever found yourself th…

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1. The Art Of Living

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.43

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Master the art of living from one of the world’s most revered spiritual leaders. Thich Nhat Hanh… read more

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  • buddhism
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"I think (too much), therefore I am (not there to live my life)."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art Of Living

"Whether this moment is happy or not depends on you. It`s you who makes the moment happy, not the moment that makes you happy. With mindfulness, concentration, and insight, any moment can become a hap…"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art Of Living

"Breathing in, I see all my ancestors in me: my mineral ancestors, plant ancestors, mammal ancestors, and human ancestors. My ancestors are always present, alive in every cell of my body, and I play a…"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art Of Living

"I see that this body—made of the four elements—is not really me, and I am not limited by this body. I am the whole of the river of life, of blood ancestors and spiritual ancestors, that has been cont…"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, The Art Of Living

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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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  • buddhism
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
"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. Making Friends with Your Mind: The Key to Contentment

By: Pema Chödrön

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Audio CD

Return to the Inner Flow and Freedom of Unconditional Friendliness Have you ever found yourself th… read more

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  • self help
  • buddhism
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook

4. Gold Dust Woman: A Biography of Stevie Nicks

By: Stephen Davis

2.65

Format: 34 pages, Hardcover

Stevie Nicks is a legend of rock, but her energy and magnetism sparked new interest in this icon. A… read more

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5. Happiness: Essential Mindfulness Practices

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

Encouraging readers to be intelligent and skillful in their practice, this new collection by Thich … read more

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6. Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy

By: Sheryl Sandberg , Adam M. Grant , Adam Grant

3.93

Format: 512 pages,

From Facebook's COO and Wharton's top-rated professor, the #1 New York Timesbest-selling authors of… read more

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7. 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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8. Living Without Stress or Fear: Essential Teachings on the True Source of Happiness

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

3.25

Format: 198 pages, Audio CD

The Mindful Path to Freedom from the Emotions That Cause SufferingA life without stress or fear may… read more

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9. 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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10. The Art of Communicating

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

2.80

Format: None pages, ebook

Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh, bestselling author of Peace is Every Stepand one of the most respected … read more

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11. 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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  • self help
  • buddhism
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"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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12. Somehow: Thoughts on Love

By: Anne Lamott

3.95

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
"I don’t know"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"

-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love

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13. Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life (The Dr. Mark Hyman Library, 11)

By: Mark Hyman

3.85

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER  Dr. Mark Hyman presents the definitive guide to reversin… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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14. No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

By: Richard C. Schwartz

4.15

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts t… read more

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  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
"The big insight was that giving a troubled person a psychiatric diagnosis and seeing that as the sole or main cause of their symptoms was unnecessarily limiting, pathologizing, and could become self-…"

-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

"IFS can be seen as attachment theory taken inside, in the sense that the client’s Self becomes the good attachment figure to their insecure or avoidant parts. I was initially amazed to discover that …"

-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model

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15. 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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  • buddhism
  • psychology
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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
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16. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

By: Sebastian Junger

3.92

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more

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  • nonfiction
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  • audiobook
"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"

-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife

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17. 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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  • buddhism
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
Cover of Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What) by Matthew Hussey

18. Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What)

By: Matthew Hussey

4.27

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In Love Life, relationship coach and expert Matthew Hussey explores the most important and foundati… read more

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  • audiobook
"Attention is not intention."

-Matthew Hussey, Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What)

"In love, we don’t need everyone to want us. We only need one person."

-Matthew Hussey, Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What)

"Don’t invest in someone based on how much you like them, invest in someone based on how much they invest in you."

-Matthew Hussey, Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What)

"The love of your life can only ever be the person who chooses you for their life. It can never be the person who doesn’t choose you."

-Matthew Hussey, Love Life: How to Raise Your Standards, Find Your Person, and Live Happily (No Matter What)

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19. You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want (A No F*cks Given Guide, 3)

By: Sarah Knight

3.62

Format: 299 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck and Get … read more

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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"Doing your best can be exhausting enough without doing everyone else's best while you're at it."

-Sarah Knight, You Do You: How to Be Who You Are and Use What You've Got to Get What You Want (A No F*cks Given Guide, 3)

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20. Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a Life of Imperfection

By: Kate Bowler

4.46

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A compassionate, intelligent, and wry series of Christian daily reflectio… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • psychology
  • self help
Cover of 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

21. 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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  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • audiobook
"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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Thich Nhat Hanh

4.43

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Making Friends with Your Mind: The Key to Contentment

Pema Chödrön

4.03

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Tara Brach

4.16

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Anne Lamott

3.95

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4.42

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4.01

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4.47

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