26 Top nonfiction books like Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion by Koshin Paley Ellison

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Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion

By: Koshin Paley Ellison

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Though we are seemingly more connected to our world than ever before, many of us cannot ignore a na…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion by Koshin Paley Ellison , here is a list of 26 books like this:

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1. When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

By: Pema Chödrön

4.28

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

The beautiful practicality of her teaching has made Pema Chödrön one of the most beloved of contemp… read more

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  • buddhism
  • psychology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
"Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha."

-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

"Without giving up hope—that there’s somewhere better to be, that there’s someone better to be—we will never relax with where we are or who we are."

-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

"Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look."

-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

"Birth is painful and delightful. Death is painful and delightful. Everything that ends is also the beginning of something else. Pain is not a punishment; pleasure is not a reward."

-Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

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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
  • zen
  • psychology
  • religion
  • 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. Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm, and Confidence

By: Rick Hanson

3.87

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Hardwiring Happiness lays out a simple method that uses the hidden power of everyday experiences to… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help

4. Breathing Underwater: Spirituality and the 12 Steps

By: Richard Rohr

4.67

Format: 360 pages, Audio

Both individuals and society are drowning in addictions, says dynamic speaker Richard Rohr, O.F.M.,… read more

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5. The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

By: Pema Chödrön

3.98

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

We always have a choice, Pema Chodron teaches: We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us … read more

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6. The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully

By: None

3.20

Format: 192 pages,

Death is not waiting for us at the end of a long road. Death is always with us, in the marrow of ev… read more

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7. Living Untethered: Beyond the Human Predicament

By: Michael A. Singer

4.45

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

The book you need right now is finally here! From beloved spiritual teacher Michael A. Singer—autho… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • psychology
  • self help
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8. Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully

By: Kelly Starrett

4.25

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Simple and proven physical practices designed to improve the way your body feels—less stiffness! fe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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9. Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion

By: Koshin Paley Ellison

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Though we are seemingly more connected to our world than ever before, many of us cannot ignore a na… read more

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  • buddhism
  • zen
  • psychology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
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10. Anchored

By: Deb Dana

3.96

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Discover your body’s neural pathways to calmness, safety, and connection. An intense conversation,… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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11. Master of Change: How to Excel When Everything Is Changing – Including You

By: Brad Stulberg

4.05

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A revelatory book on rethinking change, creating a rugged and flexible mindset … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
Cover of The Well-Lived Life: A 102-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age by Gladys McGarey

12. The Well-Lived Life: A 102-Year-Old Doctor's Six Secrets to Health and Happiness at Every Age

By: Gladys McGarey

4.29

Format: 256 pages, ebook

Dr. Gladys McGarey, a centenarian still-consulting doctor and the mother of holistic medicine, reve… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
Cover of The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness by Robert Waldinger

13. The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

By: Robert Waldinger

4.16

Format: 352 pages, ebook

What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? In their book, the directors of the Ha… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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14. 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
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
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15. True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart

By: Tara Brach

4.21

Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition

How do you cope when facing life-threatening illness, family conflict, faltering relationships, old… read more

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  • buddhism
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
"Awakening self-compassion is often the greatest challenge people face on the spiritual path."

-Tara Brach, True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart

"Stepping out of the busyness, stopping our endless pursuit of getting somewhere else, is perhaps the most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit."

-Tara Brach, True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart

"You have a unique body and mind, with a particular history and conditioning. No one can offer you a formula for navigating all situations and all states of mind. Only by listening inwardly in a fresh…"

-Tara Brach, True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart

"The intimacy that arises in listening and speaking truth is only possible if we can open to the vulnerability of our own hearts. Breathing in, contacting the life that is right here, is our first ste…"

-Tara Brach, True Refuge: Finding Peace and Freedom in Your Own Awakened Heart

Cover of Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next) by Dean Spade

16. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)

By: Dean Spade

4.38

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

Mutual aid is the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world. Around… read more

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  • nonfiction
"In the context of professionalized nonprofit organizations, groups are urged to be single-issue oriented, framing their message around "deserving" people within the population they serve, and using t…"

-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)

"When we feel bad, we often automatically decide that either we are bad or another person is bad. Both of these moves cause damage and distort the truth, which is that we are all navigating difficult …"

-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)

"Burnout is the combination of resentment, exhaustion, shame, and frustration that make us lose connection to pleasure and passion in the work, and instead encounter difficult feelings like avoidance,…"

-Dean Spade, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity in This Crisis (And the Next)

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17. Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.38

Format: 320 pages, ebook

In this masterful work, one of the most revered spiritual leaders in the world today shares his wis… read more

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  • buddhism
  • zen
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"Sometimes even if we think we want to be heard, we're not always ready for it."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

"We can make the most of the Earth and benefit from its beauty, but in such a way that we respect the Earth, just as a bee respects the flower."

-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

"You trust that you contain the whole cosmos; you are made of stars. And that is why you respect yourself and offer reverence to yourself. And, when you look at another person, you see that they are a…"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

"This is the attitude of bodhisattvas: to practice meditation not only for yourself, but for the world, to relieve the suffering. And, when others suffer less, you suffer less. When you suffer less, t…"

-Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

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18. The Way Forward (The Inward Trilogy)

By: Yung Pueblo

4.42

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The #1 New York Times bestselling poet returns with his most inspiring collection yet. In this thir… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • psychology
  • self help
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19. Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future

By: Yung Pueblo

4.06

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “An empathetic and wise book that will guide you on a journey toward… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • psychology
  • self help
"The end of a relationship is the end of a home."

-Yung Pueblo, Lighter: Let Go of the Past, Connect with the Present, and Expand the Future

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20. Victim

By: Andrew Boryga

3.92

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

There’s a fine line between bending the truth and telling bald-faced lies, and Javier Perez is will… read more

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Cover of Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age by Bruce Feiler

21. Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age

By: Bruce Feiler

3.95

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

A New York Times bestseller!  A pioneering and timely study of how to navigate life's biggest tran… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
"Primed to expect that our lives will follow a predictable path, we’re thrown when they don’t. We have linear expectations but nonlinear realities... We’re all comparing ourselves to an ideal that no …"

-Bruce Feiler, Life Is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age

Cover of Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World by Ryan Holiday

22. Right Thing, Right Now: Justice in an Unjust World

By: Ryan Holiday

4.21

Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition

In his New York Times bestselling book, Discipline Is Destiny, Ryan Holiday made the Stoic case for… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
Cover of The Zen of Therapy: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life by Mark Epstein

23. The Zen of Therapy: Uncovering a Hidden Kindness in Life

By: Mark Epstein

3.93

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable exploration of the therapeutic relationship, Dr. Mark Epstein reflects on one year's w… read more

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  • buddhism
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
Cover of See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Valarie Kaur

24. See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love

By: Valarie Kaur

4.54

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

How do we love in a time of rage? How do we fix a broken world while not breaking ourselves? Valari… read more

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  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
"Wonder is the wellspring for love"

-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love

"You are a part of me I do not yet know"

-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love

"I believe laboring in joy is the meaning of life."

-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love

"Grieving together, we ease each other’s suffering and come to know each other."

-Valarie Kaur, See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love

Cover of Loving You Is Hurting Me: A New Approach to Healing Trauma Bonds and Creating Authentic Connection by Laura Copley

25. Loving You Is Hurting Me: A New Approach to Healing Trauma Bonds and Creating Authentic Connection

By: Laura Copley

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Move forward in your journey and learn how to heal your emotional wounds, get unstuck, and get into… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
Cover of The Other Side of Nothing: The Zen Ethics of Time, Space, and Being by Brad Warner

26. The Other Side of Nothing: The Zen Ethics of Time, Space, and Being

By: Brad Warner

4.39

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A reader-friendly guide to Zen Buddhist ethics for modern times In the West, Zen Buddhism has a re… read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • zen
Cover of Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom by Sharon Salzberg

27. 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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  • buddhism
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
Cover of You Belong: A Call for Connection by Sebene Selassie

28. You Belong: A Call for Connection

By: Sebene Selassie

4.26

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From much-admired meditation expert and Western Buddhist thought leader, You Belong is a social and… read more

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  • buddhism
  • psychology
  • religion
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
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29. How to Smile (Mindfulness Essentials Book 10)

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

4.14

Format: 127 pages, Kindle Edition

The latest book in the bestselling How To simple, refreshing meditations of Zen Master Thich Nhat … read more

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  • buddhism
  • nonfiction
  • spirituality
  • self help
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30. What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World

By: Prentis Hemphill

4.54

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

From one of the most prominent voices in the trauma conversation comes a groundbreaking new way to … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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31. The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls

By: James Bird

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade novel by James Bird about a boy sent to his Ojibwe family to straighten out his life… read more

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7 Top religion books like Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion by Koshin Paley Ellison

Transform Your Habits

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

Pema Chödrön

4.28

Transform Your Habits

No Mud, No Lotus: The Art of Transforming Suffering

Thich Nhat Hanh

4.25

Transform Your Habits

Untangled: Walking the Eightfold Path to Clarity, Courage, and Compassion

Koshin Paley Ellison

4.18

Transform Your Habits

How We Live Is How We Die

Pema Chodron

4.30

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The Voice of the Silence: Being Extracts from the Book of the Golden Precepts

None , Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

4.10

Transform Your Habits

How to Hug a Porcupine: Easy Ways to Love the Difficult People in Your Life (Little Book. Big Idea.)

June Eding , Debbie Ellis

3.16

Transform Your Habits

Mindfulness for Beginners

Jon Kabat-Zinn

3.50

Transform Your Habits

Disentangling from Emotionally Immature People: Avoid Emotional Traps, Stand Up for Your Self, and Transform Your Relationships as an Adult Child of Emotionally Immature Parents

Lindsay C. Gibson

4.49

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