How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life: Opening Your Heart to Confidence, Intimacy, and Joy - Softcover

Piver, Susan

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9780312355975: How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life: Opening Your Heart to Confidence, Intimacy, and Joy
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0312355971 ISBN 13: 9780312355975
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 2007

Synopsis

How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life is an inspirational and practical guide to conquering fear and embracing joy.

Although you may not realize it fear is getting in your way and stopping you from connecting with others, realizing the significance of your life, and finding fulfillment and joy. It doesn't have to be this way. Susan Piver has the key to breaking down the barriers of fear that are holding you back. Using simple meditation techniques, based in Buddhist principles, she will teach you how to:

-Open your heart to relationships
-Gain the confidence to pursue a meaningful career
-Achieve perspective to live your authentic life

With a contemporary approach to ancient practices Susan teaches you how to incorporate principles of meditation and mindfulness into your everyday life. This isn't about enlightenment on a mountaintop it is a way of bringing intelligence and courage to the way you relate to yourself, your family, your friends, and your life.

How Not to be Afraid of Your Own Life features the "7-Day Freedom from Fear Meditation Program" a guided journey into discovering what may be holding you back from experiencing life to the fullest. Using meditation, journaling, and other reflective practices you will find a respite from everyday pressures and learn techniques to help you re-enter your busy life refreshed, renewed, and ready to live the life you were born to.

"Susan Piver shows us how to create a fearless life." -Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Healthy Aging

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About the Author

Susan Piver is the author of the bestselling The Hard Questions: 100 Essential Questions to Ask Before You Say “I Do.”  She has been a guest on Oprah, CNN, CBS’s Early Show, Today and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Time, Modern Bride, O Magazine and Redbook. A trained meditation teacher, she lives in Arlington, Massachusetts.

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Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0312355971
ISBN 13 
9780312355975
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224
Rating
  • 3.86 out of 5 stars
    321 ratings by Goodreads

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