Review:This book is incredibly good and insightful. I love to read it while sitting outside with a glass of herbal tea. It is one of those books where every sentence you read sets off a lightbulb in your head. The Dalai Lama is a very smart and funny individual and it shines through in this book. Any time I need to find peace or reduce needless stress I turn to this book first and it works everytime. Life is too short not to read this book, I only wish the whole world felt as he did. Imagine all the pe... Read more

Review:In the Introduction, the author says this is not a Buddhist boo. However, the book is totally from a Buddhist perspective and quotes the Dalai Lamma and other Buddhist teachers extensively. The author himself is a Buddhist monk so I don't know why he tried to market this as a secular work.

Regardless, I found this book to be very helpful and reinforced much of what I have read in the field of cognitive therapy. Read more

Review:I have read some reviews regarding the book not being the original work of the Dalai Lama himself. Yes it is true, it is written by Howard C. Cutler solely (not even partly, but completely). However one has to pay attention that Cutler will not be able to complete his work without the innumerate visits to the Lama, and the wisdom gotten from the Lama himself.

The book is very helpful if you have a "western" mentality. It doesn't mean that you have to be from the West though. I myself ... Read more

Review:This is a fabulous true story about Dean Karnazes and his ability to run ultra marathon miles. It will be a 'read in one sitting' book because it is so unbelievable.

His recent run of fifty states in fifty days will be more impressive but this book is a humble story about a humble runner willing to forgo fame and fortune all for the sake of self satisfation. If you are looking for an exciting book to read, this one is it! Read more

Review:Byron Katie is someone who has found the 'way'. There is no pretense in her writing. She is a free agent in a beautiful world and is genuinely ready and even eager to teach the unfree world how to do it. I loved reading and understanding and smiling at her pure logic. Read more

Review:This book is a classic. As foundation for understanding how loss operates in our lives from our earliest days, it is well-written, soundly-researched, and decidedly worth the read. Viorst asserts that loss is central to, and pervasive in, everyone's life. She divides our losses into four major categories: 1) the losses of childhood and the becoming of a separate self; 2) the losses of accepting the limitations of our power and potential including the forbidden and the impossible; 3) the losse... Read more

Review:Well-written and intense but so intimate - as if you’ve somehow always known Ariel. It’s a love letter to life that - like many great love stories - dances round and ultimately ends in the land of “what could have been.” I hung on nearly every word, highlighted passage after beautiful passage and wanted to weep with the raw realness of it all. Bravo for one of the most authentic memoirs I’ve read in a long time. Read more

Review:I have to agree with the other reviewers that this is a very good book. I am a pretty tough critic, who reserves five stars for books that change my life. While this book fell just short of that classification, I can say that my life is a little easier/better after reading it.

If you are reading these reviews, you probably have some experience with the subject. For that, I offer you my condolences. The good news is two-fold. First, it gets better with time. Second, books like this one can... Read more

Review:This was an absolutely amazing book! I searched for reviews and read all the reviews I could before I bought it wondering if it could help me..... It did in so many ways, I'll probably end up reading it a few more times to make sure i don't miss out on anything! Read more

Review:Trust is the easiest emotion to hurt and the hardest to heal. Mira takes you through multiple situation that aren’t going to fix, but challenge you past and give you the tools to start rebuilding what was once there. Read more