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About this author

Author of "How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life", winner of Books for a Better Life's best spiritual book of 2007 and the NY Times best seller, "The Hard Questions: 100 Essential Questions to Ask Before You Say 'I Do'".

I'm extremely interested in the dharma, the Enneagram, and anything & everything regarding love. And creativity. I teach meditation retreats for writers.


Average rating: 3.82 · 310 ratings · 78 reviews · 14 distinct works
How Not to Be Afraid of You...
3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions
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The Hard Questions: 100 Ess...
3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions
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Quiet Mind: A Beginner's Gu...
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2008
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The Wisdom of a Broken Hear...
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions
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The Hard Questions for an A...
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2004
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The Hard Questions
4.36 of 5 stars 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings5 editions
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The Wisdom of a Broken Hear...
4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2009
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Bliss in a Bo
3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2005
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Joyful Wedding: A Spiritual...
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
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Cut the Clutter and Stow th...
3.27 of 5 stars 3.27 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions
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"So far, I’ve made two vows that have changed my life. One was related to my Buddhist practice—to bec" …more
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The Spiral Staircase by Karen Armstrong
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
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Chronicles, Vol. 1 by Bob Dylan
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Loved the story, but really loved the writing. Unbelievably inspiring to my own writing. Thank you, Bob.
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The UltraSimple Diet by Mark Hyman
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Meditation in Action by Chögyam Trungpa
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The Heart of the Buddha by Chögyam Trungpa
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The book that let me know I had been a Buddhist all my life, only hadn't known what it was called.
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Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Chögyam Trungpa
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Shambhala by Chögyam Trungpa
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The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
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“Confidence is the willingness to be as ridiculous, luminous, intelligent, and kind as you really are, without embarrassment.”
Susan Piver

5796 Q&A with Steven Pressfield — 65 members — last activity Jul 17, 2011 06:20am
Steven Pressfield will be available July 7 through July 18, 2008 to answer questions and talk about his new book, Killing Rommel.



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Susan I'm so appreciative, Daniel. I hope you enjoy my books.

Nice to know you!


Daniel
Susan, I've added Hard Questions and your other books to my to-read list.


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