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Meaningful Answers to Hard Questions “Tiny Buddha is a moving and insightful synthesis of evocative stories and ancient wisdom applied to modern life. A great read!” — Jonathan Fields, author of UncertaintyFrom the mind of TinyBuddha.com, Lori Deschene brings us the latest edition of her guide on how to throw off stagnation and walk into a happier and healthier life. Feeling good is a choice, the possibility of it is up to you!You are in control of your purpose. Life has a way of giving us more questions than answers. Especially this one we hear all too well: Why am I here? People all over are wondering that very thing. With Tiny Buddha, learn how we can choose the meaning behind our place in this vast universe. Learn how to transcend happiness from feeling like a chore to being an active daily practice.Jump into your life purpose. Featuring straightforward and practical advice based on Taoist practices and her own personal journey, author Lori Deschene explores universal aspects that help uncover your life purpose. By breaking down hard yet revealing questions about life, love, happiness, and change; Tiny Buddha provides all sorts of down-to-earth wisdom and ways for knowing and feeling good about your place in this crazy, complicated universe now and moving forward.Inside, you’ll find: The difference between searching for meaning versus creating it ourselves How to create a peaceful space for your spiritual health by not being in control The importance of accepting your struggles without fully understanding the “why” If you like self-help books or advice blogs, or if you enjoyed Living on Purpose, The Soul’s Human Experience, or The Tao of Influence, then you’ll love Tiny Buddha.

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Learn to Love YourselfFrom Stress to Happiness. Many of us know intellectually that we need to be good to ourselves if we want to be happy. But it feels so hard. We are simultaneously the harsh judge and the lost, scared child who wants to stop feeling judged. It becomes a vicious cycle. It only stops when we step outside ourselves and observe how we got ourselves stuck. Only then can we learn to practice gratitude and positive thinking.Joy and Peace. Lori Deschene, creator of TinyBuddha.com and the self-help journals Tiny Buddha's Worry Journal and Tiny Buddha's Gratitude Journal, shares 40 unique perspectives and insights to help you stop judging yourself so harshly. Featuring stories selected from hundreds of TinyBuddha.com contributors, Tiny Buddha’s Guide to Loving Yourself provides an honest look at what it means to overcome critical, self-judging thoughts to create a peaceful, empowered life.More than a Self-Help Book. Tiny Buddha’s Guide to Loving Yourself is a collection of vulnerable reflections and epiphanies from people who are learning to love themselves, just like you. In this book, you will find: Four authentic, vulnerable stories in each chapter Insightful observations about our shared struggles and how to overcome them Action-oriented suggestions based on the wisdom in the stories Readers of inspirational books and spiritual books like The Book of Joy or other books by Lori Deschene such as Tiny Buddha's Worry Journal or Tiny Buddha's Gratitude Journal will love Tiny Buddha's Guide to Loving Yourself.

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From the author of Tiny Buddha's 365 Tiny Love Challenges and founder of the popular online community Tiny Buddha comes a flexibound interactive journal to help readers creatively foster gratitude in their daily lives. Even in the hardest of times, we have things to be grateful for. Lori Deschene, founder of TinyBuddha.com, helps us recognize these small blessings with this journal dedicated to thankfulness. Each page of Tiny Buddha's Gratitude Journal includes a question or prompt to help readers reflect on everything that's worth appreciating in their lives. Sprinkled throughout this soulful journal are fifteen coloring pages depicting ordinary, often overlooked objects that enhance our lives, with space for written reflection on the page. With Tiny Buddha's Gratitude Journal, readers will be able to recognize small blessings, focus on the positive, and foster optimism to help them be their best, happiest selves every day.

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A beautifully designed, inviting interactive journal to help you destress, reduce anxiety, and find peace from the founder of the popular online community Tiny Buddha, and author of Tiny Buddha’s 365 Tiny Love Challenges and Tiny Buddha’s Gratitude Journal.Filled with prompts, quotes, questions for reflection, and coloring and doodle pages, Tiny Buddha’s Worry Journal can help you feel calmer and cultivate a more mindful, peaceful spirit every day.In addition to prompts, the journal features three recurring sections:"Let It Go"—identify what is currently creating anxiety in your life and suggestions for working through it;"Plan Ahead"—help to navigate particular situations and devise a plan to approach them in productive ways;"Color and Draw Yourself Calm"—fifteen coloring pages and fifteen doodle pages carefully designed to inspire you to use your own creativity to soothe worries and focus on the moment.Don’t let anxiety control you. Tiny Buddha’s Worry Journal lets you carve a little time for yourself every day, and gives you tools to help you improve your mood, focus on the present moment, and kindle your unique creativity.

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From the founder of the popular online community Tiny Buddha.com comes a daily inspirational guide of simple and creative challenges to help you actively spread love to those around you. Tiny Buddha's 365 Days of Tiny Love Challenges is a simple guide to help readers pursue happy, connected lives and bring greater love into the world. Each week begins with an inspirational message written by members of the TinyBuddha.com online community, followed by seven days of short challenges that focus on self-love, giving and receiving love in relationships and friendships, and spreading love in the world, such as: * Write a list of three things you appreciate about yourself and place it somewhere in your home where you'll frequently see it throughout the day * Compliment someone who serves you in some way (for example, a waiter, barista, or bus driver) on how well they do their job * Keep an eye out for someone who looks sad-a friend, coworker, or even stranger-and say something that might make them laugh or smile. By using the book each day throughout the year, readers will learn to develop closer bonds in relationships, let go of anger and bitterness, better understand themselves and their loved ones, and turn strangers into friends.

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