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"Sharon Salzberg is, to me, a perfect Buddhist teacher, who manages to guide us gently and entertainingly towards peace, awakening, and lovingkindness, where joy is to be found.
— Anne Lamott, bestselling author of Bird by Bird
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Sharon Salzberg writes from a place filled with love and simplicity. With Real Life, she gives profoundly effective advice about emerging from the dark corners where we find ourselves. Her insights are life-changing.
— Mary Louise Parker, star of Showtime’s Weeds
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Real Life has the power to revolutionize the way we relate to ourselves and the world.
— Valarie Kaur, bestselling author of See No Stranger
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Real Life leaves us wiser, encouraged, courageous and tender, more connected to our heart.
— Jack Kornfield, author of After the Ecstasy and The Laundry
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Sharon is a master at helping us get over ourselves and get out of our heads — so that we can do hard things and generally do life better. This book will help you shed old, unhelpful patterns and escape what David Foster Wallace once called ‘the skull-sized kingdom’. Check it out.
— Dan Harris, author of 10% Happier
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What a joy to soak in these illuminating ideas and engaging stories of how we each can mice more fully and freely in our challenging times.
— Daniel J. Siegel, M.D. New York Times best selling author, IntraConnected and Executive Director, Mindsight Institute
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Sharon Salzberg’s Real Life invites us to approach our one, precious life with fullness and courage, without papering over the pain or the challenges. “- Rabbi Angela W. Buchdahl
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The jewel in the crown of the Real series. This gift of a book is filled with Sharon’s signature style of blending keen observation, profound wisdom, and the easeful confidence of a trusted teacher.
— Amishi Jha, Ph.D, author of the national bestseller Peak Mind.
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This book will put you in touch with your own deepest wisdom—and help you embody it in your own life.
— Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman, Host of The Psychology Podcast and author of Transcend
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Sharon Salzberg is, above all, a master storyteller.
— Catherine Burns, the long-time Artistic Director of The Moth
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Sharon Salzberg shows us how to rebalance ourselves in the face of life’s difficulties, and in so doing, free our minds and hearts to find bliss and wonder.
— David DeSteno, host of the PRX Podcast How God Works
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Real Life is far more than piercing, fierce instructions for cultivating lovingkindness as a means for our connection. It is also an elegy for the heartache of isolation and pathway to connection..
— Jerry Colonna, author Reboot: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up.
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"This book maps our life-giving journey from isolation to community, from confinement to freedom
— Parker J. Palmer, author of On the Brink of Everything
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"A shout of joy to welcome the hope-filled inner journey of this book!
— Robert Thurman, Professor Emeritus, Columbia U., author of Wisdom IS Bliss.
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Sharon has done it again; Real Life delivers another gem from the person I like to call the “Queen of Loving Kindness”.
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—Atman Smith, author of Let Your Light Shine
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