Personal development

A classic bestseller with a new look! Since its first publication in 2001, this book has helped hundreds of thousands of women break through creative blocks and realize their dreams.

There are thousands of reasons for not loving ourselves. Every person has one, or one hundred, it seems. We're too fat or too thin. We cry too easily or not at all. We're not good enough, pretty enough, tall enough, powerful enough, brave enough or interesting enough. We convince ourselves that we don't deserve the lives we desire. In When You Think You're Not Enough, bestselling author and psy

The author of The 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women is back, helping readers to create the power of making positive choices that enhance well-being and fulfillment.The world is on overload, at least from our modern-day Western perspective. Gail McMeekin believes that we can effectively reduce stress in our lives and bring more meaning into them, and she has developed a program to help people to

Go from thinking to doing--from imagining a new life to putting it into practice--starting right now. Inspirational author and speaker, Heather McCloskey Beck, wants you to know that there's nothing more important than figuring out what makes your heart sing and doing that--every day. We've been trained to think it's not "responsible" to think this way, that there are more important things to l

Mark Nepo is emerging as one of the truly significant writers and thinkers of today. Nepo has a singular way of distilling great truths down to their essence. Moreover, during his cancer journey, Nepo relied on the power of expression and the writing process to keep him tethered to life. In REDUCED TO JOY, Mark Nepo explores the places where pain and joy are stitched to resilience, uncovering them

Based on four retreats that Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh led specifically for people of color, this book is for people of all colors, backgrounds, and experiences who have ever felt excluded or alienated, or anyone concerned with issues of social justice. Although Together We Are One is based on teachings given to Buddhist practitioners of color, readers of all backgrounds and walks of life will fin

The Diamond Sutra, a mainstay of the Mahayana tradition, has fascinated Buddhists for centuries because of its insights into dualism and illusion: the "diamond" can cut through any obstacle on the road to enlightenment.

Mindfulness is the practice of cultivating full awareness of the present moment. Mindful Living Every Day, filmed on location in Plum Village, France, gives an overview of the concrete practices that help bring awareness to our breath, body, and mind in each moment. Members of the monastic and lay community of Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh demonstrate adn talk about their experience with essential mi

Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and members of his Buddhist community deliver a visionary book about the future of Buddhism in America. This volume contains never-before-published letters, stories, poems, calligraphies, and photos by Hanh.

This easily accessible translation and commentary by Thich Nhat Hanh on the Sutra on Knowing the Better Way To Live Alone, is the earliest teaching of the Buddha on living fully in the present moment. "To live alone" doesn’t mean to isolate oneself from society. It means to live in mindfulness: to let go of the past and the future, and to look deeply and discover the true nature of all that

The late, great Zen master reflects on the benefits of walking meditation in one of the few guidebooks focused solely on mindful walking Written in Thich Nhat Hanh´s clear and accessible style, Long Road Turns to Joy reminds us that we “walk not in order to arrive, but walk just for walking.” Touching the earth with our feet is an opportunity to live in the here and now. Thich Nhat Hanh encourag

How to Walk is the fourth title in Parallax’s popular Mindfulness Essentials Series of how-to titles by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, introducing beginners and reminding seasoned practitioners of the essentials of mindfulness practice.

THANK YOUR WICKED PARENTS has at its core a shocking but undeniable truth: Some parents are wicked and repeatedly lash their helpless children with abuse and humiliation. Other parents, while not intentionally malicious, nevertheless fail to provide their family with the loving kindness that they need and deserve. But the author, also, offers a positive message: While uncaring, cruel parents can't

Despite an innate desire to live peaceful and happy lives, many of us spend too much time in struggle and stress rather than enjoyment, often working to make others happy while forgetting about ourselves. In A YEAR FOR YOU, author and clutter-clearing expert, Stephanie Bennett Vogt, explains the Spacious Way, a method that teaches you how to gently release the underlying causes of stress, struggle

This book is a meditation on facing fear, heartbreak and mortality. It is the story of a man who in rapid succession has his wife die in his arms, loses his house and his job and is left to care for his 19-month old daughter. Oddly enough, the best tools for coping with all of this were those he learned in more than two decades of the martial arts practice. NOT AFRAID tackles this extremely heavy

Many losses go unrecognised or are subtle. Some are life-changing. Whether it is the loss of a loved one, a relationship or a job, the energy of grief often weighs heavily upon our hearts. These losses can accumulate and make it difficult for us to enjoy life. This book provides readers with powerful tools to transform and recover from any kind of loss and reawaken to the possibility of joy in the

The five bestselling handbooks of Thich Nhat Hanh's Mindfulness Essentials Series, How to Sit, How to Eat, How to Walk, How to Love, and How to Relax, are collected together for the first time in a beautifully designed gift box. The box contains all five titles in their original trade paperback editions, each printed with a different highlight color. The Mindfulness Essentials Series by Zen Mast

While most of us have heard about the mental and physical benefits of meditation, beginning a regular practice can sometimes seem more daunting than training for a marathon. Maybe you're curious about meditation but don't know where or how to start, or perhaps you've tried it but weren't able to stick with it.If this describes you, then HOW TO MEDITATE LIKE A BUDDHIST is the perfect place to begin

Reconnect with your Higher Self and embark on a journey from self-doubt to self-love with the guidance of beloved self-help content creator and multidisciplinary artist Bunny Michael. Hello Higher Self is a self-care manifesto that calls on you to radically shift your perspective from the Learned Hierarchal Beliefs (LHBs) we've all internalized, to the self-acceptance we were born into – aka ou