Audiobooks by Sharon Salzberg

Love Your Enemies 10th Anniversary Edition: How to Break the Anger Habit & Be a Whole Lot Happier

"Coping with anger and pain is more challenging than ever in these times-and more necessary. Two acclaimed Buddhist teachers offer strategies and wisdom in a book that's been called "possibly the most inspiring and liberating meditation on love ever written." When people and circumstances upset us, how do we deal with them? Often, we feel victimized. We become hurt, angry, and defensive. We end up seeing others as enemies, and when things don't go our way, we become enemies to ourselves. But what if we could move past this pain, anger, and defensiveness? Inspired by Buddhist philosophy, this book introduces us to the four kinds of enemies we encounter in life: the outer enemy, people, institutions, and situations that mean to harm us; the inner enemy, anger, hatred, fear, and other destructive emotions; the secret enemy, self-obsession that isolates us from others; and the super-secret enemy, deep-seated self-loathing that prevents us from finding inner freedom and true happiness. In this practical guide, we learn not only how to identify our enemies, but more important, how to transform our relationship to them. Love Your Enemies teaches us how to . . . · break free from the mode of "us" versus "them" thinking · develop compassion, patience, and love · accept what is beyond our control · embrace lovingkindness, right speech, and other core concepts First published in 2013, Love Your Enemies is, more than ever, required reading for navigating our world. Throughout, authors Sharon Salzberg and Robert Thurman draw from ancient spiritual wisdom and modern psychology to help you find peace within yourself and with the world. * Includes new prefaces from both authors * This audio product contains a PDF with supporting material, and the PDF is available to download."

Robert Thurman, Sharon Salzberg (Author), Robert Thurman, Sharon Salzberg (Narrator)

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Finding Your Way

"This program is read by the author and contains bonus material that includes meditations, reflection exercises, a journaling stress exercise, a food-ritual contemplation exercise, a brainstorm exercise, and a lovingkindess-in-action exercise. 'Salzberg is a seasoned speaker, and her audiobook benefits from her confident, assertive delivery' —AudioFile on Real Change Find a sense of calm and hope with this audiobook from the world-renowned and bestselling meditation teacher, as she offers guidance and tools to living your best life. Finding Your Way is the newest audiobook from one of the most beloved and bestselling meditation teachers. In dozens of clear and inspiring entries, listeners will be reminded that there are many ways to stay calm and move forward. From choosing to simply 'do the good that is in front of you,' to reading a meaningful piece from an interview with a kind leader, to quotes from people Sharon admires, and reminders of how to practice meditation, Finding Your Way will show listeners that they are always on the right path, because it is their own. Each thought, whether a single quote or a short essay, is presented calmly to enhance the experience. A Macmillan Audio production."

Sharon Salzberg (Author), Sharon Salzberg (Narrator)

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Real Life: The Journey from Isolation to Openness and Freedom

"This program is read by the author. Merging the insights of inspiring voices with her own understanding of mindfulness, New York Times bestselling author Sharon Salzberg shows us how we can recover from the emotional effects of crisis. When confronted with pain and obstacles, we often shrink back and contract out of fear and disappointment. That can become a way of life. In Real Life, Sharon Salzberg lets us know it doesn’t have to be that way. When we feel alone, cut off, or trapped, we can let those difficulties steer us onto a path toward an authentic, flourishing life—living in a way that allows us to find the wholeness that lies within. Even when we’re alone, a sense of community can accompany us through the stormy times. Our words, hearts, and actions can line up with a larger vision, rather than the smaller views our anxious, fearful thoughts arouse in us. To live in a less constricted way—with a more spacious, open sense of possibility, creativity, connection, and joy—Salzberg says we need to get real about what’s most important, to ask ourselves, “What do I most deeply yearn for?” “What would I benefit from letting go of?” “What do I believe is possible for me?” We accomplish the journey to expansive freedom (Real Life) through developing tools like mindful awareness, friendship, and a greater sense of purpose/aspiration. We learn to: • take some risks with what we dare to imagine • take an interest in internal states we might normally try to avoid • take an interest in people we might normally try to avoid Real Life is about the journey we make when we decide to live the life that speaks to our innermost longing to live free. A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books."

Sharon Salzberg (Author), Sharon Salzberg (Narrator)

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Real Change: Mindfulness To Heal Ourselves and the World

"This program is read by the author. From one of most prominent figures in the field of meditation comes a guidebook for how to use mindfulness to build our inner strength, find balance, and help create a better world. In today’s fractured world, we’re constantly flooded with breaking news that causes anger, grief, and pain. People are feeling more stressed out than ever, and in the face of this fear and anxiety they can feel so burnt out and overwhelmed that they end up frozen in their tracks and unable to do anything. In Real Change, Sharon Salzberg, a leading expert in lovingkindness meditation, shares sage advice and indispensable techniques to help free ourselves from these negative feelings and actions. She teaches us that meditation is not a replacement for action, but rather a way to practice generosity with ourselves and summon the courage to break through boundaries, reconnect to a movement that’s bigger than ourselves, and have the energy to stay active. Consulting with veteran activists and social-change agents in a variety of fields, Salzberg collects and shares their wisdom and offers the best practical advice to foster transformation in both ourselves and in society. To help tame our inner landscape or chaos, Salzberg offers mindfulness practices that will help listeners cultivate a sense of agency and stay engaged in the long-term struggle for social change. Whether you’re resolving conflicts with a crotchety neighbor or combating global warming, Real Change will provide the fundamental principles and mindfulness practices to help guide you to the clarity and confidence to lift a foot and take the next step into a better world. A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books 'In this age of anxiety, grief, and strife, Sharon Salzberg, a leading authority on lovingkindness meditation, offers exactly the wisdom we need: the mindfulness to take action. This is not the mindfulness of navel-gazing on a mountaintop. Salzberg knows what it’s like to grieve and to heal; to fight and to reconcile; to fear and to find courage. She is the guide we’ve been looking for — and not a moment too soon.' – Susan Cain, New York Times bestselling author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking"

Sharon Salzberg (Author), Sharon Salzberg (Narrator)

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[German] - Wahre Liebe - Der buddhistische Weg, mit sich selbst und anderen glücklich zu leben (Gekü

"Sharon Salzberg hat Tausende Menschen in ihrem persönlichen Entwicklungsprozess begleitet und weiß: Wahre Liebe zu leben ist die eigentliche Sehnsucht von uns Menschen. In diesem Hörbuch fasst sie ihre 40-jährige Erfahrung in einem Drei-Schritte-Programm zusammen. Sie verbindet buddhistische Weisheit mit der Lebenswirklichkeit der Menschen und erklärt, wie Selbstakzeptanz und Liebe im Alltag entwickelt werden können. Ihre Anleitungen und Meditationen helfen, sich selbst anzunehmen und die Beziehungen zu anderen liebevoll zu gestalten."

Sharon Salzberg (Author), Beate Himmelstoß (Narrator)

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Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection

"In Real Love, one of the world's leading authorities on love tells us how to find it, how to nurture it, how to honor it—and most of all how to rethink it ... This book has the power to set your heart at peace.' —Susan Cain, author of Quiet What is love? Sharon Salzberg believes that love is a powerful healing force for us all, and that modern associations with romance and adoration are limiting. By redefining love, she helps us to recognize our desire for happiness and enhance our connections with each other. Real Love is a creative toolkit of mindfulness exercises and meditation techniques that can help you to truly engage with your present experience and create deeper love relationships - with yourself, your partner, friends and family, and with life itself. The book encourages us to strip away layers of negative habits and obstacles and to improve deeper connections, helping us to experience authentic love based on direct experience, rather than preconceptions."

Sharon Salzberg (Author), Sharon Salzberg (Narrator)

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Make Peace, Not War: Day Two

Jack Kornfield, Michael Meade, Sharon Salzberg, The Dalai Lama (Author), Michael Toms (Narrator)

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