Living by Zen: Timeless Truths for Everyday Life

Discover the 2000 Year Old Zen Secret of Feeling Calm Balanced and Positive No Matter what's Going On In Your Life. In this book you will discover ways to dissolve stress and anxiety and find true calm relaxation and peace of mind. You will discover some of the things that steal your peace of mind and learn new ways of handling them. You will dissolve popular myths about mental health see why they're wrong and how it's easy to turn around the way you feel and live a fulfilling life right now. There's no need to constantly build strategies and figure out what to do and it's a mistake to try to change and manage everyone in sight. This book will show you a completely different approach to living one that will make you and those around you feel brand new.Praise for Dr. Brenda Shoshannas booksDr. Shoshannas words are wonderful!--Marianne WilliamsonA powerful potentially life-changing book.Body & SoulTheres some good solid advice here that just might help the lovelorn break some of their destructive patterns and connect the dots as to why true love is always passing them by.--St. Petersburg TimesIn her book Fearless Dr. Shoshanna provides a refreshingly simple Zen approach to addressing the complicated subject of fear.--Lucinda Bassett"Shoshanna has some insightful things to say about anger in the family in the workplace at God and at destiny. This book can change the way you view yourself and others. It will help you give up grudges stop blaming others and playing the victim."--Spirituality & HealthReaders searching for broader meaning will revel in Dr. Shoshannas ability to weave together the basic tenets of relationship psychology with the self-realization techniques of Zen practice.--Publishers WeeklyThis is relationship samurai style...Shoshanna studied with the Zen masters Soen Nakagawa Roshi and Eido Shimano Roshi; the rigor of traditional monastic training shines through the spare language and format. Aspects of Zen training that can be controversial or confounding are presented matter-of-factly.... Shoshanna holds out the redemptive possibilities of practice.--Tricycle MagazineDr. Shoshannas book has less to do with the mechanics of sitting and more to do with the realities of integrating Zen practice into real life. Shoshanna extends an empty and richly filled hand offering both the sublime and the practical which are one and the same in the Zen world. This is a highly recommended volume for beginners and new practitioners.--Publishers WeeklyDr. Shoshanna challenges us to let go of fantasies expectations fears and anticipation so we can be fully present to life. Her wisdom is genuine and deeply considered. Her book is well worth reading.--Spiritual ParentingIf you are looking for a way to have happiness and still live in this world you have come to the right book. Rarely do eloquent prose gems of quotes simple wisdom and practical exercises come in one book: Zen Miracles offers all of these and more. Whatever your spiritual orientation this is a book you will refer to for years to come.--Lee Jampolsky Ph.D.author of Healing Together Healing the Addictive Mind and The Art of TrustThis wonderful book brings East and West and ancient and modern worlds together and provides profound wisdom and guidance for anyone struggling with stress anxiety anger fear or loneliness. Beautifully written funny warm and filled with unusual wonderful exercises. A real miracle.--Rabbi Gary MoskowitzDirector of the Institute for Violence PreventionWith her warm and compassionate style Dr. Shoshanna exhibits the unique ability to explain even the most difficult ideas in understandable terms. This book is a must for anyone seeking the secrets for attaining a balanced life and true peace of mind.--Lewis HarrisonDirector of the Academy of Natural Healing