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Real love : the art of mindful connection / Sharon Salzberg.

by Salzberg, Sharon

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Flatiron Books, 2017.

Mindfulness (Psychology).

Self-actualization (Psychology).

9781250076502 (hc.)

x, 305 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-305).

Looking for love -- Beyond the cliché -- The stories we tell ourselves -- The stories others tell about us -- Welcoming our emotions -- Meeting the inner critic -- Letting go of perfection -- Becoming embodied -- Moving beyond shame -- Taking a stand on happiness -- Following your ethical compass -- Love as a verb -- Barriers to finding real love -- Cultivate curiosity and awe -- Authentic communication -- Playing fair: a win-win proposition -- Navigate the space between -- Letting go -- Healing, not victory -- The heart is a generous muscle -- Forgiveness and redemption -- The wide lens of compassion -- Priming the pump -- Challenging our assumptions -- Love everybody -- Creating community -- From anger to love -- Say yes to life.

"A creative tool kit of mindfulness exercises and meditation techniques that 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. Sharon Salzberg encourages us to strip away layers of negative habits and obstacles, helping us to experience authentic love based on direct experience, rather than preconceptions. Sharon explains how to dispel cultural and emotional habits, and direct focused care and attention to recapture the essence of what it is to love and be loved. With positive reflections and practices, she teaches us how to shift the responsibilities of the love that we give and receive to rekindle the powerful healing force of true connection. By challenging myths perpetuated by popular culture, we can undo the limited definitions that reduce love to simply romance or passion, and give the heart a much needed tune-up to connect ourselves to the truest experience of love in our daily lives. Sharon Salzberg is the cofounder of the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, and the author of Real Happiness and Lovingkindness Meditation. She offers a secular, modern approach to Buddhist teachings, making them instantly accessible. Visit the author's website at SharonSalzberg.com"--Provided by publisher.

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