Making a Change for Good: A Guide to Compassionate Self-Discipline, Revised Edition
Jun 2024 · Keep It Simple Books
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According to Zen teacher Cheri Huber, we are conditioned to think that if we were only a little better in some way, we would be happy: "My life isn't the way it should be and it's my fault!"
But the change we are looking for is found in self-acceptance and kindness toward ourselves. By allowing ourselves to be guided by our innate authentic intelligence and generosity, we can be compassionately present to all that's happening now.
As the book explains, we don't lack self-discipline, we lack presence. If we learn to pay attention and focus on each moment, our experience can be authentic, awake, honest, and joyful.
This book provides a 30-day program of awareness exercises for practicing compassionate self-discipline, including the powerful technique of Recording and Listening – using audio recordings in our own voice as support for Making a Change for Good.
According to Zen teacher Cheri Huber, we are conditioned to think that if we were only a little better in some way, we would be happy: "My life isn't the way it should be and it's my fault!"
But the change we are looking for is found in self-acceptance and kindness toward ourselves. By allowing ...
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Ashwini Narayanan, a student and facilitator of Zen Awareness Practice, has co-authored 4 books with Cheri Huber. Her eclectic background includes degrees in physics, business, computer science; work experience at an advertising agency, an investment bank, several technology startups in the Silicon Valley and a social enterprise. Ashwini oversees the nonprofits that offer Cheri' s teachings. Cheri Huber, a student and teacher of Zen Awareness Practice, is the author of 25 books. Cheri founded A Center for the Practice of Zen Buddhist Meditation and Living Compassion, both nonprofits dedicated to peace and service. The Center offers virtual workshops, email classes, and programs to deepen the practice of Zen Awareness. Living Compassion' s primary work is the Africa Vulnerable Children Project in an impoverished slum in Zambia, providing nutrition, education, clean water, basic medical care, and a safe environment for 1,000 children and the resident Living Compassion staff.
Ashwini Narayanan, a student and facilitator of Zen Awareness Practice, has co-authored 4 books with Cheri Huber. Her eclectic background includes degrees in physics, business, computer science; work experience at an advertising agency, an investment bank, several technology startups in the Silic...
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