Mindfulness & Happiness
Top books in Mindfulness & Happiness

Top books in Mindfulness & Happiness

Build your foundations to mindfulness and joy

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Mindfulness & Happiness
Mindfulness and happiness aren't things that just happen. They're states that we arrive at with intentional practice. The Blinks in this collection have been selected for you as a starter-pack of classics for looking at the world and yourself with a mindful perspective and a through the lens of happiness.

Top books in Mindfulness & Happiness

Build your foundations to mindfulness and joy

The Art of Happiness
The Art of Happiness
Dalai Lama
A Handbook for Living
18 min4.5
The Way of Zen
The Way of Zen
Alan W. Watts
Teaser: The history and core principles of the Eastern philosophy of Zen
23 min4.5
Flow
Flow
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The Psychology of Optimal Experience
23 min4.3
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching
The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching
Thich Nhat Hanh
Transforming Suffering into Peace, Joy, and Liberation
29 min4.6
Search Inside Yourself
Search Inside Yourself
Chade-Meng Tan, Daniel Goleman, Jon Kabat-Zinn
The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace)
19 min4.3
Ikigai
Ikigai
Hector Garcia Puigcerver & Francesc Miralles
The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
20 min4.6
The Little Book of Hygge
The Little Book of Hygge
Meik Wiking
The Danish Way to Live Well
13 min4.3
The Untethered Soul
The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer
The Journey Beyond Yourself
12 min4.4
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Mindfulness Meditation In Everyday Life
26 min4.4
The Happiness Project
The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin
Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun
24 min4.3
Self-Compassion
Self-Compassion
Kristin Neff, Ph.D.
The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself
29 min4.6

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