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John Allcot presents the essentials of mindfulness, while framing it as practical, down-to-Earth principles for living in
40 Things I Wish I'd Told My Kids.
40 Things I Wish I'd Told My Kids is written in clear, simple language to bring mindfulness to the widest possible audience--people who are interested in living fuller, happier lives, but who don't naturally gravitate toward mindfulness or meditation. It is written primarily for parents, young adults, and a general self-help audience--the same readers who bought Anna Quindlen's A Short Guide to a Happy Life and H. Jackson Brown's Life's Little Instruction Book.
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In
Forty Things I Wish I'd Told My Kids, John Allcock presents the essentials of mindfulness--not as something special and exotic, but as practical, down-to-Earth principles for living.
Written in clear, simple language, Forty Things I Wish I'd Told My Kids is for anyone interested in living a fuller, happier life--including parents, young adults, and readers of Anna Quindlen's A Short Guide to a Happy Life or H. Jackson Brown's Life's Little Instruction Book.
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40 Things I Wish I'd Told My Kids is about being a successful human being and living a happier, more meaningful life. It contains the important things parents wish they had been able to teach their kids, but couldn't -- because they never learned them, or only learned them later in life. These include:
Don't be ruled by the tyranny of events The belief that happiness comes from getting what we want is false Pain is unavoidable; suffering is optional We live in a sea of uncertainty -- but we already know how to swim Don't treat the present moment like it's a shabby motel room
40 Things I Wish I'd Told My Kids brings mindfulness to the widest possible audience -- by presenting it not as special and exotic, but as practical, simple, down-to-Earth principles for living that every parent wants their kids to knowSynopsis
40 Things I Wish I'd Told My Kids brings mindfulness to the widest possible audience--while presenting it as practical, simple, down-to-Earth principles for living.