{"product_id":"the-wisdom-of-a-meaningful-john-bruna-9781942094180","title":"The Wisdom of a Meaningful Life: The Essence of Mindfulness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat are the keys to genuine happiness?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn contrast to stimulus-driven pleasure, genuine contentment comes from living a life of meaning that aligns with one's values. John Bruna provides readers with the practical wisdom and methods to cultivate deeper satisfaction and contentment in everyday experiences. He identifies common traps people fall into looking for happiness that actually create stress, worry, and fear, offering authentic mindfulness-based solutions to counteract them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe increasing popularity of secular mindfulness in the United States mainstream has unfortunately produced a wide variety of teachings that water down and sometimes misrepresent this important philosophy and approach to living. In direct contrast, this invaluable book maintains the substance of the entire teaching as a program that is accessible to people of all spiritual traditions or no spiritual tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Bruna \u003c\/b\u003eis a counselor, educator, and mindfulness and spiritual teacher. In 2005, he was ordained as a Buddhist monk in the Tibetan tradition through the Gaden Shartse Monastery in India. In 2012, he became a Certified Cultivating Emotional Balance Mindfulness Teacher via the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies. Currently, John is the director of the Way of Compassion Foundation and cofounder of the Mindful Life Program.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Bruna\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1942094183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781942094180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Central Recovery Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"John Bruna","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045353517311,"sku":"9781942094180","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_167a6dff-77c1-41e6-a316-8871b4457e17.jpg?v=1684978246","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-wisdom-of-a-meaningful-john-bruna-9781942094180","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}