Bouquiner avec Madeleine: 12 livres qui changeront ta vie

Reading with Madeleine: 12 books that will change your life

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Want to immerse yourself in a beneficial and transformative read? Here are the 10 books that changed my life!

Happy reading,

Madeleine xx

The Path Begins Where You Are: A Guide to Practicing Compassion in Everyday Life

CHÖDRÖN Pema , Paris, La Table Ronde, 2000 (New edition with Pocket, 2020).

Price: $11.95 (pocket size)

Tibetan monk Pema Chödron comments here on a fundamental and exceptional manuscript of Buddhism, considered to be the "root text on the 7 points of training the mind" by Chekawa Yeshé Dorjé. Thus the Way is neither "elsewhere" nor "tomorrow", much less "when you have changed". It begins here and now, where you are, in the inner state that is yours.

By the same author: Befriending Yourself (and several other titles).

 

 

The art of happiness

His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler, Paris, Éditions Robert Laffont, 1999.

Price: $14.95 (pocket size)

The Dalai Lama talks about what constitutes happiness (the purpose of existence) in everyday life: The couple, illness, relationships between friends. This one demonstrates how to overcome anxiety, insecurity, anger and discouragement, and it explores daily life to learn how to overcome the obstacles of existence. A reflection on the meaning of life and a practical manual to try to live happily.

By the same author: Our only home: a climate appeal to the world (and several other titles).

 

 

The art of meditation

RICARD Mathieu , Paris, NIL, 2008 (New edition with Pocket, 2010).

Price: $11.95 (pocket size)

If the art of meditation is a journey that even the greatest sages learn throughout their lives, getting started with it on a daily basis will already transform the way you look at yourself and the world. In 3 very concrete chapters (Why meditate? On what? and How?), Matthieu Ricard opens the paths of meditation to you.

By the same author: The Monk and the Philosopher (and several other titles).

 

 

How to fight

HANH Thich Nhat , Berkeley, Parallax Press, 2017.

Price: $13.50

Learning to release anger and delusion through mindfulness and kindness toward yourself and others. Nhat Hanh brings her distinctive clarity, compassion, and humor to how one acts on occasion. in frustration and despair. Through brief meditations accompanied by whimsical sumi ink drawings, the author teaches exactly how to transform envy and confusion.

From the same author: How to connect, How to relax, How to see, How to walk, How to eat, How to love & How to sit (and several other titles).

 

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Awakening

TOLLE Eckhart , Paris, I read, 2010.

Price: $14.99

In this reassuring guide, Eckhart Tolle teaches that it is possible to live without anxiety. To reach this state of awakening, one must come to understand that one is the creator of one's own suffering. One must leave behind the false self that the mind has created, that is, the ego. By practicing letting go and forgiveness, the transformative power of the present moment will be revealed.

By the same author: The art of inner calm (also published under the title: Quiétude).

 

 

Everything Passes: How to Live Changes with Serenity

BORDELEAU, Nicole , Montreal, Editorial, 2020.

Price: $26.95

Like a caring friend, Nicole Bordeleau returns with this luminous work that offers you concrete tools to welcome changes in your daily life and stabilize your mind. There is a path, that of the art of attention, which allows you to live serenely, regardless of the ups and downs of existence. Addressing the themes of fear, vulnerability, resistance, guilt, love, joy, beauty and compassion, Nicole offers you in-depth reflections on the path to inner transformation.

Nicole shares with you more in this video what this magnificent work represents:

https://youtu.be/e-NqYi543XI

By the same author: How to breathe better & Zenitude and double espresso (and several other titles).

 

In the Heart of the Storm, Mindfulness: The Complete MBSR, or Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Manual

KABAT-ZINN Jon Dr. , Paris, Groupe De Boeck, 2009.

Price: $22.95

Based on the pioneering work of Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, this essential book demonstrates how to use scientifically proven methods to heal the body, mind, and spirit. Meditation techniques have preventative and therapeutic effects on illness, social and work stress, sleep and eating disorders, and more. How to improve the quality of your life and relationships!

By the same author: The Mind is Its Own Physician: The Healing Power of Meditation (and several other titles).

 

 

Pensouillard the hamster: A short treatise on personal decline

MARQUIS, Serge, Dr. , Montreal, Transcontinental, 2011.

Price: $22.95

His name is Pensouillard. He's a hamster. A tiny hamster. He runs. In a roulette wheel. Inside your head. How do you put him back in his place? In a lively style, Dr. Serge Marquis invites you to observe the movements of your ego. Then, to slow down to find peace. A counter-current approach that is both entertaining and liberating.

By the same author: Papa & Ego man .

 

 

A short treatise on inner life

LENOIR, Frédéric , Paris, Pocket, 2012.

Price: $12.95 (pocket size)

Frédéric Lenoir draws lessons from the wise men of the world: from Socrates to Spinoza, including Buddha, Jesus and Montaigne, have left keys to developing one's inner life in order to live in a fully human way, to know oneself and learn to discern. A little guide that helps one live!

By the same author: Philosophizing and meditating with children (and several other titles).

 

 

At GO, we slow down: 12 months to reconnect with the essentials

ARCAND, Madeleine & MORIN, Maxime , Montreal, Editions de l'Homme, 2019.

Price: $34.95

TIRED OF RUNNING? Being overwhelmed, rushing from one place to another, working late at night and lacking time for yourself and those you love has become the norm. Slow living invites you to rethink the pace at which you choose to enjoy your time on earth and to find the tools to live calmly inside, despite the whirlwind outside.

SLOWING DOWN, IS IT POSSIBLE? Madeleine and Maxime, pioneers of this movement in Quebec, share in this book their thoughts on life, performance, relationships, consumption, mental and physical balance. They gently guide you in the quest for a calmer and more joyful existence, in line with your deepest values. Let's go, take a deep breath, turn the first page and... finally slow down.

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