Exciting things have been happening recently. In just over a week, I was offered two publishing deals. One was a book coming out next year and the other was coming out next year.
“Awakening of the heart”
Awakening of the Mind is scheduled for publication in September 2025 and is published by Windhorse Publications.
This book is based on four courses I created on Brahma Vihara, the practice of bringing more kindness, compassion, and gratitude into our lives. These courses fundamentally rethink these practices. for example,
I explore Metta as tenderness rather than loving kindness. The former term is more realistic and experiential. I emphasize the need to develop empathy before developing kindness. I place great importance on self-compassion as a prerequisite for having compassion for others (which I also explore in my book, The Hard Thing of Being Human). I am not discussing mudita as “joy of sympathy” but as joyful gratitude. I’m good at it. And I discuss upekkha not as a state of withdrawal into peace, but as a calming of reactivity so that we can love more deeply.
“SIT: 28 Days to a Solid Daily Meditation Practice”
The second book is based on my course “Get Your Sit Together.” It is expected to be published by Wisdom Publications in spring 2026. The title is self-explanatory. This is aimed at people who have been practicing for a while, perhaps years, but have not been able to establish a solid daily practice. It was born out of my own struggle with this issue and my work in helping others establish a rock-solid daily meditation practice.
This is all very positive and I’m excited that the work I’m doing will reach and benefit a wider audience. Of course, we’ll let you all know when these two titles are available for pre-order.
