
Don't Just Sit There, Do Nothing
Healing, Chilling, and Living with the Tao Te Ching
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Jessie Asya Kanzer
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Here are 47 inspirational pieces that are smart, hip, accessible, and rich with insight. Jessie Asya Kanzer's bite-sized stories of struggle, triumph, and contemplation provide a quick burst of mindfulness. Each chapter begins with a verse from the Tao, followed by sharp observations and anecdotes from her own life that give the teachings of Lao Tzu applicability to contemporary life. And each chapter concludes with a "Do Your Tao" section that offers an actionable step, leaving the listener with a sense of grounding and fluidity.
Chapters include: "Success Sucks (Sometimes)", "F--k This, I'm Water", "I Love You, I Not Love You", "The Tao of Babushka", and "Mystics Wear Leggings".
©2022 Jessie Asya Kanzer; Foreword copyright by Laura Day (P)2022 TantorListeners also enjoyed...
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- Constanze
- 02-24-25
Great modern take on the dao, but please blow your nose
A Jewish mother relates her struggles and insights in a very empathetic way. It’s heartwarming and refreshing . Def recommend the text. As a Daoist woman living in the west, I drew lots of insights from her description of capitalism vs communism and her relationship with men.
Just really wish the narrator would clean her nose cause it’s making me put down the book as I feel like I need to blow my own nose. I couldn’t finish even though I wanted to.
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- Anna Munoz
- 09-05-22
Nice analogy
I believe the author creates a good analogy of her life so each of us can relate and understand the Tao and how deep it is much better.
This is a great book if you believe you are not ready to go into the Tao but want to start to understand it.
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- RR
- 03-05-22
Omg
Can’t believe Zelensky is in a spiritual book. Makes so much sense! And it’s just really good. Lots of aha.
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- Yaya
- 04-09-23
We all have a story
This book is a great read; particularly if you seeking to obtain a piece of mind in a world we’re it’s getting harder and harder to attain one. It’s distills all the madness in bite size perspective that make life seemingly overwhelming moments more meaningful and manageable. Although many people can benefit from it, It think that mothers and fathers will greatly benefit from many of the guiding principles and first hand advise laid out by the author.
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- Nathan Plumley
- 10-25-22
Autobiography of an uninteresting millenial
Clickbait. Not a lot of Tao. Reads like a millennial trying to explain to a flight attendant why she needs her emotional support Llama on the flight. It's a bad autobiography disguised as a spiritual self help book.
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