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A Fool's Guide To Actual Happiness

Published by Wisdom Publications
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

If this guy can find actual happiness, so can you—and you’ll have fun along the way. A refreshing new voice—without pretense, and with a real gift for clear expression.

Let's face it: we all have a motivating drive to become "better." what we have and who we are never seem to be good enough. This feeling that something is wrong or needs to be fixed causes us to continuously run around, chasing after what we feel will finally fulfill us. But what if these very conditions that we are constantly trying to escape from could be used as a way to awaken ourselves—to connect with the peace already within us?

A Fool’s Guide to Actual Happiness offers a realistic roadmap for working toward inner peace without needing to be someone you’re not. With humor and refreshing simplicity, Van Buren shows how everything life throws at you, good and bad, can be used as a means to cultivate compassion, wisdom, and loving-kindness. This book allows you to explore who you are—warts and all—and gives you tools to love and accept what you find.

About The Author

Mark Van Buren is a Mindful Living Trainer, yoga/meditation instructor, personal trainer, and musician, that has been promoting health and wellness for over a decade. He writes articles on meditation and yoga and runs workshops and retreats all over the tri-state area.

He has worked extensively with children and adults with autism and other special needs, and even released two solo albums, based on his inward journey through meditation, under the band name “Seeking the Seeker.” Van Buren holds a Bachelor of Arts in religious studies from Montclair State University and two Associate Degrees from Bergen Community College in exercise science and music.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Wisdom Publications (July 17, 2018)
  • Length: 256 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781614294641

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Raves and Reviews

“This dude really gets it! The Buddha believed in happiness for everyone, and Van Buren gets you there in this concise and simple book that’s just loaded with wisdom.”

– Gerry Stribling, author of Buddhism for Dudes

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