{"product_id":"the-exquisite-risk-daring-to-live-an-authentic-life-9780307335845","title":"The Exquisite Risk: Daring to Live an Authentic Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fresh perspective on the art of being alive and essential insight into how we can minimize what stands between us and an authentic experience of life, in the spirit of works by Deepak Chopra and Ram Dass\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Once again, Mark Nepo draws us to the heart of what matters. He illuminates love with the light of his own understanding.\"--Marianne Williamson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these fast-paced times, the exquisite risk facing each of us every day is to slow down so that we may experience life rather than simply manage it. In \u003ci\u003eThe Exquisite Risk\u003c\/i\u003e, poet and teacher Mark Nepo encourages readers to become quiet enough and open enough to listen to what truly matters--our own hearts, our loved ones, the wonders of nature--in order to live a life with nothing held back. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn rich, lyrical prose, Nepo shares his own spiritual path, including a battle with illness that helped him understand how daring to embrace all that life has to offer can bring us to a deeper appreciation of its meaning and beauty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Nepo\u003c\/b\u003e, a member of Oprah's SuperSoul 100, is a poet and philosopher who has taught in the fields of poetry and spirituality for forty years. A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e #1 bestselling author, he has published fourteen books and recorded eight audio projects. His work includes \u003ci\u003eReduced to Joy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSeven Thousand Ways to Listen\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAs Far as the Heart Can See, \u003c\/i\u003e and has been translated into more than twenty languages. Mark has appeared with Oprah Winfrey on her \u003ci\u003eSuper Soul Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e program on OWN TV, and has also been interviewed by Robin Roberts on \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harmony\/Rodale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50460094005522,"sku":"9780307335845","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_913e356c-be5c-41d5-92f9-3f0a91d2479f.jpg?v=1730026656","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-exquisite-risk-daring-to-live-an-authentic-life-9780307335845","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}