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Nita Sweeney is the bestselling wellness author of the award-winning running and mental health memoir, Depression Hates a Moving Target: How Running with My Dog Brought Me Back from the Brink and co-creator of the writing journal, You Should Be Writing: A Journal of Inspiration & Instruction to Keep Your Pen Moving. Her third book, Make Every Move a Meditation was featured in the Wall Street Journal. A mindfulness coach, certified meditation leader and mindfulness teacher, mental health advocate, ultramarathoner, retired attorney, and former assistant to writing practice originator Natalie Goldberg, Nita founded the groups Mind, Mood, and Movement to support well-being through meditation, exercise, and writing practice, and The Writer's Mind, to share using writing practice to produce publishable work. For twenty years, Nita published the central Ohio writing resource, Write Now Columbus. She lives in central Ohio with her husband, Ed, and their yellow Labrador retriever, Scarlet. Download your free copy of Nita's eBook Three Tools for a Happier, Healthier Mind or the infographic, Meditation Myths on her website at https: //nitasweeney.com. Natalie Goldberg is the author of fifteen books, including Writing Down the Bones (Shambhala, 1986), which has sold over one million copies, has been translated into fourteen languages, and started a revolution in the way we practice writing in this country.
"""Enjoy the quirky quotes and glimpses of Nita's mind. Follow the instructions. At the end of a year, you will have practiced every day. It might crack you open or simply be a good use of time. The year will pass anyway. The book will bring you into the moment-the only thing that exists. Nita's just pointing to what's already there."" -Natalie Goldberg, bestselling author of Writing Down the Bones and Three Simple Lines ""Keep this wise and engaging book close at hand...it's wonderful medicine when you need a moment of presence in the midst!""-Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and Trusting the Gold ""A woman at a public talk asked Roshi Bernie Glassman, 'What does it take to live in the now?' Glassman responded, 'Would anyone NOT living in the now please stand up?' We're all living in the now-but humans forget and the magic, wonder, and beauty of our actual lives drains away. This is where Nita Sweeney's new book comes in. She beautifully and lovingly assures that at least once a day we remember the reality of our lives!-Sean Tetsudo Murphy, Sensei, Zen teacher in the White Plum American Zen lineage, author of One Bird, One Stone: 108 Contemporary Zen Stories, and cofounder of Sage Institute for Creativity and Consciousness ""Daily meditation readers have helped many people seeking recovery, healing, and wellness to begin the necessary art of daily, consistent practice. Nita Sweeney's lovely and practical A Daily Dose of Now will assist many people develop a daily practice. Her real-world examples and friendly, experience-based voice are especially wonderful.""-Jamie Marich, PhD, author of Trauma and the 12 Steps: An Inclusive Guide to Enhancing Recovery and related projects, Founder and Director, The Institute for Creative Mindfulness ""Whether you're a mindfulness skeptic, newbie, or pro, you need Nita Sweeney's book, A Daily Dose of Now. On each page, you'll find a thought-provoking quote, a few insightful words from Nita, and a simple, but juicy practice. There's nothing complicated about Nita's guidance. She shares stories and scenarios to help you effortlessly integrate mindful awareness into everyday life.""-Kim Colegrove, author of Mindfulness for Warriors and founder of Pause First Academy ""The simplicity of mindfulness causes confusion. It's not a concept to understand but a natural ability to develop. Nita Sweeney has compiled a variety of flexible ways to nudge your attention back to what's happening right now. She knows firsthand there's no substitute for trying different approaches to find a few that you'll enjoy doing again and again. This is easier and more satisfying than you think. If you're looking for encouraging, real-life examples of mindful awareness habits, you'll find plenty here.""-Daron Larson, Attentional Fitness, mindfulness speaker, teacher, coach, and creator of theTEDxColumbus Talk: ""Don't Try to Be Mindful"" ""If you've struggled with mindfulness or found it to be an esoteric concept you don't know how to put into practice, get Nita Sweeney's A Daily Dose of Now, now! It is truly a breath of fresh, mindful air. With quotes, vignettes, and ways to make mindfulness real in your life, Nita is that guide who's been there and done that, someone who will help you not just through example, but with practices that you can make your own. This book is a contemplative and joyful full-body YES!""-Karen C. L. Anderson, master-certified life coach and author of You Are Not Your Mother: Releasing Generational Trauma & Shame"
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