Quiet Mind

David Kundtz, S.Th.D., M.F.T, has sold more than 113,000 books in English, Spanish, and Japanese. His books contain timeless wisdom for our current age of anxiety. He has enjoyed several careers, including eighteen years in religious ministry and twenty years in the practice of psychotherapy, writing, and public speaking on stress and emotional health. He has graduate degrees in psychology and theology and he has a doctorate in pastoral psychology. He is the author of Quiet Mind, Stopping, Moments in Between, Awakened Mind, and several other books. Eric Maisel, PhD, is widely regarded as America’s foremost creativity coach and has written extensively on the challenges of the creative life. His books specifically for writers include Deep Writing, Write Mind, Living the Writer’s Life,A Writer’s Space, A Writer’s Paris, and A Writer’s San Francisco. Maisel is the author of 50+ books, among them The Power of Daily Practice, Lighting the Way, Coaching the Artist Within, Mastering Creative Anxiety, Why Smart People Hurt, and The Van Gogh Blues.

"Delightful teachings that embolden us to find essential refuge and nourishment in the fabric of our daily lives."—Wayne Muller, author of How, Then, Shall We Live?"David Kundtz has written a gem—the rare book that illustrates the mystical possibilities of our lives."—Steven Harrison, author of Doing Nothing and Getting to Where You Are"...a thought-provoking reminder of the beauty that surrounds us if we will slow down long enough to pay attention."—Sam Horn, author of Tongue Fu! and ConZentrate“David Kundtz’s lessons are quiet and kind. I’ve been working as a therapist and a creativity coach to creative and performing artists and other creatives for more than thirty-five years. Working with them has caused me to come to many of the same conclusions that the author shares here, about the value of pausing, about doing a certain sort of nothing, about the power of gazing out the window, about what mindfulness in the middle of a real life can mean and might look like.”—Eric Maisel, PhD, author of Redesign Your Mind and Why Smart People Hurt

• ContentsForeword by Steven HarrisonA New Way of Dealing with LifeOne—Still Moments in Busy DaysTwo—Making Room for LifeThree—Remembering to Take the TimeFour—Finding Your BalanceFive—The Spaces in BetweenSix—Creating Opportunities for SerenitySeven—Defining Your ValuesEight—Finding Peace at WorkNine—Embracing LifeTen—Paying AttentionEleven—Knowing ThyselfTwelve—Awakening to WonderThirteen—Connecting with OthersFourteen—Giving Back to the World