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Susan Piver is the New York Times bestselling author of The Hard Questions: 100 Essential Questions to Ask Before You Say “I Do” and the new book, How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life, which offers insight and information from Buddhism about conquering the fears that hold you back. Piver is a graduate of a Buddhist seminary and and authorized meditation instructor in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage.

She is a marketing specialist who provides consulting services to companies wishing to reach the consumer interested in spirituality and wellness.

Piver is a frequent contributor to Body and Soul magazine and The Shambhala Sun and is regularly featured in the media, including appearances on Oprah, the Today show, CNN, and in USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Time, Money, and others.

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  • 1 Teresa Loftus // Sep 23, 2007 at 10:47 pm

    Susan,
    I just finished “How not to be afraid of your own life”
    I want you to know how much I enjoyed how you write. I could understand everything and put it into perspective for myself. Thank you very much I look forward to many more books written by you!

  • 2 susan // Sep 24, 2007 at 8:46 am

    teresa, thanks so much for taking the time to e-mail. it’s wonderful to hear things like this!

  • 3 DeDe // Oct 26, 2007 at 11:37 am

    Susan,
    “How Not To Be Afraid of Your Own Life” found ME at the library. I am on my second reading before my own copy gets delivered. It has touched me, motivated me, scared me even a little - but most of all, connects me to something I have been searching for, for so long. I continue my novice meditation and expect to learn even more.
    Thank you for this gift.

  • 4 Clara Alexander // Oct 26, 2007 at 2:00 pm

    Am writing a business plan and could use the statistic on how many copies of your book “The Hard Questions, 100 questions to answer before you say I do” have sold. One of my wedding couples used it for their pre-marital counseling and recommended it to me and now I recommend it to all my wedding couples. Thanks! Love your writing. When I read the Hard Questions it was a book I wish I’d written. You expressed the process so beautifully!!

  • 5 sophie cannon // Nov 28, 2007 at 8:59 am

    Hi Susan,

    I love your book. I’m listening to it on tape. You refer to some PDF files that can be found on your website. I somehow can’t seem to find them. can you help?

    thanks,

    Sophie

  • 6 sandy // Nov 28, 2007 at 11:23 am

    i have a suggestion. what about making this site searchable. maybe it already is and i just haven’t figured it out yet, but i’ve often wanted to find all the comments by certain posters. i also wish i could find a list of just my posts in order to benefit from any feedback they generate. i’ve responded to so many posts here that’s it’s almost impossible to re-find them individually.

    any thoughts?

  • 7 Cloudy Thinking » Blog Archive » Ronald McDonald, Thai edition // Jan 24, 2008 at 11:46 pm

    […] Rod Meade Sperry shares a picture of a Thai Ronald McDonald sent to him by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff). [via Susan Piver] […]

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