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Since I launched tinybuddha.com in September of 2009, I’ve hosted quite a few giveaways for books that moved me.
Today is a very exciting day for me—one that’s a year in a half in the making: Today I am giving away five free copies of my book.
If you’ve been reading for a while, you may think I’m referring to my book about life’s hardest questions, which Conari Press will publish at the end of this year.
This book is something altogether different.
Tiny Buddha’s Handbook for Peace & Happiness is the ultimate guide of Tiny Buddha wisdom, based on some of my most powerful, popular posts and quotes from the site.
You’ll also find five posts not previously published on tinybuddha.com.
With 161 pages, Tiny Buddha’s Handbook for Peace & Happiness explores concepts essential to loving yourself, your relationships, and your life.
According to feedback throughout the site, the content has helped readers:
- Feel a sense of empowerment to make positive changes in their lives
- Accept and love their authentic selves
- Depend less on external approval for happiness
- Experience a greater sense of happiness in the present moment
- Move on from painful events to feel joy again
- Let go of negative feelings, attachments, fears, worries, and stresses
- Stay present and peaceful, even when dealing with uncertainty
- Create and maintain peaceful, loving, meaningful relationships
- Deal with difficult or negative people
- Slow down while still achieving goals
- Find the courage to start pursuing meaningful work
- Create and seek new possibilities for excitement and adventure
- Overcome obstacles, mental blocks, and criticism to seize dreams
I’ve categorized the posts into the following sections:
- Developing Self-Love
- Happiness and Mindfulness
- Letting Go and Letting Peace In
- Maintaining Healthy Relationships
- Reconciling Busyness and Happiness
- Creating the Life You Visualize
Through this eBook, I’ve shared myself authentically and vulnerably. I have also offered countless action-oriented suggestions to improve your state of mind, and in doing so, change your life.
These are my most popular, value-packed posts, as viewed by over a million readers in the last year and a half, hand-picked and edited into one easy-to-access PDF file.
Pre-Sale Launch Date
Tiny Buddha’s Handbook for Peace & Happiness will officially be available for $10.97 on Friday, February 25th. This special introductory price will be valid for one week.
On February 25th, I’ll post a pre-launch announcement with purchase details for early buyers, including the names of the 5 giveaway winners.
Official Launch Date
On Friday, March 4th, I will post an official launch announcement, selling Tiny Buddha’s Handbook for Peace & Happiness for the final price of $14.97.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Section 1: On Developing Self-Love
- How to Love Your Authentic Self
- 10 Ways I Know There’s Nothing Wrong with You (Or Me)
- You Are Nothing (and That’s a Good Thing) *NEW to TB*
- 10 Reasons It’s Awesome People Don’t Like You *NEW to TB*
- Lessons I Learned Naked *NEW to TB*
- 35 Simple Ways to Show Your Beauty
Section 2: On Happiness and Mindfulness
- 7 Reasons to Be Happy Even if Things Aren’t Perfect Now
- 10 Happiness Tips for People Who Have Been Hurt
- How to Deal with Uncomfortable Feelings and Create Positive Ones
- How Stop Obsessing over the Past and the Future
- How to Have More Fun in Life: Keep Your Thoughts from Pulling You Down
Section 3: On Letting Go and Letting Peace In
- Letting Go of Attachment: from A to Zen *NEW to TB*
- 6 Ways to Deal with Uncertainty
- 10 Ways to Let Go and Overcome a Bad Mood
- 20 Things to Do When You’re Feeling Angry with Someone
Section 4: On Maintaining Healthy Relationships
- 10 Ways to Have Loving, Peaceful Relationships
- How to Deal with Negative or Difficult People
- 25 Ways to Be a True Friend
Section 5: On Reconciling Busyness and Happiness
- Productivity and Happiness: Why Are We So Busy
- 10 Ways to Slow Down and Still Get Things Done
- 10 Happiness Tips for Busy People
- 30 Ways to Give Yourself a Break
Section 6: On Creating the Life You Visualize
- You Say You Want It—So Why Do You Feel Paralyzed? *NEW to TB*
- Do Adjust Do: A Journey to Meaningful, Satisfying Work
- 10 Ways to Be the Person You Wanted to Be as a Kid
- How to Be More Confident: Live the Life of Your Dreams
- How to Deal with Criticism: 25 Reasons to Embrace It
- 5 Ways to Push Through Discomfort to Make Positive Change
- 8 Ways to Turn Disappointment into Success
- 10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Giving Up on Your Dream
- 50 Ways to Open Your World to New Possibilities
Section 7: Life Lessons from Running Tiny Buddha
- 4 Life Changing Lessons I’ve Learned from Running Tiny Buddha
Stories You May Enjoy from Tiny Buddha Contributors
Giveaway Details
To enter the giveaway and potentially win a free copy of Tiny Buddha’s Handbook for Peace & Happiness:
1. Subscribe to Tiny Buddha if you haven’t already. You can opt to receive daily emails during the work week, or a weekly digest every Friday. You must be a subscriber to win!
2. Leave a comment below, sharing something that made you happy today.
3. For an extra entry, tweet the following: RT @tinybuddha Giveaway: Tiny Buddha’s Handbook for Peace & Happiness http://bit.ly/ffjeJ1
Since I first envisioned this site, I have committed myself to focusing first and foremost on creating meaningful content and building a community of empowered, like-minded people.
I’ve devoted thousands of hours to Tiny Buddha, and I’m grateful for every one of them. While I’ve consistently emphasized that Tiny Buddha is not about me—it’s about us—I put my whole heart into running this site, writing my contributions, and editing the posts readers that submit.
I appreciate your support as I prepare to launch my first ever online product. I hope you enjoy this eBook as much as I enjoyed writing it!
*Please note that this is an eBook. You will receive an electronic version of the book, not a physical copy. If you’re interested in purchasing a hard cover book, you can pre-order Tiny Buddha: Simple Wisdom for Life’s Hardest Questions.
About Lori Deschene
Lori Deschene is the founder of Tiny Buddha. She started the site after struggling with depression, bulimia, c-PTSD, and toxic shame so she could recycle her former pain into something useful and inspire others to do the same. You can find her books, including Tiny Buddha’s Gratitude Journal and Tiny Buddha’s Worry Journal, here and learn more about her eCourse, Recreate Your Life Story, if you’re ready to transform your life and become the person you want to be.
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Though I run this site, it is not mine. It's ours. It's not about me. It's about us. Your stories and your wisdom are just as meaningful as mine. 
hi, I think this book will be very helpful to my life and my work, especially to control the mood and enjoy the every moment no matter joyful or painful.
life is short and every second is important.
thanks and wait for the book.
Your blog already helps me – and countless others. I share your gems with the world on an almost daily basis.
However, I’m in the tender time between “no longer” and “not yet”. Inspiration that I can hold in the palm of my hand, courtesy of your book – no matter where I am – would mean a lot.
It is so wonderful that all of your post will be in one book. I would love to win
Nice giveaway, I would love to win
Well done Lori! Reading your weekly emails is very refreshing form me and the fact that you work towards an E-book is more than inspiring. I would be very happy to win one of course, but if not, do you plan a hard-copy edition too?
Love your blog. I would love to win a copy of your book. One thing that has made me happy today — helping my three-year-old make her own breakfast. It is rewarding to watch her become so independent.
Two days ago a cancer diagnosis rocked my world. Today, I’ve realised: I’m still here. The show isn’t over yet, and I will be allowed to be ringmaster to the extent that I want or desire to be.
I woke up this morning surrounded in bed by three snoring cats –
love your blog – wonderful way to begin my day and I read it throughout the day when I need to center during a difficult time
im home with family after work. its a great feeling.
My 4 year old son came in my room this morning to snuggle. I asked him what he dreamed about and he said,” I dreamed I was a superhero!” awesome
I woke up to an inch of fresh snow. Some may have had their fill this winter, but the winter wonderland outside my kitchen is very much preferable to the disgusting runoff I have been walking through lately! 😀
I woke up before the alarm, I sat down alone and took 10 deep breaths. Wonderful.
Today I’m happy because i love the peace the rains brings in the tropical island that I live
I am happy because my husband is spending the day with my mother who is terminally ill with ALS/Lou Gehrig’s disease. Usually – my Dad is with her on Mondays but his part-time retirement job asked him to work today and so my husband is spending an extra day with Mom to make sure she’s safe and well, to get her meds and her tube feeding taken care of and to make sure she doesn’t fall. He is my blessing and his willingness to help out today makes my heart soar!
I am happy because my kids are off school this week and I will get to spend some time with them. 🙂
it’s the little things that make me happy, like being woken up this morning by nibbles and kisses on my fingers and head by my cat… 🙂
I read this site every morning, and this morning I just woke up happy to be up, and then I come to read I get a chance to win the book derived from the site which helps make my day better? Win win.
Today something that made me happy was watching my 4-year-old create a little hideaway under a chair with blankets, pillows, and books.
It’s interesting how happiness can attract itself. As I stood in the copy room this morning waiting for my coffee to reheat in the microwave, I contemplated what I could post here. I was having a difficult time coming up with the happiest event for me this morning. This was until my coworker, noticing the steaming hot coffee mug and my little hands struggling to transport it back to my office from the copy room, ran down the corridor to lighten my load. He took the piping hot coffee mug to my desk. There of course came my smile. Even if I do not win this book today, I just want to say thank you for encouraging me to place my energy on happy thoughts.
A friend gave me a bunch of purple tulips. I smell spring!
The gorgeous sunrise this morning. It reminded me of just how beautiful this gift of life is, and reminded me to be more present as I was rushing to get things done this morning.
Feeling the warmth of my sweet cat Comet as he blissfully lays in my lap while I read Tiny Buddha.
Today, just getting a good night’s sleep gave me a little bit of happiness
I was on a website thought questions, and it asked what do you know well enough to teach others. This question sparked happiness in me because it woke up an awareness that I DO know something I can teach.
Today is family day in Ontario (a day off to spend with the fam). It made me happy to go home for the day, watch a movie with my brother and eat breakfast made by my Dad. 🙂
Watching my son play along to “The Little Einsteins” this morning.
Awesome!
My husband reminded me that he loves me no matter what, along with our fur babies. It’s a warm hug I’ve carried all day.
I’m happy because I made it to work on time!
I’m happy today because of the people I surround myself with, and the realization I had this weekend that, no matter how some events may trip up our lives, true friends will always be there to accomodate each other. I have such friends, and this makes me happy.
What makes me happy is reading TinyBuddha every day!
Jasmine green tea during my break made me happy today
Got some positive feedback on a job application today. Very refreshing from all the rejections I’ve received lately.
Yes, I love it!
Hi Sarsparilla! I went through colon cancer last year. I wish you well on this wild ride. You will find the positives. Much love & healing.
please include my name for this giveaway, thanks so much!
It’s raining today, which I find rather soothing and calming, but I’m mostly happy because it’ll wash some of the crud off my car. 🙂
Spending the day with my son. A great bonding day:) father son day …
Today I woke up and realized that it’s a new day a new experience and a new opportunity to spend every second of the day with my 15 month old daughter.
I woke up today.
That’s all I needed to start off a happy day.
I am 3 years sober, with brain damage from disease and bad decisions. Your book sounds like it might help me become a more alive individual.
Peace&Blessings~ Susan H., 56, Bellingham, Washington
Today is my birthday. Hasn’t been the greatest one so far – most people, even close friends, seem to have completely forgotten and on days like today, I still grieve for a loved one long passed.
But I have a loving family, who do the best they can, even when things aren’t so great. My mother especially. My mother makes me happy.
The thought that tomorrow I register for classes at 30 years old, single mother of two boys and knowing with the divine help of the universe and my dedication to a better everything I CAN do this 😀
Woke up grateful that I no longer need to be understood; just trying to understand.
Waking up this morning to the sound of nature just outside my window, and my cat Gracie going **nuts** over the birds put a huge grin on my face = )
Those wonderful words “Mommy, I love you” 🙂
Today I was thinking about this kid him my leadership class, he came up my mind because he purposes aren’t for leadership but for social reason. So I’ve decided to make it my role to help him out the true understanding about leadership and what our class is meant for. So on Wednesday I’ll be brining gifts for everyone from our relaxing break. This is what made my morning start off great! (:
Today .. the peaceful look on my six year old face as he slept filled me with joy and happiness
in my 33 years on this planet, I’ve survived cancer twice and a year ago, lost my business in a fire.. I’m still fighting with insurance companies and such trying to recover.. Throughout all this though, I am staying positive and not giving up. The business has been in my family for 20 years and I took it over 3 years ago.
I’m wearing flip flops for the first time this season. 😀 Flip flops make me happy.