New York Times best-selling author Sharon Salzberg talks about her book Real Happiness at Work and how happiness can be found in everyday work and life.
Mindfulness & Real Happiness At Work
Sharon Salzberg is a meditation teacher and New York Times best-selling author. Her books include Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness, The Kindness Handbook: A Practical Companion, Real Happiness – The Power of Meditation: A 28 Day Program, Love Your Enemies: How to Break the Anger Habit & Be a Whole Lot Happier, and Real Happiness at Work.
Sharon has spent many decades bringing Buddhist meditation practices to Western audiences, through her books and through the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts. She co-founded the Society with Jack Kornfield and Joseph Goldstein. It is rooted in the Theravada Buddhist tradition and has hosted retreats and talks for more than forty years at its two facilities in rural Massachusetts.
Among its retreat options, the Insight Meditation Society offers an annual three-month silent meditation retreat. It echoes the vassa, the rains retreat that Theravada Buddhist monastics keep each year, with a structured schedule of meditation and reflection over several months.
Within the Theravada tradition, Sharon teaches mainly vipassanā (insight) and mettā (loving-kindness) meditation. These methods can suit both experienced students and beginners new to the practice.
In this Talks at Google session, Sharon discusses her book Real Happiness at Work: Meditations for Accomplishment, Achievement, and Peace. According to the video description, she explores qualities she links to finding real happiness at work, including mindfulness, compassion, resiliency, integrity, and open awareness, and shares practices to cultivate each. The session includes guided meditations, talks, and time for questions and answers, and is suitable for new and experienced meditators. While listening, you might take note of the examples she shares from her own work.
To learn more about Sharon, visit her website: https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/
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