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The Urban Monk
- Eastern Wisdom and Modern Hacks to Stop Time and Find Success, Happiness, and Peace
- Narrated by: Pedram Shojai OMD
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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Publisher's summary
We all struggle to discover satisfaction and contentment in the modern world, and yet the more technology we use, the more things seem to get worse. What are we all missing? What will it take for us to find our centers? Pedram Shojai shares how the calmness of Zen masters is attainable in today's fast-paced world, and with practice you, too, can stop time, refuel, and focus on the things that really matter.
The Urban Monk, a New York Times best seller, reveals the secrets to finding an open heart, sharp mind, and grounded sense of well-being, even in the most demanding circumstances. Shojai's no-nonsense life mastery program brings together clear tools and exercises that can elevate your existence. Learn to honor your body with nutrition and shake free from addictions to toxic substances and experiences. Let your body and mind unwind each day with evening meditations, loosening exercises, and resting rituals that will keep any stress or unfinished business out of the bedroom, helping you sleep better so that your body can rejuvenate.
The Urban Monk is filled with priceless practices that you can use in your daily life, right here and now. It is designed to be your companion in this crazy world we live in. Take it with you on your journey to becoming an Urban Monk. There's no need to move or drastically change your current life. You can find peace within, and The Urban Monk will teach you how to calm the chaos in your head.
The world needs you to step up and live your life to the fullest. Pedram Shojai is the Urban Monk who can show you how to drink from infinity, find peace and prosperity, and thrive in a modern world.
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Mastering Your Mean Girl
- The No-BS Guide to Silencing Your Inner Critic and Becoming Wildly Wealthy, Fabulously Healthy, and Bursting with Love
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Ready to live your dream life? You know that sneaky voice inside your head telling you that you're not good enough, smart enough, pretty enough, whatever enough? That's your Mean Girl. And she's doing her best to keep you stuck in Fear Town, too scared to go after the life you always imagined. But enough's enough! Melissa Ambrosini has made a life beyond her wildest dreams, all by mastering her Mean Girl, busting through limiting beliefs and karate-chopping through the fears that held her hostage for years.
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Sadly, couldn't even get through the first half...
- By shannon on 07-19-16
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The Five Elements
- Understand Yourself and Enhance Your Relationships with the Wisdom of the World's Oldest Personality Type System
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Dondi Dahlin shows us that we are all born with individual rhythms that go beyond the influence of our genes and upbringing. The five elements originated in ancient Chinese medicine over 2,000 years ago - when scholars theorized that the universe is composed of five forces: water, wood, fire, earth, and metal. Understanding these elements helps us stay in balance physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally.
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very insightful and very practical
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The Power of No
- Because One Little Word Can Bring Health, Abundance, and Happiness
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"No" is sometimes the hardest word to say. It's also the most necessary. How many times have you heard yourself saying yes to the wrong things - overwhelming requests, bad relationships, time-consuming obligations? How often have you wished you could summon the power to turn them down? This program will help you take back your power by showing that a well-placed "No" can not only save you time and trouble, it can save your life.
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Some really bad advice...
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By: James Altucher, and others
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Making Life Easy
- A Simple Guide to a Divinely Inspired Life
- By: Christiane Northrup M.D.
- Narrated by: Christiane Northrup M.D.
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Ever since medical school, Dr. Christiane Northrup has been guided by an essential truth about the way our bodies, minds, and souls are intertwined. It's the same truth Edgar Cayce expressed in this famous formula: The spirit is life. The mind is the builder. The physical is the result. When we don't grasp this - when we view our bodily well-being in isolation - life can devolve into constant worry about our health and constant battling to make our bodies "behave".
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A MUST Read!
- By Theresa on 01-17-17
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Spartan Up!
- A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life
- By: Jeff O'Connell, Joe De Sena
- Narrated by: Christian Rummel
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Twenty-six point two miles isn’t enough anymore. Obstacle course racing, which combines the endurance challenges of a marathon with the mind-bending rigors of overcoming obstacles along the way, is taking the world by storm. At the center of this phenomenon is Joe De Sena, the driving force behind the enormously popular Spartan Race. De Sena offers a simple philosophy: commit to a goal, put in the work, and get it done.
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A different type of mindset
- By Barbara on 02-02-15
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Rushing Woman's Syndrome
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Never before have women been in such a hurry to do so many things and be there for so many people. The pace of modern life has drastically increased - but even though our minds can go faster and technology allows us to get more done, our bodies still have cavewoman-like biology - which means they cannot respond healthily to the new and constant pressures we experience. In this book, nutritional biochemist Dr. Libby Weaver explains how a stressful, fast-paced lifestyle can have dangerous effects on all areas of a woman's health.
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no science to back to anti caffeine claim
- By Amazon Customer on 04-23-21
By: Dr Libby Weaver
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The Badass Life
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Christmas Abbott knows the importance of a badass lifestyle - physically, mentally, and spiritually. The key is balance: using essential daily practices for the mind, body, and soul. The Badass Life is her monthlong program based on building positive daily habits, to help you achieve a higher quality of life and a heightened sense of self-worth.
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Narration ruined it
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Savor
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Common sense tells us that to lose weight, we must eat less and exercise more. But somehow we get stalled. We start on a weight-loss program with good intentions but cannot stay on track. Neither the countless fad diets, nor the annual spending of $50 billion on weight loss helps us feel better or lose weight. Too many of us are in a cycle of shame and guilt. We spend countless hours worrying about what we ate or if we exercised enough, blaming ourselves for actions that we can't undo.
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Same old advice with justa pinch of mindfullness
- By Dvdmon on 05-15-15
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Get Your Mind Right
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- By: Todd Durkin, Drew Brees - foreword, Mike Yorkey - contributor
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As founder of Fitness Quest 10 in San Diego, California, Todd Durkin is used to pushing high-profile, high-performance athletes to their physical limit. But that's only half the battle. A crucial aspect of creating any kind of success - whether in business, sports, health, or relationships - is having the right mindset.
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Impactful!
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Happy Mind, Happy Life
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During his twenty years as a GP, Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, author of the international bestseller Feel Better in 5, has seen first-hand that motivation isn't always enough for us to maintain a healthy lifestyle. It's only when we learn how to support our own mental wellbeing and cultivate core happiness that these choices become easy. In Happy Mind, Happy Life, Dr. Chatterjee shares cutting-edge insights into the science of happiness and reveals ten simple ways to put you back in control of your health.
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Ok
- By Anonymous User on 07-01-22
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Change Your Schedule, Change Your Life
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It's not you; it's your schedule. Does it sound like magic? It's not. We've all heard of circadian rhythms - those biological processes that give us jet lag and make us night owls or early birds. But few of us know just how profoundly these diurnal patterns affect our overall health. Bad habits - like skipping meals, squeezing in workouts, working late into the night and then trying to catch up on sleep during the weekend - disrupt our natural cycles. A growing body of research on chronobiology reveals just how sensitive the human body is to these rhythms all the way down to the genetic level.
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Absolutely Brutal.
- By FemaleJaysFan on 04-17-22
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- Frank C.
- 07-05-16
The Urban Monk swears a lot.
I really enjoyed this book and found many great topics for myself and some I can share with my patients. I do however think the author should curb his cuss words. I am the first to use them in various situations but in a book like this? It just seemed incongruous and quite tacky. There was a lot of it. The author should realize that his readers are not only millennial who might find this cool, but I can assure him, it wasn't.
Pedram, you don't need to swear to emphasize your points. You are obviously very articulate and have an abundance of valuable information but I think you can take your writing to another level by omitting the poor word choices.
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- Gillian
- 01-20-17
Down From The Himalayas!
How you do one thing, is how you do everything... Uh-oh...! I can be a coffee-guzzling spaz who zones out when I have time to relax. Can I be different?
Yes, thank heavens, I now know I can. "The Urban Monk" is a step-by-step practical guide to self-discovery and peace of body and of mind. Here's what's covered: Stress, The Art of Mastering Time, Energy, Sleep (and deprivation), Stagnant Lifestyle, Weight Gain and Negative Self-Image (which is a big one for me >sigh< ), Lack of Connection with Nature, Loneliness Even in a Crowd, Never Enough Money, and (YAY!) Living a Life with PURPOSE! What I like is that there's all this positive philosophy which has you thinking, "Yeh, yeh, yeh. But that's not applicable in the real world. I don't have those options;" and then Shojai has a specific case of a specific person, all of which you can relate with, and, son of a gun, there is help; there are options. Like, sometimes exercise is great, stress-relieving, right? But if you listen to your body, maybe you're doing the wrong kind of movement. The book is filled with a million things like that. Plus meditations (and I had to start with the most basic: Scanning your thoughts... because, really, I have a plethora of hamsters running around in my brain when I try to meditate), to media fasts, to herbs to have on hand, to, yes: Skipping on the Caffeine. Also, that time you're stuck in line behind that person with all the coupons? Great time for yourself, for your breathing, for your questioning of life and its wonders.
This is a wonderful little book that you can listen to again and again (but I was disappointed that Resources are referred to but Audible doesn't have any PDF files to go with it), with Shojai as an earnest and enthusiastic narrator. Yes, he does use some minor swearing (Hence the "Urban"?), but that just made things more authentic to my lifestyle (and by no means do I swear like a sailor, I assure you).
Worth the price, worth the time, worth the rest of your life...!
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- Bennymac
- 10-04-16
Stereotypical pseudoscience
What would have made The Urban Monk better?
The author clearly has some biases against modern medicine, lifestyle and conveniences that don't mesh with 'the way of the ancients'. I can understand having a preference for what you find valuable in life, but insinuating how big pharma is in cahoots to destroy and enslave us is pretty ridiculous. There was a lot of questionable recommendations in the book, like how modern shoes prevent us from sharing electrons with the earth, so you should spend time walking barefoot. Also a lot of comments about restoring / maximizing your vitality. Its a vague goal that is difficult to track and measure but sounds enticing.
What could Pedram Shojai have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Use some science to back up the claims to make it more credible. I listened to 'The Big Picture' immediately before this one and the two are basically on opposite ends of the spectrum in terms of credibility. I also find that most respectable Buddhist-style mindsets are open to having the theories challenged, so that they can either be improved or you can find truth for yourself, but this book feels more like "do as the ancients did because ancient lives were better."
What aspect of Pedram Shojai’s performance would you have changed?
The performance was alright, I appreciate it when the author reads their own material.
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
It will appeal to a certain demographic who already follow suit with the same train of thought (i.e. if you want to reinforce your pre-existing beliefs, this will be another nod). One redeeming quality - its not a long book.
Any additional comments?
I could only get through about 3/4 of the book before I had to end it, just couldn't get through it all and take it seriously.
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- Eric Ulrich
- 10-01-16
my opinion.
every thing that he states that is wrong with our society is one hundred percent correct. however he spends to much time explaining and focusing on the problem. And not enough time focusing on the solution. I personally now the problem. and try to live in the solution. but it's very difficult. When most of the world is spiritual sick. we need more solution in this book.
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- denise mendoza
- 07-06-16
too much cussing
loved content. but hated all the cussing. wish I had hard copy for the resources
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- DAK
- 07-20-16
Extremely superficial
I get the feeling listening to this that self-confidence replaces real insight. This is spiritual and lifestyle thinking 101.
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- Guillermo
- 01-29-17
Goes from Ok, to Woo, to Outright dangerous
The book starts with simple and tried advice "Drink less caffeine, eat more soups and sleep more" to THIS COMMON CHINESE HERB HAS ANTI-CANCER SECRET BIG PHARMA DOES NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW in a heartbeat.
Snake Oils salesman are a dime a dozen, saying the western world is filled with consumerism and then saying you should visit their website and buy the new life package for $49.99, but when you ourtright say a chinese herb can help prevent cancer, that's just dangerous.
4 star performance because he knows his snake oil pitch, but has to cus' every 3 words, something that really takes out of the "inner peace" mindset he's trying to sell.
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- jakeage
- 07-05-16
Worst Buddhist teaching I have ever encountered.
This teacher appears to have a tremendously inflated ego. Not someone I care to follow.
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- JOSEPH
- 08-03-16
Waste of time!! NOT RECOMMENDED
Was just very boring, plain, and basic. Everything that was mentioned in here was nothing new. Don't waste your time on this one.
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- Leonard
- 07-13-16
Expected more
the advice given is not original or thought provoking in any way...
on the plus side, the author limits the no of examples from biz / his personal life focusing on the advice itself. this resulted in a reasonably inspiring book.
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