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PRAISE FOR THE BOOK OF CALM
2017 SILVER AWARD WINNER — NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS
2018 SILVER AWARD WINNER — LIVING NOW BOOK AWARDS
2022 WINNER DA VINCI EYE AWARD — ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARDS
2022 FINALIST — ERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARDS
“I used to have a turbulent brain.”
With this sentence, Nancy G. Shapiro takes your hand and leads you on a story-filled adventure to Calm. In this constantly changing world where events and situations can suddenly shift the course of our lives, Nancy celebrates story as a guide to a clearer, more compassionate, and wiser way of being.
With your walking stick and generous attention ready, follow her roadmap to the dynamic composure within yourself and transform reaction into clarity, blame into compassion, and confusion into choice. Then watch Calm ripple out into the world: one person, one family, one community at a time.
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Here is a book as necessary for today as breath. Shapiro is a great storyteller, and she guides us out of the dark woods of fear, self-doubt, and powerlessness and into the calm within chaos — huge subjects that she masters in a personal way so the reader can definitely say, ‘I can do it.’
THE BOOK OF CALM . . . is an extensively researched and intelligently written text that offers guidance and support for creating a life infused with calm. The book’s friendly storytelling tone provides a layer of comfort, while its extensive use of scientific research gives the writing even more credibility. Even the book's cover evokes a feeling of tranquility.
A book that provides messages to help readers maintain calmness amid the many external and internal factors that stand in the way. . . . Shapiro uses a variety of effective tools to present her ideas— including stories, poetry, and scientific research . . . its eloquent ideas should satisfy an audience seeking tranquility.
THE BOOK OF CALM contains not only the personal history of the author's own progress toward constructive stillness but the practical means by which this has been attained . . . 'a non-reactive way of being in the world.'"
In THE BOOK OF CALM, Nancy Shapiro elegantly interweaves personal experience with the hard-won wisdom of growth and transformation. These gracious offerings are shared through meaningful stories, research, insights, and images. This is a generous book, with a quiet yet unmistakable call to nurture your own soul.
THE BOOK OF CALM is like sitting with your dearest friend, tea in hand, feeling heard, held, and lifted. With practical tools, inspirational wisdom, and evocative storytelling, Nancy deftly guides you through the unpredictable thickets of turbulent living and into the clear, refreshing wellspring of calm.
Readers will learn to break the habits that limit their potential . . . to make choices with clarity, face the fears that make them utterly vulnerable, and to connect deeply with themselves and others. THE BOOK OF CALM is a very relevant book . . . that most of us need in today’s challenging, fast-paced environment.
If every member of our political structure had a copy of this book - we would truly be living in a different world.
THE BOOK OF CALM delivers exactly what it promises. Keep this book by your bedside – it’s a comforting, calming meditation just to read it!
Nancy pours her heart onto the page with creativity and power. You will be amazed how the energy and potency of her words move you.
