Susan Piver Biography
Susan Piver is an American writer and meditation teacher. Piver, a student of Buddhism since 1995 also writes books based on Buddhistic teachings and ideas. She has been a meditation teacher who has taught meditation since 2005. Piver’s publications have made it into the New York Times Bestseller lists. Her new book was The Four Noble Truths of Love; Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships.
In the year 2011 she launched the Open Heart Project, an online mindfulness community with approximately 20,000 members. Piver is a best-selling author of eight books, which include, The Hard Questions, How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life, and The Wisdom of a Broken Heart, and Start Here Now-An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice Meditation.
Susan is also known for her insight, clarity, and humor. She has renowned public speaker, to audiences from London and San Francisco, Amsterdam and Toronto, and in interviews with Oprah, Ann Curry, Katie Couric, the New York Times, O Magazine, Redbook, and others, Piver’s mission is to teach everyone how to slow down, have soft hearts, sharpen our minds, and also create a life of fearlessness and authenticity.
Susan Piver Age
Born: 29 November 1957 , in USA. She has 61 years as of 2018.
Susan Piver Height
There are no records showing Piver’s heigt on the social media as she prefers keeping it personal and out of limelight.
Susan Piver Net Worth
Susan net worth is still under review, which she gets from selling her books. So far Susan has written 8 books in total which include, The Hard Questions, How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life, and The Wisdom of a Broken Heart, and Start Here Now-An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice Meditation.
Susan Piver Husband|Duncan
Susan reported that one of her vows to her husband, vowing that her husband is 6′ tall. He weighs 120 lbs and gets many zits. Piver’s husband also grows dreadlocks. Duncan and Susan piver celebrated their 20th Wedding Anniversary as its shown in her youtube channel.
Susan Piver Books
- The Four Noble Truths of Love: Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships, 2018
- Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation, 2015
- The Wisdom of a Broken Heart, 2009
- Quiet Mind: A Beginner’s Guide to Meditation, 2008
- How Not to Be Afraid of Your Own Life, 2007
- The Hard Questions for an Authentic Life: 100 Essential Questions for Tapping into Your Inner Wisdom, 2004
- The Hard Questions For Adult Children and Their Aging Parents, 2004
- The Hard Questions: 100 Essential Questions to Ask Before You Say I Do, 2000
Susan Piver The Hard Questions
Susan Piver shows couples at any stage of their relationships either newly-engaged or married-for-decades and how they can forge and strengthen lasting, intimate bonds. Concentrating on key areas such as home, money, work, sex, community, and family.
The book contains one hundred thought-provoking questions which challenge and inspire couples to gain a deeper understanding of one another. With its elegant design, The Hard Questions is the perfect present for wedding showers and anniversaries, or for anyone planning to get marriage.
Susan Piver Motherhood Quote|Quotes
“Confidence is the willingness to be as ridiculous, luminous, intelligent, and kind as you really are, without embarrassment.” “Meditating with a goal or in order to accomplish something is not giving the practice a fair shake.Instead let yourself off the self-improvement treadmill, and simply be with yourself in your natural state. The practice isn’t about achieving something. It’s about letting go.”
“as unlikely as it may sound, in fact this sorrow is the gateway to lasting happiness, the kind that can never be taken from you.” “Tranquility, compassion, and wisdom are the components of fearlessness, not power, control, and remaining unaffected.”
“I want full-on emotional, sexual, spiritual passion—not the torments of fights and jealousies, but the power of engaging deeply, from the bottom of my heart, with my lover’s heart, with lots of ebb and flow in both passion and friendship, periods of great agreement and great distance, but always coming back to each other, to self, to commitment, together.”
“Instead of making it safe, love—whether for all beings or for one—actually breaks your heart. Being loved is uncomfortable; and the more I love, the more uncomfortable it is. In the end, I’m still not quite sure what I’ve vowed to do either as a wife or a bodhisattva, except to break my own heart, over and over. And to see what happens next.”
“It (becoming disheartened) is insidious, buried, sticky . . . like a weird smell you can’t quite pinpoint and eventually get used to.
Becoming disheartened is actually one of three forms of laziness; the others are procrastination and being too busy.” “Our culture generally views tears and what may lie behind them—sadness, anger, disappointment, fear—as signs of a problem. Something has gone wrong.
Somebody needs to figure out who screwed up so we can set this thing right. But tears are actually sweet things. They are signs of authentic feelings. Of” “Rather than sweeping romantic gestures or grand overtures, it is these tiny courtesies that create the foundation for the love we seek. If they are missing, the foundation will weaken over time.”
“In addition, it has been demonstrated that meditation can help with the following: lowering blood pressure decreasing symptoms in illnesses with a stress-related component (ulcers, for example) decreasing serum cholesterol levels reducing muscular tension reducing oxygen and energy consumption improving sleep In short, it has been scientifically proven that meditation is awesome.” “real fearlessness is the product of tenderness.
It comes from letting the world tickle your heart, your raw and beautiful heart. You are willing to open up, without resistance or shyness, and face the world”
“When you are filled with fear, anxiety, or other difficult emotions, the first thing you should always do is make friends with them.” “Here was a path that led you, not away from strong emotion but directly toward it; one that applauded the ability to feel deeply—not for its dramatic qualities but for its vividness and intelligence.”
“brilliant life is not about being untouched by sorrow but has more to do with relaxing and allowing the world to touch you. It’s way braver to open yourself to the world than to wall yourself off from it.” “if you try to prevent strong emotion, you’re always on the defensive. If you never put up your guard in the first place, you have nothing to defend and therefore nothing to worry about.”
“Relationships with your partner’s parents, siblings and/or children can reveal deep truths about where you place value in personal relationships. I may believe that all family members are welcome in our house at any time of day or night, while my spouse may feel that 3 A.M. is not an acceptable time for visitors of any sort, even a sibling in crisis. I may wish to invite my mother over to discuss decorating questions; my partner may view this as intrusive or overly dependent.
It’s valuable to examine assumptions like these. Many of us retain into adulthood unresolved issues with our families of origin—issues which we may attempt to resolve, consciously or not, within the context of marriage. If you have a parent who is alcoholic, for example, you may refuse to keep liquor in your home, but your partner may enjoy having a drink when he or she comes home from work. Can you or should you separate your deep feelings about alcohol from your partner’s needs?”
“most pressing questions: Who am I? What am I doing with my life? How can what I most desire (love) be also what is most treacherous? Losing love re-focuses all of your attention away from intellectual, physical, or professional concerns and places it instead on love itself, to beg perhaps the most critical question of all: How can I permit myself to love when the possibility of loss cannot be denied? These now become the most important questions in the world and they demand exploration.”
“A Dark Night of the Soul is not the universe’s attempt to rob you of happiness or beat you into submission—on the contrary. It is a natural cycle of life that teaches you the meaning of happiness beyond pleasure. It offers the opportunity for liberation from inauthenticity. If you acknowledge the Dark Night and open to it, it will teach you extraordinary lessons about who you are and what your life is about.”
“questions continued to come. I wrote them down. And one by one, Duncan and I answered them, together. Some questions took days to answer. Some took a moment. Others had no answer, and that in itself was important. In every case, we learned something about our relationship and each other. We were delighted, appalled, infuriated and/or mystified by each other’s answers.”
“No matter how much help you ask for, cultivating these spiritual qualities is something you have to do within yourself, and it requires solitude. So if you feel like locking your door, closing the blinds, and retreating from the world, this is probably a good idea. Sit with the darkness. Allow it to teach you. This is a very brave thing to do.”
“If you’ve ever wished for a friend who would love you as you are, appreciate your genius, and make space for your foibles, welcome you when you’re funny and shiny and when you’re a complete mess—well, I can introduce you to this person. Rather, your meditation practice can. He or she has been there the whole time. You are the one you’ve been waiting for, as they say.”
Susan Piver Meditation
The Open Heart Project is an online meditation center which was created by meditation expert|teacher Susan Piver. Susan also has free courses and free meditation videos and community in one place including free video’s in her youtube channel.