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Offers a guide to live more simply and in balance. From her experiences as an American writer and teacher living in Bhutan, the author shares endearing, often humorous stories from the happiest country in the world.
Now, you've gone and done it, Linda Leaming. This book has impelled me to add a whole new country to my already-overflowing bucket list. But either way, I'm grateful for this most excellent field guide to happiness. Thank you, my fellow traveller, for sharing the love. -- Pam Grout, #1 New York Times bestselling author of E-Squared and E-Cubed Linda Leaming writes with a sweetness and an earned wisdom that goes down as smoothly as a good cup of tea. She is also very funny. If you are alive, or would like to be, read her A Field Guide to Happiness and find joy on every page. -- Eric Weiner, author of The Geography of Bliss Linda Leaming offers us a fresh perspective of embracing life's challenges while pursuing our dreams. Delivered with down-to-earth wisdom and intelligent humour, A Field Guide to Happiness takes us on a Himalayan journey to Bhutan while never veering far from the heart. -- Matteo Pistono, author of Fearless in Tibet and In the Shadow of the Buddha With Bhutan as a backdrop, Linda Leaming's intimate offering of life lessons in A Field Guide to Happiness encourages deep exploration in our own interior landscapes. This gem of a book is an invitation to know we have all we need to surrender in the arms of joy, and measure our aliveness with heartfelt connection instead of speed and productivity. Read it slowly and savour each morsel. -- Nancy Levin, bestselling author of Jump... And Your Life Will Appear
Linda Leaming is a writer whose work has appeared in Ladies' Home Journal, Mandala, Guardian UK, A Woman's Asia (Travelers' Tales), and many other publications. Eric Weiner included her in his bestseller, The Geography of Bliss. Originally from Nashville, she has an M.F.A. in fiction from the University of Arizona; and she regularly speaks about Bhutan at colleges, churches, seminars, and book groups. She is married to the renowned Bhutanese thangka painter, Phurba Namgay. www.lindaleaming.com