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Living What Matters: Reflections, Prose and 52 Prompts for Self-Inquiry

Living What Matters: Reflections, Prose and 52 Prompts for Self-Inquiry by Mark Nepo. Photograph of a sun lit road through the woods by Casey Horner
Photograph by Casey Horner

Personal musings and an excerpt from Mark Nepo’s latest book guide us through darkness and life’s messiness — to emerge with meaning and connection

Since books arrive like children, after months of labor, the timing of their arrival is well beyond us. And so, in the midst of this profound, painful, and transformative time, my new book,  is arriving this May. As with all my books, they are thresholds of inquiry and so, are my teachers. I’m still learning from this one. And I am grateful

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