1. Romancing the Buddha
Embracing Buddhism in My Everyday Life - 4th Edition
Originally published by Middleway Press, this has been my best-selling book (over 10,000 sold). It's about how my wife and I have used our 55-year Buddhist practice -- which offers teachings of personal and social transformation -- and therapy to help us deal with her serious illness (MS), my depression & childhood trauma, being parents, dealing with relationships, and the loss of loved ones.
Amazon Review: "You don't have to be a Buddhist to enjoy this book, you may very well want to be when you finish! I love this book so much that I had to share it with someone I know who will really benefit from reading it." - Robin M.
Also a one-man show on YouTube.
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2. Eleven Life Lessons for Teenagers
(and Everyone Else!)
This book is based on my eight years speaking frankly to several thousand high school students about my life experiences and the answers to some of their most pressing questions:
- What if I don’t know who I want to be?
- What if I struggle with depression & anxiety?
- What if my friend has depression & anxiety?
- What if I get a bad grade?
- What if I make a mistake?
- How can I improve my relationships?
- How important is balance in my life?
- What risks should I take?
- What is most important in life?
- Can I make a difference in the world?
- How can I feel more hopeful?
Amazon Review: "If you are searching for potential answers to issues that worry teens, this is your book! It is a short concise read, filled with the author's experiences regarding frequently asked questions teens have shared with him over his eight years of speaking to ninth grade health classes." - M. Stoknes
Learn more at: GiveTeensHope.org
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3. My Fifty Years of Buddhist Practice
Practical & Humorous Life Lessons
This book is a sequel to Romancing the Buddha. The many perspectives and experiences reveal how SGI Nichiren Buddhism together with Daisaku Ikeda's guidance and psychotherapy have continued to help my wife and me deal with life's daily struggles including aging and surviving (and thriving) in a conflicted world.
Amazon Review: "I admire the candor with which he talks about his dysfunctional childhood and his depression, his wife's multiple sclerosis and the numerous other problems of living that beset human beings over the course of a long life. There is no preaching here -- simply a pointing out of the fact that Buddhism has been the mainstay for him and his wife for the last five decades and the hope that readers will benefit from his experience. Michael tells it like it is, minus the hype and the hoopla that we see so much in writing nowadays that detracts from truthfulness." - Ashish Virmani
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4. The Muse Within
Personal Growth Through the Eyes of 34 well-known Writers, Artists & Philosophers
These 34 weekly perspectives were posted on the Arts & Humanities Bainbridge web site and several social media sites. They were my attempt to make sense of our challenging world through my personal experience as seen through the lives and words of these creative icons: Helen Keller, Bill Withers, Annie Leibovitz, Lily Tomlin, Ansel Adams, Sir Isaac Newton, Keb’ Mo’, Leo Tolstoy, Georgia O’Keefe, Harry Manx, Most Beautiful One, Leonardo da Vinci, Gilda Radner, Davy Jone, Eliud Kipchoge, Louise Penny, Prince Henry, Julie Andrews, Mohatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Daisaku Ikeda, Isaac Asimov, Grandma Moses, Herbie Hancock, Barbara Kingsolver, Henrik Ibsen, Pema Chadron, Bobby McFerrin, Voltaire, Never Disparaging, Tagore & Byron Katie.
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