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Mark Matousek

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Mark is a bestselling author, teacher, and speaker whose work focuses on personal awakening and creative excellence through self-inquiry and life writing. He brings three decades of experience as a memoirist, editor, interviewer, survivor, activist, and spiritual seeker to his penetrating and thought provoking work with students. His workshops, classes, and mentoring have inspired thousands of people around the world to reach their artistic and personal goals.

He is currently working on a book about friendships and relationships that is set to be released in June 2013. Stay tuned!

New Book

Hey everyone!

I have a new book coming out in June!
It's called Ethical Wisdom for Friends. In it, I draw from personal experience, interviews, and letters from readers to provide a reservoir rich in wisdom about friendship, commitment, honesty, greed, jealousy, loyalty, competition, imitation, abandonment, and reconciliation.

It has 24 "chapters", each talking about a new relationship or friendshi Read more of this blog post »
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Published on May 04, 2013 11:27
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“Whatever it takes to break your heart and wake you up is grace.”
Mark Matousek, Sex Death Enlightenment: A True Story

“You don't actually get over things… you incorporate them. They become part of everything you are. I don't mean that you walk about crying all the time. But you change.”
Mark Matousek

“joy is not just about being happy. Joy is a rigorous spiritual practice of saying yes to life on life’s terms,”
Mark Matousek, When You're Falling, Dive: Lessons in the Art of Living

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