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Jessie Asya Kanzer

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Riga, Latvia

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JESSIE ASYA KANZER is the award-winning author of "Don’t Just Sit There, DO NOTHING” and the forthcoming “Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky.” She was born in the Soviet Union and left at age eight. A former reporter and actress, she once found herself on set of a Zelensky film and has been following his story ever since. Kanzer’s writing has appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, the Washington Post, and many other publications. She's been interviewed on podcasts and TV programs across the country. She lives with her husband, two daughters, and two cats in Dobbs Ferry, NY.
Visit her at jessiekanzer.com and @jessiekanzer on Insta, Facebook, Twitter + @daily_tao on TikTok. ...more

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	Don't Just Sit There, DO NOTHING: Healing, Chilling, and Living with the Tao Te Ching by Jessie Asya Kanzer (Goodreads Author), Laura Day (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.71 avg rating — 87 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unlocking Your Inner Zelensky 3.77 avg rating — 69 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I won? I won!

Guess what? Don’t Just Sit There, DO NOTHING is a 2022 International Book Awards winner in the General Spirituality category. “Why is this a big deal?” you may ask. I’m not really sure, other than the fact that my little baby of a book won in a stiff competition with many worthy opponents. It was also a finalist in the General Self-help category.

I guess the big deal about winning some recognition

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“The highest good is not to seek to do good but to allow yourself to become it— to give without thinking, without keeping account, without seeking gain.”
― Jessie Asya Kanzer, Don't Just Sit There, DO NOTHING: Healing, Chilling, and Living with the Tao Te Ching

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“Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.”
― Oprah Winfrey

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