The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to Be Calm in a Busy World

Haemin Sunim

Our Take

It can be hard to write a review for self help because the reader has to be in the space to hear the author. And not every reader is meeting an author in that very right moment. What works here is that it can be approached nonlinear which makes sense when life is only linear when you look backwards. Bonus, it made us fall in love with artist Youngcheol Lee.

Their Take

The world moves fast, but that doesn't mean we have to. This bestselling mindfulness guide by Haemin Sunim (which means "spontaneous wisdom"), a renowned Buddhist meditation teacher born in Korea and educated in the United States, illuminates a path to inner peace and balance amid the overwhelming demands of everyday life. By offering guideposts to well-being and happiness in eight areas (including relationships, love, and spirituality), Haemin Sunim emphasizes the importance of forging a deeper connection with others and being compassionate and forgiving toward ourselves. The more than twenty full-color illustrations that accompany his teachings serve as calming visual interludes, encouraging us to notice that when you slow down, the world slows down with you.

- Their Take is the book description listed at Bookshop.org