Writing Down the Bones

This book by Natalie Goldberg has been genuinely recommended 2 times on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Tim Ferriss. It comes up in conversations about consciousness, meditation & mindfulness, psychedelics, supplements, trauma & ptsd. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from Sep 2021 and the most recent from Sep 2023. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her books and workshops. In her groundbreaking first book, she brings together Zen meditation and writing in a new way. Writing practice, as she calls it, is no different from other forms of Zen practice, "it is backed by two thousand years of studying the mind."

• “Writing Down the Bones. That is a great book. Great book.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “That is a great book. Great book”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 202301:22:29

  Said during "The Random Show with Tim Ferriss & Kevin Rose, Affordable Luxuries, Brain Stimulation, and More!". The episode features Kevin Rose: Kevin Rose with Tim Ferriss. Tim and Kevin swap affordable luxuries, brain-stimulation experiments, books, supplements, gear, and AI investing ideas in a free-ranging Random Show.

• “natalie goldberg who's a writer who writes zen-based writing writing down the bones is that right exactly it's a great book yeah great book”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “it's a great book yeah great book”
  Tim Ferriss · The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 202100:56:26

  Said during "Henry Shukman, Zen, Ayahuasca vs. Meditation, and an Intro to Koans | The Tim Ferriss Show". The episode features Henry Shukman: An appointed Zen teacher in the Sanbo Zen lineage and guiding teacher of Mountain Cloud Zen Center in New Mexico. He is also an award-winning poet and author, including the memoir One Blade of Grass, and has taught meditation at Google, Harvard Business School, and other venues. Zen teacher Henry Shukman tells Tim Ferriss how meditation, koans, and a spontaneous beach awakening reshaped his life, comparing them with ayahuasca.