The Tao of Bowie: 10 Lessons from David Bowie's Life to Help You Live Yours

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What would David Bowie do

When life gets tough, who can we turn to for help Who will help us find happiness, meaningand purpose The Tao of Bowie suggests that we turn to David Bowie for guidance - and usehis amazing journey through life as a map to help us navigate our own.

Buddhism was central to David Bowie's life, but he was a wide-ranging thinker who also drewmeaning from other sources including Jungian psychology, Nietzschean philosophy andGnosticism. The Tao of Bowie condenses these concepts - the ideas that inspired andsupported Bowie throughout his life and career - into ten powerful lessons, each with a seriesof exercises, meditations and techniques to encourage readers to apply these learnings to theirown lives.

The Tao of Bowie will help readers understand who they really are, clarify their purpose in life,manage their emotions and cope with setbacks and change. This fresh approach to the searchfor spirituality and happiness unites the perennial human quest for answers with theextraordinary mind and unique career of one of the most important cultural figures of the pasthalf-century.

Reviews

'will suit those in need of Ziggy's Stardust's quirky wisdom.' - The Independent

'A swirling, entertaining path of self-discovery...This cheery guide, filled with insightfulfacets from Bowie's "magpie" approach to enlightenment, will appeal to fans of the musiclegend and spiritualists alike.' - Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Mark Edwards has two parallel careers - as a journalist and as a trainer/ life coach. As ajournalist he began his career writing on magazines, including The Face, Arena, GQ, Esquireand Blitz. For the past 25 years his work has appeared virtually every week in the SundayTimes, and for twelve of those years he was the paper's chief pop music critic. As a coach andtrainer, he works with individuals to help them live with more purpose and meaning, and withsome of the country's most successful companies, helping them to support and develop futureleaders. All of his work is informed by mindfulness, and the Buddhist insights that underpin it.

These two parallel careers are fused together in The Tao of Bowie.