French Art of Not Giving a Sh*t: Cut the Crap and Live Your Life

It's time to stop giving a sh*t!

Be calm... Stop stressing... Embrace the universe... Try yoga... Be fulfilled... and that's an order! We're overwhelmed with these sorts of commands. Often, we torture ourselves to "try harder," yet we never feel we've done enough. Instead, we should stop pushing ourselves to do what we think we should do and allow ourselves to be angry, tired, silly, or passionate. In other words, stop giving a sh*t and just be.

An international bestseller (now in English for the first time), The French Art of Not Giving a Sh*t by Fabrice Midal explains why true mindfulness means freeing ourselves from social and self-imposed stresses. Furthermore, it highlights how we can embrace life more fully by giving ourselves a break. Midal gives readers permission to:

• Stop obeying — you are intelligent.
• Stop being calm — be at peace.
• Stop wanting to be perfect — accept life's storms.
• Stop rationalizing — let things be.
• Stop comparing — be you.
• Stop being ashamed — be vulnerable.
• Stop tormenting yourself — become your own best friend.
• Stop wanting to love — be benevolent.

Midal, one of the world's leading teachers of meditation and mindfulness, offers a solution to our too-much, too-fast modern life. He urges us to say no and quit things that don't fulfill us. It’s necessary, he says, to give ourselves a break and say, simply, c'est la vie. In The French Art of Not Giving a Sh*t, Midal gives us permission to stop doing things that don't make us happy, so we have room for things that do.