The capstone to forty years of teaching, The True Secret of Writing is Natalie Gold­berg’s Zen boot camp. Stories of her own search for truth and clarity as well as her students’ breakthroughs and insights give moving testament to how her unique, tough-love method works. As Goldberg says, “To write is to be empow­ered…Writing is not just for someone who wants to write the great American novel.” Learning “the true secret” allows you to mine the rich awareness in your mind and to ground and empower yourself in a way that leads to deep, eloquent self-expression. Goldberg’s beautiful homages to the work of other great teachers and observers of mind, life, and love provide further secrets and inspiration to which you will return again and again. In this work Goldberg inspires readers to pick up the pen, get writ­ing, and keep going.