Susan Piver

Susan Piver is the New York Times bestselling author of many books, including The Wisdom of a Broken Heart; Start Here Now: An Open-Hearted Guide to the Path and Practice of Meditation; The Four Noble Truths of Love: Buddhist Wisdom for Modern Relationships; and The Buddhist Enneagram: Nine Paths to Warriorship, Inexplicable Joy: On the Heart Sutra. Her latest is Inexplicable Magic: Meditation for Mystics.

A student of Buddhism since 1993, Susan graduated from a Buddhist seminary in 2004. In 2012, she founded The Open Heart Project, the world’s largest online-only dharma center. The Open Heart Project offers meditation classes, virtual retreats, and community gatherings. She teaches retreats all over the world. In 2018, she and Crystal Gandrud created a publishing imprint, Lionheart Press, to offer books that merge Buddhism with everyday life.