The Tao of Equanimity
About this ebook
It’s what lets you stay present — even when calm is nowhere to be found.
Most people think equanimity means balance.
Or serenity.
Or simply “not freaking out.”
But what if it’s something much deeper?
The Tao of Equanimity is not a self-help guide or a Buddhist manual.
It’s a daily companion for those ready to expand their understanding of what it means to remain — to keep showing up through grief, joy, fear, love, and everything in between.
Across 100 short, poetic chapters, this book explores equanimity as a practice of presence — not something you master, but something you return to.
Again and again.
Like breath.
Like truth.
Like the earth beneath your feet.
Each reflection opens a door:
To paradox.
To clarity.
To a version of steadiness that makes space for heartbreak, laughter, trembling, silence, and fire.
You’ll find meditations on longing, anger, control, desire, surrender, and the ache of being fully alive — all through the lens of staying instead of escaping.
This book will not teach you how to stay calm.
It will teach you how to stay.
Whether you read one chapter a day or return to the same few again and again, The Tao of Equanimity invites you into a different kind of strength — one that does not resist the storm, but allows it to pass through without collapse.
If you’re tired of chasing peace…
Maybe it’s time to practice it.
Exactly where you are.
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About the author
G. Scott Graham is an existential handyman — fixing what’s broken, realigning what’s off-kilter, and helping people rebuild their lives with meaning, purpose, and the occasional strip of duct tape. He’s also an author, career coach, business coach, and psychedelic support coach based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Scott is driven to help clients follow their “true azimuth” — a direction distinct from “true north.” It’s not about chasing some universal ideal. It’s about identifying what genuinely matters to you. It’s about recognizing the forces that pull your life off course and learning how to adjust so you still arrive where your heart wants to go. When you're 90 and looking back, your life should feel like it was truly yours — filled with pride, purpose, and meaning. No regrets.
When he’s not coaching people to be their very best, Scott runs a nonprofit farm animal rescue and lives what he teaches. He does Tough Mudders, teaches Sun 73 Tai Chi, paddleboards with his dogs Groot and Rocket, and camps in State Parks across New England whenever he can. His daily spiritual practice is grounded in anāpānasati, vipassanā, and mettā-bhāvanā meditation. A firm believer in service as the heart of a life well-lived, Scott also volunteers as an EMT instructor, firefighter, and Master Gardener in his community.
In his "free time," he writes books.
