Zen Stories for Burned-Out Souls: 100 Ancient Tales for When Work Has Taken Everything

By P.P. Li

You were not lazy. You were on fire.

If you cannot stop working, cannot rest without guilt, and cannot remember the last time you felt anything but tired, this book was written for you.

In Zen Stories for Burned-Out Souls, you'll find 100 ancient Zen tales paired with a quiet reflection called The Quiet Truth - short, simple, no productivity advice and no hustle.

Each story is for the version of you that has given too much for too long:

the teacher who stays late every nightthe parent who has not sat down since morningthe worker who forgot what weekends feel likethe caregiver who never asks for carethe one who feels guilty resting in a body that is finally on the floor

Inside this book you will find:

100 Zen story-entries - short enough to finish when you have nothing left10 stages from the inability to stop to the rediscovery of meaningMonks, farmers, healers, and craftsmen who worked themselves hollowThe Quiet Truth - a 1-paragraph reflection at the end of every storyZero productivity tips, zero morning routines, zero hustle

This is not a book about doing more.
It is a book about being allowed to stop.

The fire that matters is not the one that consumes you. It is the one that lights your way home.

Book 8 in the Eastern Wisdom for Modern Life series by P.P. Li.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GX7J34K7
• ISBN13: 9798257348716
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"