"Very little had been shared on equanimity. That was part of why I got interested in teaching it in the first place. It wasn't addressed much in either the Buddhist circles I'd been practicing in for decades or in the mainstream mindfulness world. It was time for a deep dive into this quiet virtue that's been hiding in plain sight for 2,600 years."
"I had begun teaching workshops on equanimity close to 10 years before I started writing the book, and about five years ago an editor at New Harbinger reached out to me to write a second book. There were already so many books on mindfulness and quite a number on compassion. Although I had been teaching and writing about both for years, I wasn't sure I had anything to add to that literature."
Margaret Cullen's five-year research project, culminating in Quiet Strength: Find Peace, Feel Alive, Love Boundlessly, challenges the common conflation of mindfulness and equanimity. Through conversations with over thirty teachers, scholars, neuroscientists, and practitioners, Cullen argues that equanimity represents a distinct and underexplored dimension of mindfulness practice. She began teaching equanimity workshops approximately ten years before writing the book, recognizing a significant gap in both Buddhist and mainstream mindfulness literature. Despite extensive existing works on mindfulness and compassion, equanimity remained largely unaddressed. Cullen's motivation stemmed from this absence, viewing equanimity as a quiet virtue that has remained hidden despite its 2,600-year history.
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