What starts as a search for a decorative Buddha statuette leads one woman on a spiritual journey that will change everything. Marla lives the good life in Los Angeles—house, pool, her own business helping Cupid find love for LA’s most discriminating singles. Her handsome and ardent hubby Adolfo performs at an exclusive steak house in Beverly Hills. He tends to scoff at Marla’s green juice, vegan diet, yoga, and daily affirmations and can be a teensy bit of a control freak. A discarded Buddha statuette that Adolfo suddenly can’t live without sends Marla searching through New Age boutiques along with her skeptical friend Julie. They are soon schooled by a charismatic “Goddess,” delving ever deeper into self-realization, conversations with angels, pendulums, candle “Magick,” Reiki, crystal healing, and more. Attend a Hindu Bajan? Sure. Orgasmic Meditation? (Wait, what…?) Maybe not that one. Growing in her spirituality, yet exceedingly frustrated with some of her persnickety clientele—aging men who see themselves as Dorian Grays, worthy of exquisite young women—Marla’s world is shifting. She achieves certifications as an energy healer and encourages Julie to sample the concoction Julie calls “green gunk” and other healthy practices to help her conquer an addiction to unavailable men. Marla deepens her communication with the Beyond while Adolfo, always so practical, asks, “Have you lost your mind? Are you hearing voices? Angels aren’t real, come on!” Matters grow worse when certain psychics warn of “dangerous low-vibrational entities” and rabidly disagree with each other. Her alternating universes give Marla spiritual whiplash, yet she discovers the LITE way to balance the human carnival with a transformational spiritual journey. "A warmly funny, wide-ranging, and off-kilter spiritual odyssey.” — Kirkus Reviews This is the ultimate girls' guide to the spiritual life: fresh and funny and down to earth, even when Martenson has us contemplating the mysteries of existence. If you've ever wished for a soul sister on your path to enlightenment, she's here for you. And she's fun." - Victoria Moran, author of a Creating a Charmed Life and The Good Karma Diet "Marla Martenson's unchained optimism shines through every word of this spiritual memoir. She is a woman who leans into life with charming levity and a writer who delights in wrapping her discoveries in laughter. Join her in this quest to uncover life's magick and perhaps tap into some of your own!" -Joanna DeVoe, author of The Rich Witch Join Marla on her entertaining road to enlightenment through divine intervention, wacky adventures and belly laughs that includes a lively and eventful cast of characters. It’s a lesson in spiritual hopscotch where Marla’s desire to fully jump in and participate with the otherworldly dimensions and energies magically evokes the fun! ~ Karen A. Dahlman—Psychotherapist and author of The Spirit of Alchemy: Secret Teachings of the Sacred Reunion Marla Martenson writes a highly engaging story about exploring the mystical while firmly tethered to the tangible and complicated material challenges of the modern world. Both funny and sweet, it's a book that will entertain spiritualists and skeptics alike. ~ Kyra Davis--New York Times bestselling author of JUST ONE NIGHT "A delicious blend of wit and spirituality, The Buddha Made Me Do It will make you laugh out loud while digging deeper into your own sacred journey." - August McLaughlin, author of Embraceable “Often, the funniest thing about the multitude of spiritual offerings in Los Angeles is the complete lack of humor with which they’re presented. Marla Martenson remedies this in her new memoir, The Buddha Made Me Do It , which adds generous helpings of humorous insight to the quest for spirituality. You’ll never look at yoga, meditation, and crystal healing with a straight face again.” --Mark Miller, Author of 500 Dates: Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Online Dating Wars.