When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön | Book Picks

"What makes Pema's message resonate so strongly with people, no matter what their religion or spiritual path, is its universality. Each of us has experienced heartache; how we interact with that feeling, Pema says, can create the possibility of a more joyful life."

~ O, The Oprah Magazine

"As one of Pema Chödrön's grateful students, I have been learning the most pressing and necessary lesson of all: how to keep opening wider my own heart."

~ Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and activist

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We have found great solace and inspiration in Pema Chödrön's work. One of her first books, When Things Fall Apart, is an extremely helpful text that engages with reality and helps you get through unavoidable, difficult situations when the going gets tough.How can we live our lives when everything seems to fall apart--when we are continually overcome by fear, anxiety, and pain? The answer, Pema Chödrön suggests, might be just the opposite of what you expect. Here, in her most beloved and acclaimed work, Pema shows that moving toward painful situations and becoming intimate with them can open up our hearts in ways we never before imagined. Drawing from traditional Buddhist wisdom, she offers life-changing tools for transforming suffering and negative patterns into habitual ease and boundless joy.

Meet the Author

Pema Chödrön is an American Buddhist nun in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa and resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in North America. She is the author of numerous best-selling books, including Living Beautifully and Welcoming the Unwelcome.