When Things Fall Apart

Heart Advice for Difficult Times

By: Pema Chodron

Narrated by: Christy Meyer

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.

©1997, 2016 Pema Chodron (P)2022 Shambhala Publications

SOS

When you want to send one out (or don’t want to because you’re too scared, ashamed, whatever), this book will be one of your best friends. Just need Yourself and this book. I recommend listening more than once and tracking how it sounds diff each time through❤️sending peace and love and my greatest appreciation to pema and her teachers for sharing their wisdom

Great Lessons

This book simplifies lessons for a more rewarding life. It teaches you how to treat yourself, others, and the world better.

Profound & pragmatic wisdom

This is another of Pema Chodron’s books that could be listened to again and again, providing new learning in each iteration. Every part offers deep insight that is both philosophical and directly applicable to daily life.

an excellent, must read primer to surviving the world from a Buddhist standpoint.

I'm not a practicing Buddhist and still take issue with some principles of the practice however this book seems to be essential reading for learning how to accept our world as it is and our place in it..

Unlike other titles by other authors like, "true refuge" Pema Chidron gives a concise, clear, easy to follow and digestible account of how to let your false self go and become more present and at ease with the world.

Expertly narrated in a calm and soothing voice, this book has held me get through a very difficult time in my life and I'm grateful for the lessons it contains.

highly recommended.

Great book

Helpful, thought provoking, enjoyable . I found the book and the teachings inspired and inspiring. Great if you’re going thru it in life and seeking Less chaos and drama.