Don't Bite the Hook

In this recorded weekend workshop, Pema Chödrön draws on Buddhist teachings from the Way of the Bodhisattva to demonstrate how we can resist the enticing but destructive habit of reacting angrily to our daily burdens. Staying centered in the midst of difficulty, improving stressful relationships, refusing to entertain self-hatred, and awakening compassion for ourselves and others are Pema’s powerful antidotes to succumbing to negativity. In Don’t Bite the Hook, Pema reveals that within all of us lies the power to embrace constructive attitudes and discover true happiness.

When Things Fall Apart

Drawn from traditional Buddhist wisdom, Pema Chödrön’s radical and compassionate advice for what to do when things fall apart in our lives goes against the grain of our usual habits and expectations. There is only one approach to suffering that is of lasting benefit, she teaches, and that approach involves moving toward painful situations with friendliness and curiosity, relaxing into the essential groundlessness of our entire situation. It is there, in the midst of chaos, that we can discover the truth and love that are indestructible.

Taking the Leap

Pema Chödrön shows us how to break free of destructive patterns in our lives and experience a new sense of freedom and happiness. Drawing on the Buddhist concept of shenpa, she helps us to see how certain habits of mind tend to “hook” us and get us stuck in states of anger, blame, self-hatred, and addiction. The good news is that once we start to see these patterns, we can begin to change our lives for the better. Pema helps us to take a bold leap toward a new way of living—one that will bring about positive transformation for ourselves and for our troubled world.

The Places That Scare You

Available as a book or audio. We always have a choice, Pema Chödrön teaches: We can let the circumstances of our lives harden us and make us increasingly resentful and afraid—or we can let them soften us and make us kinder. Here Pema provides the tools to deal with the difficulties that life throws our way so we can: wholeheartedly accept ourselves and others; stay in the present moment by seeing through strategies that cause us to resist life as it is; and courageously move toward what makes us feel insecure in a way that opens our heart and connects us with others.

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