The Places That Scare You

A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

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 problems and difficulties that life throws our way. This wisdom is always available to us, she teaches, but we usually block it with habitual patterns rooted in fear. Beyond that fear lies a state of openheartedness and tenderness. This audiobook teaches us how to awaken our basic goodness and connect with others, to accept ourselves and others complete with faults and imperfections, and to stay in the present moment by seeing through the strategies of ego that cause us to resist life as it is.

So Many More Places These Days!

Pema has been my go-to guru for years (since I, like she, could not have survived my near-divorce without the help of some calming external help) but this book, clearly without knowledge of the scourge of Covid that was to come, still manages to lift one out of the terrors of everyday headlines and refine that fear into something useful. She is beyond wise (and occasionally very funny) m taking examples from everyday life. She will comfort you too. Blessed be.

Perfect book at the perfect time

I found this book seeking spiritual guidance on how to do shadow work and face things the scare me. what a perfect lesson in becoming a spiritual warrior and learning Bodichithra.

Truly loved the book!

Extremely enlightening! I found myself very much attracted to the book it was very informative educational and enjoyable!

So deep and helpful

I love it, it is a great way to meditate about myself and about others actions.

So grateful for this book

This book covers so many of Pema’s foundational teachings, and yet feels so fresh and inspiring. It is a true treasure, that I will hang onto and hardly recommend to others.