The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times

Pema Chödrön

Dec 2017 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Joanna Rotte

About this audiobook

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.

Ratings and reviews

My first book I've read by Pema Chodron. I felt that my spiritual guidence lead me finding this book in the airport. The title what captured my attention then the bibliography enspired me to read through. From there I found myself reading the entire book. It truly captured my "HAPPINESS" right at a perfect time while experiencing my depression. I've cried. I've laughed and I've smiled through every lesson. I truly Loved it. I want to read more. MAHALO NUI LOA.!! (Thank u very much)

beautiful writing to help people having a difficult time sticking too or coming in and out of a spiritual journey

Grounded, practical and insightful.

About the author

Pema Chödrön is an American Buddhist nun in the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and is currently a student of the Venerable Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche and Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. She is resident teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, the first Tibetan monastery in North America established for Westerners. She is the author of many books and audiobooks, including the best-selling When Things Fall Apart and Don't Bite the Hook.