When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times

“Pema Chödrön's teaching on groundlessness — sitting with discomfort rather than leaping to resolution — is one Brown returns to explicitly in discussions of uncertainty and courage. She has recommended it on Unlocking Us as the book she reaches for when clients are in the middle of a freefall.”

“Pema Chodron's Tibetan Buddhist approach starts from the opposite premise to most Western self-help: groundlessness is not a problem to solve. This book is most useful after early meditation practice has produced some capacity to sit with discomfort; it offers a framework for turning difficulty into the practice rather than an obstacle to it.”