№ 04 · 1996
When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chödrön
Pema Chödrön is an American Buddhist nun and one of the great teachers of the practice of staying present with suffering — what she calls leaning in to the sharp points. The book is a series of short, calm, often funny chapters on what to do when life does not go the way you planned. It's not about fixing things. It's about being able to be there when they break.
Why I recommend this one
I keep a copy on the shelf in my office for clients to borrow. People come to me in periods of acute change — a divorce, a death, a diagnosis, a job loss — and the language Chödrön gives them is often more useful than mine. There's something specific about the calm in her voice that's hard to find anywhere else.
— Jeffrey Farber, MSW, LCSW
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