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When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön

thebanhammer's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

These days I reserve five stars for life changing books. This is a life changing book. 

moshalala's review against another edition

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informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5

cameliam's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

artemis1120's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

radh's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

Very introspective book. This was one that I took a long time with because I wanted to truly take my time with each part and absorb all the advice, not just rush through. It focuses on a lot of mindfulness practices as well as meditation technique. Key focuses I really appreciated were •understanding that healing comes from allowing space for things to fall apart and come together over and over rather than trying to solve everything •the outbreath is the closest we can come to a resting mind in its open state •the goal is not to get rid of the chatter, just to elongate the periods of silence in between • when you have a big emotion, acknowledge it, but don't fan it by telling everyobe or giving it storylines • to live is to be willing to die over and over again 

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5.0

“The source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today. The source of wisdom is whatever is happening to us at this very moment.”

sblackhall's review against another edition

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informative reflective

4.75

raeerin22's review against another edition

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informative slow-paced

3.75

Some good concepts / techniques 

jkdavis1026's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

zoe_637's review against another edition

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challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.5