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Resources for
when things get hard.
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How are you doing today?
Struggling? Thriving? Alternating every 15 minutes? However you’re
doing, please know that you’re not alone.
Weeks ago, when this
stay-home life was still new, my son bounded up to the dinner table
and gleefully announced, “Guess what, mom? Tomorrow is bring your kid
to work day!” Yes. It was. As has been every day since. We still have
some glee, but it’s worn a bit thin. We also have anger. Grief. Fear.
And so much love. He is getting early lessons in uncertainty. We are
all getting daily lessons in uncertainty.
In The Places That Scare You, Pema Chödrön writes
about the pain of change: “Acknowledging this truth doesn’t mean that
we’re looking on the dark side. What it means is that we begin to
understand that we’re not the only one who can’t keep it all
together. We no longer believe that there are people who have managed
to avoid uncertainty.” She continues, “The pith instruction is, Stay
. . . stay . . . just stay.”
And so we stay.
The books we share today
offer real support and insight for acknowledging our truths and
working with tough times. I hope they can help you stay.
You are not alone.
Sarah Stanton
Senior Acquisitions
Editor
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Offerings for Getting through Difficult Times
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Photo
Credit: Harpo, Inc./Huy Doan
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SuperSoul
Sunday Conversation
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Practices
for Loss and Grief During a Time of Isolation
Kirsten DeLeo,
author of Present
through the End, discusses coping with separation from our loved ones
at the end of life and practices to help us through these times of
isolation.
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The
Importance of Pain
When you are going
through difficult times, it can be hard to understand what purpose
your pain serves. In this excerpt from Taking the Leap, Pema Chödrön shows
us how turning toward our pain can allow qualities of natural warmth
to emerge.
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Managing
Triggers
This excerpt from Triggers by David Richo
discusses how to build and maintain trust with your partner when you
feel triggered by them. Continue reading the book for tips on working
with anger, fear, and sadness triggers.
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Compassion At the Edge
A
Revolutionary Approach to Benefitting Others without Burning Out
In this course, Roshi
Joan Halifax reveals the basic anatomy of compassion and shares
G.R.A.C.E., a practical five-step process for cultivating the
qualities and skills that give us the ability to serve others with an
open heart. You can be compassionate without burning out and this course
from one of today’s preeminent thought leaders and teachers will show
you how.
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The following events are
being hosted online for your benefit:
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Books for Supporting Yourself and Others
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Living Is Dying
How to
Prepare for Death, Dying and Beyond
In Living
Is Dying, Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse presents us with
everything we need to face death consciously, soberly, and with a
mind full of compassion.
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Comfortable with
Uncertainty
108
Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion
A collection essential
teachings from Pema Chödrön for developing compassion and clarity
amid the anxieties and hardships of real life
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Triggers
How We
Can Stop Reacting and Start Healing
Best-selling author and
psychotherapist David Richo examines the neuroscience of triggers and
our reactions of anger, fear, shame, and sadness, helping us to
understand why our bodies often respond before our minds can make
sense of a situation.
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Present through the End
A
Caring Companion’s Guide for Accompanying the Dying
This helpful and
encouraging resource offers support for everyone accompanying someone
at the end of life—from the moment we first learn that someone is
dying through the time of death and beyond.
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The Places That Scare You
A Guide
to Fearlessness in Difficult Times
In this book, Pema Chödrön provides
essential tools for dealing with the many difficulties that life
throws our way, teaching us how to awaken our basic human goodness
and connect deeply with others—to accept ourselves and everything
around us complete with faults and imperfections.
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Contemplative Caregiving
Finding
Healing Compassion and Spiritual Growth through End of Life Care
Whether you are caring for a loved
one with cancer or dementia, grieving a sudden traumatic loss, or
even serving time in prison, Contemplative Caregiving offers
encouragement for showing up to the fullness of life in whatever
those circumstances may be.
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may be missing some new book announcements.
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just the subjects you’re interested in.
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