In her friendly and encouraging style, Pema Chödrön helps us take a bold leap toward a new way of living-one that will bring about positive transformation for ourselves and for our troubled world.more This book gives us the insights and practices we can immediately put to use in our lives to awaken these essential qualities. Everyone, everywhere, all over the globe, has these qualities and can call on them to help themselves and others.” “They are natural intelligence, natural warmth, and natural openness. “This path entails uncovering three basic human qualities,” explains Pema. The good news is that once we start to recognize these patterns, they instantly begin to lose their hold on us and we can begin to change our lives for the better. “This path enta Best-seller Pema Chödrön draws on the Buddhist concept of shenpa to help us see how certain habits of mind tend to “hook” us and get us stuck in states of anger, blame, self-hatred, and addiction. Best-seller Pema Chödrön draws on the Buddhist concept of shenpa to help us see how certain habits of mind tend to “hook” us and get us stuck in states of anger, blame, self-hatred, and addiction.