This week we are re-releasing a classic episode from the Go Help Yourself archives!

In this episode, originally released in 2019, Misty and Lisa review When Things Fall Apart – Heart Advice For Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön.

Pema is an American Tibetan Buddhist. She is an ordained nun, acharya and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Chödrön is the principal teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Pema is interested in helping establish the monastic tradition in the West, as well in continuing her work with Buddhists of all traditions, sharing ideas and teachings. She has written several books: “The Wisdom of No Escape”, “Start Where You Are”, “When Things Fall Apart”, “The Places that Scare You”, “No Time to Lose” and “Practicing Peace in Times of War”, and most recently, “Smile at Fear”.

Lisa and Misty talk about the first seven chapters in this first part of two-parter When Things Fall Apart book review, including:

Introduction

1. Intimacy with Fear
2. When Things Fall Apart
3. This Very Moment Is the Perfect Teacher
4. Relax As It Is
5. It’s Never Too Late
6. Not Causing Harm
7. Hopelessness and Death

Real uplifting stuff!

If you like what you're hearing, you can purchase the book here.

You can visit the Pema Chödrön Foundation website here!

Listen to our Part 2 episode here!

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On this episode, Lisa shares an article from the fall issue of the Audubon Society's magazine, Audubon, about how to make the most of your limited time to connect with nature. Please wait for the ending because it is a delightful doozy.

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On this episode of GHY, Misty shares an article from Good Housekeeping about The Wobbly Work of Finding Relationship Balance by author and friend of the podcast Gemma Hartley.

If you'd like to hear our episode covering Gemma's viral Harpers Bazaar article titled Women Aren't Nags, We're Just Fed Up, you can do so here.

You can also listen to our episode interviewing Gemma on her book Fed Up here.

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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Misty shares an article about what adults forget about friendship.

Don't miss this one if you want some actionable tips on how to bring the fun back to adult friendships. (Hint: break the "catch-up" cycle and start wasting time instead.)

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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa shares three articles about political neuroscience: how imagination exercises can alter political views, from The Washington Post, anatomical differences in liberal and conservative brains from Scientific American, and how brains of the same political affiliation view (and sometimes bias) information similarly from Brown University. Keeping these differences in mind can also help to bring empathy those ever-so-tricky political conversations.

Misty also shares the America In One Room political experiment by Helena.org.

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On this episode of Go Help Yourself, Lisa shares an article from the Zuckerman Institute at Columbia University about the moment our brain makes a decision, by brain/science/doctor daddy Michael Shadlan, MD, PhD.

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On this episode of GHY, Lisa shares the concept of The New Happy as outlined in an article from Fast Company. Get ready to consciously uncoumple all you thought you knew about happiness!

If you’d like to learn more about the book New Happy, or its author Stephanie Harrison, visit thenewhappy.com.

We also reference our review of The Upside of Your Dark Side and the necessity of dissatisfaction in our episode: Pivotal Updates From Everyone’s Favorite “Old Person” Magazine.

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Ever been bored on what should be an amazing vacation? This episode is for you!

This week on GHY, Lisa shares an article from The Wall Street Journal about Peak Vacation Happiness and three ways to keep that joy going and fight the travel blues.

We reference also reference our review of the book SMART with Dr. Sood.

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