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Freedom to Choose Something Different and Living with Vulnerability: Essential Teachings of Pema Chödrön

By Pema Chödrön

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We all know what it’s like to be triggered—to have said something we wish we hadn’t or reacted in a way that wasn’t helpful. But what if there was a way to interrupt our knee-jerk responses? In The Freedom to Choose Something Different, Pema Chödrön shares the liberating wisdom of an approach she uses in her personal daily practice and offers tools for disarming reactivity in our own lives. As you unravel your habitual patterns—like fear of vulnerability—you begin to experience your true nature filled with limitless potential.

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