We live in difficult times. Life sometimes seems like a rolling and turbulent river threatening to drown us. Why, in the face of that, shouldn’t we cling for safety to the certainty of the shore—to our comfortably familiar patterns and habits? Because, Pema Chödrön teaches, that kind of fear-based clinging leads only to even greater suffering. Here she teaches us to step right into the river: to be completely, fearlessly present even in the hardest times, the most difficult situations. It’s the secret of being fully alive. The full download is available through BetterListen.com at https://www.betterlisten.com/collections/shambhala-collection/products/fully-alive-a-retreat-with-pema-chodron-on-living-beautifully-with-uncertainty-and-change