Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chodron

The Places That Scare You considers how we respond when circumstances feel frightening or difficult. Pema Chödrön draws on Buddhist teaching to explore the choice between hardening around fear and remaining receptive to kindness and connection.

The book looks at self-acceptance, the habits of ego and staying aware of present experience. For readers interested in practising compassion amid uncertainty rather than waiting for all uncertainty to end.