Start WHERE YOU STAND is an essential handbook for cultivating fearlessness and awakening a compassionate center. With insight and laughter, Pema Chödrön presents down-to-earth help with how we can ‘begin where we are’-embracing rather than denying the unpleasant areas of our lives. Pema Chödrön structures her teachings on compassion around fifty-nine traditional Tibetan Buddhist maxims, or slogans, such as for example: ‘Constantly apply only a joyful state of mind,’ ‘Don’t look for others’ discomfort as the limbs of your joy,’ and ‘Often meditate on whatever provokes resentment.’

Working with these slogans and through the practice of meditation, Start Where You Are shows how exactly we can all develop the courage to work with our inner discomfort and discover joy, well-being, and confidence.