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On Getting Unstuck, Pema Chodron introduces a rare Tibetan teaching she received from her teacher, Dzigar Kontrul Rinpoche, and one that has become critical to her practice. Here, she unveils the mystery of an ineffable quality; a "pre-emotional" feeling that arises in us, brings us discomfort, and causes us to react by escaping the discomfort, often with harmful habits. With Getting Unstuck, she offers us a first look at "both the itch and the scratch": what Tibetan Buddhists call shenpa.

Friendly talks between unknown creatives, entrepreneurs, hackers and tinkerers. We tend to only listen to stories of those at the end of their journeys who have succeeded. As if they had a secret recipe for success we can follow. Reality is, there’s tiny yet significant things that separate everyone’s journey. Most importantly way back there was that one initial feeling when you thought just for a second “I’m going to do this.” In our conversations we go all the way back to this moment that we call the First Itch.

Pema Chodron, one of the West's most beloved teachers of Buddhism, makes the Tibetan vajrayana tradition accessible in today's world. Now three of her most popular teachings are available in one audiobook set.

The Seven-Year (Sw)itch is a smart, plainspoken guide for anyone who feels stuck, restless, or quietly questioning whether their current life still fits. Drawing from behavioural research, personal experience, and two decades of coaching leaders and entrepreneurs, James reframes the so-called “seven-year itch” not as a cliché or crisis, but as a predictable human rhythm, a natural signal that it’s time to evolve.