How do you cope when facing life-threatening illness, family conflict, faltering relationships, old trauma, obsessive thinking, overwhelming emotion, or inevitable loss? If you're like most people, chances are you react with fear and confusion, falling back on timeworn strategies: anger, self-judgment, and addictive behaviors. Though these old, conditioned attempts to control our life may offer fleeting relief, ultimately they leave us feeling isolated...

Written by a charismatic Buddhist leader who is also a psychotherapist, this book is the first to explore how Buddhist teachings can heal the core feelings of "not good enough" that are epidemic in American society.