Winds of homecoming -- Leaving home: the trance of small self -- Meditation: the path to presence -- Three gateways to refuge -- Rain: cultivating mindfulness in difficult times -- Awakening to the life of the body -- Possessed by the mind: the prison of obsessive thinking -- Investigating core beliefs -- Heart medicine for traumatic fear -- Self-compassion: releasing the second arrow -- The courage to forgive -- Holding hands: living compassion -- Losing what we love: the pain of separation -- Refuge in awareness -- A heart that is ready for anything

Presents an accessible guide to tapping inner resources to promote peace and acceptance in the face of difficult life challenges by building on the three traditional Buddhist pathways to freedom