When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
7-Part Book Discussion
This 7-part series will be offered on Thursdays from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. from October 1st to November 12th. Please plan to purchase the book ahead of time. We will be following the below reading timeline for the duration of the course.
Chapter Assignments:
10/1 Chapters 1-3
10/8 Chapters 4-6
10/15 Chapters 7-9
10/22 Chapters 10-12
10/29 Chapters 13-15
11/5 Chapters 16-18
11/12 Chapters 19-21
The book is composed of short chapters, averaging about 5 printed pages each. Depending on the pace at which you read, you are committing to upwards of an hour of reading each week.
Pre-registration is required, please hold your calendar for the following dates: 10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5 and 11/12.
Discussion will be held via Webex and books to be purchased by participants prior to October 1st start. Registered participants will be sent calendar invites with Webex links to each session.
If you register for a workshop and your attendance plans change, please let us know by emailing hrtraining@umbc.edu.
—O, The Oprah Magazine
“As one of Pema Chödrön’s grateful students, I have been learning the most pressing and necessary lesson of all: how to keep opening wider my own heart.”
—Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize–winning author and activist