When Things Don't Go Your Way

"In When Things Dont Go Your Way, Haemin Sunim offers readers a warm and reassuring path through the most challenging moments of our lives. By sharing his hard-won wisdom, he guides us from hardship to self-discovery, helping us to stay centered and feel whole." -Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone and co-host of the Dear Therapists podcast "Imagine receiving a warm hug from a book that's exactly what you'll experience with this one. Sunim skillfully offers comforting wisdom in an accessible and gentle manner, while also embracing profound vulnerability, just as he has done with his previous books." -Vex King, bestselling author of Closer to Love and Good Vibes, Good Life Haemin Sunim is one of the wisest and most honest and authentic teachers I know. Drawn from his own lived experience, When Things Dont Go Your Way offers the kind of guidance we most need when life doesnt cooperate and were painfully, emotionally stuck. It shows us how our challenges themselves can become powerful fuel for spiritual awakening. Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance

Haemin Sunim is a Korean Zen Buddhist teacher and author of two bestselling books, The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down and Love for Imperfect Things. His books have sold over 6 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 38 languages. Born in South Korea, he came to the United States to study film, only to find himself pulled into the spiritual life. Educated at UC Berkeley, Harvard, and Princeton, he received formal monastic training in Korea and taught at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts for 7 years. His books are popular as guides not only to meditation but also to overcoming the challenges of modern life. When not traveling to share his teachings, Sunim lives in Seoul, where he founded Dharma Illumination Zen Center offering meditation retreats and counseling programs.