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The gift : 12 lessons to save your life / Edith Eger ; with Esm©♭ Schwall Weigand.

Eger, Edith Eva, (author.). Weigand, Esm©♭ Schwall, (author.).

Summary:

"In The Gift, Eger expands on her message of healing and provides a hands-on guide that gently encourages us to change the thoughts and behaviors that may be keeping us imprisoned in the past. Eger explains that the worst prison she experienced is not the prison that Nazis put her in but the one she created for herself, the prison within her own mind. She describes the twelve most pervasive imprisoning beliefs she has known—including fear, grief, anger, secrets, stress, guilt, shame, and avoidance—and the tools she has discovered to deal with these universal challenges. Accompanied by stories from Eger’s own life and the lives of her patients each chapter includes thought-provoking questions and takeaways." --publisher's website.

Record details

ISBN: 9781982143091
ISBN: 1982143096
Physical Description: 195 pages ; 23 cm
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : Scribner, 2020.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: unlocking our mental prison -- What now? Victimhood -- No Prozac at Auschwitz: avoidance -- All other relationships will end: self-neglect -- One butt, two chairs: secrets -- No one rejects you but you: guilt and shame -- What didn't happen: unresolved grief -- Nothing to prove: rigidity -- Would you like to be married to you? Resentment -- Are you evoloving or revolving? Paralyzing fear -- The Nazi in you: judgement -- If I survive today, tomorrow I will be free: hopelessness -- There's no forgiveness without rage: not forgiving.

Citation/References Note:

LJ Sep 2020.

PW 07/26/2020.