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At the age of 74, bestselling author Irvin Yalom turns his attention to one of the great human questions: our fear of death. He suggests that what he calls the 'awakening experience' can help us acknowledge, accept, and make use of our fear of death in a positive manner. These awakening experiences often follow a loss, a trauma, or the death of a loved one, illness or just growing old. Yalom shows us how such an awakening can be the turning point for a more meaningful life. This is a practical and tremendously useful book, including methods and techniques for dealing with the most prevalent kinds of fear: that anxiety which is hidden and appears to us as other problems in our lives. Dr. Yalom argues that once we confront our own mortality, we are inspired to rearrange our priorities, communicate more deeply with those we love, appreciate more keenly the beauty of life, and increase our willingness to take the risks necessary for personal fulfilment.
At the age of 74, bestselling author Irvin Yalom turns his attention to one of the great human questions: our fear of death. He suggests that what he calls the 'awakening experience' can help us acknowledge, accept, and make use of our fear of death in a positive manner. These awakening experiences often follow a loss, a trauma, or the death of a loved one, illness or just growing old. Yalom shows us how such an awakening can be the turning point for a more meaningful life. This is a practical and tremendously useful book, including methods and techniques for dealing with the most prevalent kinds of fear: that anxiety which is hidden and appears to us as other problems in our lives. Dr. Yalom argues that once we confront our own mortality, we are inspired to rearrange our priorities, communicate more deeply with those we love, appreciate more keenly the beauty of life, and increase our willingness to take the risks necessary for personal fulfilment.
Overcoming the dread of death.
Irvin D. Yalom is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine. The author of the definitive textbook The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy, which has sold 700,000 copies in eighteen languages and is now in its fifth edition, he also wrote Existential Psychotherapy, a textbook for a course that did not exist at the time. Dr Yalom has written several trade books for the general reader, including a collection of therapy tales, Love's Executioner, which was a New York Times best seller. Dr Yalom has an active but part-time private practice in Palo Alto and San Francisco, California. Sean Mangan was born in England, raised in Canada and brought to Australia by accident. He is a singer, musician, songwriter and author. Books narrated for Bolinda audio include John Birmingham's Dave Hooper Trilogy, Greig Beck’s The Void and The Abyss as well as many of Matthew Reilly's blockbuster titles, such as Area 7, Scarecrow and the Army of Thieves and The Great Zoo of China. He has narrated close to 100 audiobooks and brings intensity and excitement to his readings.
"One of America's finest therapists guides us through one of life's
most challenging tasks in this profoundly helpful book. It will
benefit anyone who reads it."
*Rabbi Harold Kushner, author, When Bad Things Happen to Good
People*
"Unlike many psychotherapists, Yalom writes like a dream."
*The Oxford Times*
"The idea that the anxiety of facing death can prompt an awakening
to life strikes a powerful chord."
*The Bookseller*
"Drawing on literature and film, as well as conversations with his
patients, Yalom demonstrates how the fear of retirement, concerns
about changing jobs or moving to another city, or changes in family
status (such as the empty nest) are rooted in our deepest, most
inescapable fear: of death. Yet, he says, this anxiety can prompt
an awakening to life and help us realize our connections to others
and our influence on those around us. Through such experiences we
can transcend our sense of finiteness and transiency and live in
the here and now."
*Publishers Weekly*
"Psychiatrist Yalom (emeritus, Stanford Univ. Sch. of Medicine) is
noted for his stories (Love’s Executioner), novels (When Nietzsche
Wept), and writing on group and existential psychotherapy. As the
only creatures with foreknowledge of death-what Yalom calls “the
mother of all religions” — we humans must find or create meaning
within the limits of our existence. Yalom uses examples from
therapy sessions, dreams, his own encounters with death, and his
exchanges and experiences with his mentors and teachers to engage
the reader in a compelling conversation among equals. The chapter
titles “The Power of Ideas,” “The Awakening Experience,”
“Overcoming Death Terror Through Connection,” and “Advice for
Therapists” indicate his approach: viewing death’s shadow can save
us from despair without the consolation of religion. At 75, Yalom
proves to be at the prime of life as a therapist, a writer, and a
quotidian soul. For adults and mature teens and likely to be a
classic in the area of serious self-help and psychology; an
essential library purchase."
*Library Journal*
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