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The gift : 14 lessons to save your life / Edith Eger ; with Esmé Schwall Weigand.

Eger, Edith Eva, (author.). Weigand, Esmé Schwall, (author.).

Summary:

The author draws on her experiences as a Holocaust survivor, as well as the lives of her patients, to offer practical, uplifting advice about how to recognize and stop destructive, self-sabotaging patterns to find freedom and greater life fulfillment.

Record details

ISBN: 9781982143091
Physical Description: viii, 239 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: Scribner hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

General Note:

"Now with bonus chapters, "The Gift of Our Time" and "The Gift of Food" -- with 17 recipes"--cover.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Unlocking our mental prisons -- 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 evolving or revolving? : paralyzing fear -- The Nazi in you : judgment -- If I survive today, tomorrow I will be free : hopelessness -- There's no forgiveness without rage : not forgiving -- The gift of our time -- The gift of food -- Conclusion: The gift.