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4.53 AVERAGE
4.53 AVERAGE
Very inspiring, especially for anyone who has faced trauma and anyone who works with patients and clients who have lived through trauma.
Oh wow! This book seriously gives you hope and insight into the self imposed incarceration that we all live in. I devoured this book so fast and will read it through again and probably again. This will be one book I will never resell.
I saw Dr. Eger on Larry King (his most recent show where he sits one-on-one with celebrities and interviews/interrupts them). With the recent separation of immigrating children from their parents, I've been thinking a lot about the Holocaust and family separation, so her story struck a chord. When I got the book, I wasn't sure if it was self-help or autobiography. Turns out it is both, but Dr. Eger does a great job of weaving the self-help lessons in with her own story that you barely notice it can be called a self-help book.
The story of her family being herded to a concentration camp and the details of what happens until her release are fascinating (and a cautionary tale: they too thought "it can't happen here") but how she deals with it for the rest of her life are what you'll likely carry with you when you end this book. She doesn't pretend to have conquered all of the issues Auschwitz left her with at all. She fully embraces them - for example, even at 90 the sound of an ambulance siren can have her cowering (she was a teenager when brought to the concentration camps). However, she's tried to turn the unthinkable into good and leaves the reader with so many examples of how she helps her patients with their trauma. In fact, she very succinctly uses examples to show the reader that some times the things we think are bothering us are, in fact, masking what the real issue is.
If Holocaust survival interests you and/or you are interested in psychology, I'd recommend this title.
The story of her family being herded to a concentration camp and the details of what happens until her release are fascinating (and a cautionary tale: they too thought "it can't happen here") but how she deals with it for the rest of her life are what you'll likely carry with you when you end this book. She doesn't pretend to have conquered all of the issues Auschwitz left her with at all. She fully embraces them - for example, even at 90 the sound of an ambulance siren can have her cowering (she was a teenager when brought to the concentration camps). However, she's tried to turn the unthinkable into good and leaves the reader with so many examples of how she helps her patients with their trauma. In fact, she very succinctly uses examples to show the reader that some times the things we think are bothering us are, in fact, masking what the real issue is.
If Holocaust survival interests you and/or you are interested in psychology, I'd recommend this title.
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Amazing
Viktor Frankl is one of the most inspirational people in my world. And now, I add Edith Eger to that list. She carries on the profound message that despite the worst of conditions, nobody can ever take away our choices and freedom. Brava Dr Eger.
Viktor Frankl is one of the most inspirational people in my world. And now, I add Edith Eger to that list. She carries on the profound message that despite the worst of conditions, nobody can ever take away our choices and freedom. Brava Dr Eger.
This wasn’t an easy read but it was incredible storytelling. Written by an Auschwitz survivor…you just root for her the entire book. And then she becomes a psychologist….the support she gives to her patients by leaning into her own past and survival. I found myself using her therapy techniques she used with her patients in some of my own personal challenges.
You may need to put this book down and come back a few times because it is painful to think about what the author went through and thank god for sisters.
You may need to put this book down and come back a few times because it is painful to think about what the author went through and thank god for sisters.
Fascinating memoir by the most remarkable woman who at 92 years of age still tours the world to give her inspiring talks. She will be in Switzerland in a week's time, and I'm gutted that it's a fully booked / oversubscribed event as I would LOVE to hear her in person and ask her questions. She is originally from Hungary/Slovakia, a Jewish Auschwitz survivor, a ballerina, a clinical psychologist and someone who has always supported and encouraged growth based on positive choices. She was forced to dance for Mendel while imprisoned at Auschwitz and has managed to survive many other obstacles in life, starting with Nazi occupation when she was a mere teenager.
Inspirational book.
The only reason I'm not handing out the full five stars is because the book is so repetitive at times, it would definitely benefit from some deft editing.
To see Dr Eger watch this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEH0xjg8yz8
Also, I just learned that Oprah has recently picked her book and will interview her on May 19th.
Inspirational book.
The only reason I'm not handing out the full five stars is because the book is so repetitive at times, it would definitely benefit from some deft editing.
To see Dr Eger watch this video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEH0xjg8yz8
Also, I just learned that Oprah has recently picked her book and will interview her on May 19th.
Unreal. To survive the unspeakable and go on to become such a legend of peace and healing is something I will hold on to forever
This book has changed the way I look at the world. An inspiration!
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