This practical and inspirational guide to healing from the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Choice shows us how to stop destructive patterns and imprisoning thoughts to find freedom and enjoy life. Edith Eger’s powerful first book The Choice told the story of her survival in the concentration camps, her escape, healing, and journey to freedom. Oprah Winfrey says, “I will … freedom. Oprah Winfrey says, “I will be forever changed by Dr. Eger’s story.” Thousands of people around the world have written to Eger to tell her how The Choice moved them and inspired them to confront their own past and try to heal their pain; and to ask her to write another, more “how-to” book. Now, 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, such as:
-Would you like to be married to you?
-Are you evolving or revolving?
-You can’t heal what you can’t feel.
Filled with empathy, insight, and humor, The Gift captures the vulnerability and common challenges we all face and provides encouragement and advice for breaking out of our personal prisons to find healing and enjoy life.
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This is one of those books that as soon as you start reading it, you know that you are holding something very special in your hands. But The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life, written by Edith Eger, a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor who holds a doctorate in psychology, is beyond special, it is a book that I will NEVER forget. It is a book that has the power to change lives.
If anyone can give practical, wise, insightful, relatable and even humorous advice, it’s Edith Eger. She obviously knows how to put the past behind her and make the most of what life gives her. She is not a victim, she is a survivor; but she more than survivies, she flourishes no matter what her circumstances because she knows how to keep her mind free of the traps that so often ensnare us. Thankfully, she graciously shares her wisdom with us.
In The Gift, Ms. Eger counsels readers on how to release themselves from the mental prisons of victimhood; avoidance; self-neglect; secrets; guilt and shame; unresolved grief; rigidity; resentment; paralyzing fear; judgment; hopelessness; and not forgiving. I honestly cannot think on anyone on the planet who would not benefit from reading this book.
This woman humbles me, inspires me, makes sense to me. Before yesterday, I didn’t know her name. Now I’ll never forget her story, or her wisdom.
My sincere thanks to NetGalley and Scribner for allowing me the opportunity to read this wonderful book in exchange for an unbiased review. All opinions stated here are my own.
This is one of those books you will buy as a gift for very special people in your life. It’s a true life changing book!!
The book is written by Dr. Edith Eva Ever, a holocaust survivor of Auschwitz. She is 92yrs young and holds a doctorate in Psychology.
Dr. Eger shares the horrors of life at Auschwitz along with personal stories of struggles from her clients in an effort to help others heal from every day challenges we all face. It is such a hopeful book and provides inspiration even in the darkest of times. Dr. Eger really makes you feel like you can beat the worst of odds because she has done it herself!! She will discuss techniques to help you break out of your personal prison and find freedom to live your best life, no matter what your past experiences were. Throughout the whole book, all I kept saying to myself is, I can’t believe that Dr. Eger could have had a past like she did and still be so positive and encouraging to others today! I am humbled by her strength and tenacity to not let her past define who she is, but instead Use it to make her stronger and more engaged in life!
I think everyone should read this book! It’s a great reminder to truly live life to the fullest, but it also provides you with ways of being able to do that!! I plan on buying many copies for family and friends because that’s how important I think this book is for everyone!
Thank Edelweiss and Simon & Schuster for providing me with an ARC of this beautiful book in exchange for my unbiased review.
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