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 | | Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death by Irvin D. Yalom ISBN-10: 9780787996680 ISBN-10: 0-7879-9668-8 ISBN-13: 9780787996680 ISBN-13: 978-0-7879-9668-0 Hardcover 2008-02-04 Jossey-Bass Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Written in Irv Yalom’s inimitable story-telling style, Staring at the Sun is a profoundly encouraging approach to the universal issue of mortality. In this magisterial opus, capping a lifetime of work and personal experience, Dr. Yalom helps us recognize that the fear of death is at the heart of much of our anxiety. Such recognition is often catalyzed by an “awakening experience”—a dream, or loss (the death of a loved one, divorce, loss of a job or home), illness, trauma, or aging.
Once we confront our own mortality, Dr. Yalom writes, 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 fulfillment. | ||
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Great This book is an incredible addition to anyone's collection. It reads like a novel, but it also teaches like a textbook. | ||
Must read It's a great book with unique content. Answers to many of our doubts, fears and questions about death. | ||
Review of Staring at the Sun The observations of Irving D. Yalom were helpful in dealing with and understanding death. I read this book with a positive attitude and with an open mind. Death is the natural end of living...an event that we all face. The book reinforced how I live...which is to live a meaningful life and not to worry about the number of years that I live. | ||
Irvin Yalom and Staring at the Sun I found this book to be very helpful, insightful, and reader friendly in the way Dr. Yalom presented information in facing and dealing with death. It is certainly one of his best books and a book which I will be reading again and again not only for myself but also for the patients I counsel who are dealing with their own death or the death of another. | ||
Staringat the Sun Haven't yet read the book but have a great deal of respect for Irvin Yalom whom I was most fortunate to hear when I attended a large conference in Santa Ana, California on Psychotherapy. The subject matter intrigued me as it refers to the fear and anxiety of death which I and many other of my clients often experience. It seemed to me to be most fortuitous that I was present at this particular time. I own several other of Dr. Yalom's books (which I have read) and had attended one of his lectures in the past. | ||