num_pages: 256
description: 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 Egers powerful first book The Choice told the story of her survival in the concentration camps her escape healing and journey to freedom. 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 knownincluding fear grief anger secrets stress guilt shame and avoidanceand the tools she has discovered to deal with these universal challenges. Accompanied by stories from Egers 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 cant heal what you cant 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.
language: English
title: The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life
publisher: Scribner