Introduction: unlocking our mental prison -- 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 evoloving or revolving? Paralyzing fear -- The Nazi in you: judgement -- If I survive today, tomorrow I will be free: hopelessness -- There's no forgiveness without rage: not forgiving.
Summary:
"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 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." -- Description provided by publisher.
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