Staring At The Sun

Zusatztext The idea that the anxiety of facing death can prompt an awakening to life strikes a powerful chord Informationen zum Autor Dr Irvin Yalom is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University and the author of many books, including Creatures of a Day and the bestselling Love's Executioner. He and his wife, the author Marilyn Yalom, live in Palo Alto, California. Klappentext Each person fears death in their own way. Despite turning to the comforts of children, or wealth, or belief in a higher power, death anxiety is never completely subdued: it is always there, lurking in the hidden ravines of our minds. In STARING AT THE SUN, master psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom faces his own fear of death and examines its role in many patients' fears, stresses and depression. With characteristic wisdom and illuminating case histories, he shows how confronting and coping with death allows us to live in a richer, more compassionate way. A new edition of a wise and timeless exploration of death by the bestselling author of THE GIFT OF THERAPY and LOVE'S EXECUTIONER Zusammenfassung A new edition of a wise and timeless exploration of death by the bestselling author of THE GIFT OF THERAPY and LOVE'S EXECUTIONER

The idea that the anxiety of facing death can prompt an awakening to life strikes a powerful chord

Vorwort
A new edition of a wise and timeless exploration of death by the bestselling author of THE GIFT OF THERAPY and LOVE'S EXECUTIONER

Autorentext
Dr Irvin Yalom is an emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University and the author of many books, including Creatures of a Day and the bestselling Love's Executioner. He and his wife, the author Marilyn Yalom, live in Palo Alto, California.

Klappentext

Each person fears death in their own way. Despite turning to the comforts of children, or wealth, or belief in a higher power, death anxiety is never completely subdued: it is always there, lurking in the hidden ravines of our minds.

In STARING AT THE SUN, master psychotherapist Irvin D. Yalom faces his own fear of death and examines its role in many patients' fears, stresses and depression. With characteristic wisdom and illuminating case histories, he shows how confronting and coping with death allows us to live in a richer, more compassionate way.