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    Staring at the Sun: overcoming the dread of death

    By Irvin D. Yalom

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    Written in Irvin 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 recognise that the fear of death is at the heart of much of our day-to-day anxiety. This reality is often brought to the surface by an 'awakening experience' — a dream, a loss (such as the death of a loved one, a divorce, or the loss of a job or home), illness, trauma, or ageing.

    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.

    This is a book with tremendous utility, including the provision of techniques for dealing with the most prevalent kinds of fears of death — especially by living in the here and now, and by embracing what Dr Yalom calls ‘rippling’, the influence and impact we all have that has a life beyond our own.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScribe Publications
    Release dateMar 3, 2008
    ISBN9781925693164
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    Staring at the Sun: overcoming the dread of death
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    Irvin D. Yalom

    Irvin D. Yalom is emeritus professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine. The author of two definitive psychotherapy textbooks, Dr Yalom has written several books for the general reader, including Love’s Executioner, Staring at the Sun, Creatures of a Day, and Becoming Myself; and the novels When Nietzsche Wept; The Schopenhauer Cure, and The Spinoza Problem. Dr Yalom lives in Palo Alto and San Francisco, California.

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    • 4/5
      Some books need to be read at the right time and this was the right time for me to read this book. Yalom claims that many problems are because of death anxiety - as a defence or a distraction from facing death. It sounds like it is a solemn book but it isn't. It is as much about how we live our lives as well as how we face our death. One to reread.
    • 5/5
      This book is beautifully written and flows like a conversation. It addresses the difficult (for many) topic of facing our own mortality and how to turn the knowledge of our mortality into a force for living better. While Yalom directly addresses fellow therapists in one part of the book, it is still an approachable and useful read for anyone. Coming from my perspective as a future existential therapist, this was a perfect read. Yalom addresses the different ways death anxiety can show up in our lives which I found quite enlightening. He also answered several questions that I have been asking of myself over and over regarding clients asking questions about my personal faith and belief system. He makes no apologies for not believing in a religion or god, but still manages to support clients in their own belief systems. This is a hard balance to reach, but through meeting his clients where they are and because of his own self-knowledge and confidence, he makes it easy and straightforward. This book also left me with an impressive reading list. Reading it was honestly was like having coffee with one of my English profs at Duke where I walk away excited with a list of books I must read. Really enjoyable. While I am painting this book as very cerebral, I think it would be a great comfort to anyone feeling a bit uncomfortable about their own death even if they are not looking for the philosophical discussions or literary references it provides. I highly recommend it.
    • 3/5
      Irvin D. Yalom is a psychiatrist who has written several books. Here he studies the question of mortality--why we are afraid of death, and why we should not be. He uses his personal experiences, the experiences of his patients, literature and philosophy to posit several solutions for us to alleviate our death anxiety.3 stars