Life Lessons: Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About the Mysteries of Life and Living

by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler

Ten years after Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s “An inspiring…guide to life, distilled from the experiences of people who face death” ( Kirkus Reviews )—the beloved classic now with a new introduction and updated resources section.

Is this really how I want to live my life?
Each one of us at some point asks this question. The tragedy is not that life is short but that we often see only in hindsight what really matters.
In this, her first book on life and living, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross joins with David Kessler to guide us through the practical and spiritual lessons we need to learn so that we can live life to its fullest in every moment. Many years of working with the dying have shown the authors that certain lessons come up over and over again. Some of these lessons are enormously difficult to master, but even the attempts to understand them can be deeply rewarding. Here, in fourteen accessible chapters, from the Lesson of Love to the Lesson of Happiness, the authors reveal the truth about our fears, our hopes, our relationships, and, above all, about the grandness of who we really are.

Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology, Self Help, Spirituality, Philosophy, Death, Grief

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

About the author

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was a Swiss-American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies, and author of the internationally best-selling book, On Death and Dying (1969), where she first discussed her theory of the five stages of grief, also known as the "Kübler-Ross model".
Kübler-Ross was a 2007 inductee into the National Women's Hall of Fame, was named by Time as one of the "100 Most Important Thinkers" of the 20th century and was the recipient of twenty honorary degrees. By July 1982, Kübler-Ross had taught 125,000 students in death and dying courses in colleges, seminaries, medical schools, hospitals, and social-work institutions. In 1970, she delivered an Ingersoll Lecture at Harvard University on the theme On Death and Dying. The New York Public Library also named, "On Death & Dying" as one of the "Library's Books of the Century."

Reviews

[Christian Numrich]

Ich halte mich kurz: Ich hatte von Elisabeth Kübler-Ross aufgrund der weiteren Bücher, die ich gelesen habe, wie auch von ihrer Pionierarbeit in der Hospizbewegung ausgehend weitaus mehr erwartet als dieses zutiefst banale Handbuch für Persönlichkeitsentwicklung, das klar an ein therapieunerfahrenes US-amerikanisches Publikum gerichtet ist. Hände weg. Lieber einen guten Coach oder Psychtherapeuten heranziehen.