"Auschwitz was an opportunity to discover that life is from inside out and not to wait," she says. "All we had was each other then, and all we have is each other now." If you have a secret, share it; if you come to see me, you're going to have to go to the 12th step because there were two drunk people who went to Carl Jung in Switzerland for help with their alcohol problems.
Dr. Edith Eger is a Holocaust survivor who went on to graduate with a PhD from the University of Texas. She is a prolific author and maintains a busy clinical psychology practice. She is also frequently invited to speaking engagements around the world. Eric and Dr. Eger discuss her book, The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your Life
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In This Interview, Dr. Edith Eger and I Discuss Life Lessons and…
- Her book, The Gift: 12 Lessons to Save Your LifeI
- If you don’t love yourself, you can’t love others
- How she views her experience in Auschwitz as an opportunity for discovering her inner strength
- The prison of victimhood
- Looking at things from different perspectives
- How we are hungry for affection, attention, and approval
- The opposite of depression is expression
- The prisons of guilt and shame
- The prison of judgment
- Having spiritual freedom
Dr. Edith Eger Links:
Edith’s Website
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