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🌅 Living While Dying

Stories that inhabit the luminous, terrible space of terminal awareness, where characters discover what matters most when time becomes finite and precious.
How We Die
by Sherwin B. Nuland • 1994
A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.
4.07
9k+
🩺 End Of Life Care💀 Death And Dying🧬 Physiology Of Dying
How We Die Summary
How We Die 92%
A dignified death is a myth: one surgeon describes how the body actually shuts down.
by Sherwin B. Nuland 1994
4.07
9k+ ratings
🩺 End Of Life Care💀 Death And Dying🧬 Physiology Of Dying
Die Wise
by Stephen Jenkinson • 2015
Palliative care has made dying longer and more terrifying. A veteran caregiver explains why.
4.34
861
🩺 Palliative Care🕯️ Conscious Dying💔 Grief Work
Die Wise Summary
Die Wise 91%
Palliative care has made dying longer and more terrifying. A veteran caregiver explains why.
by Stephen Jenkinson 2015
4.34
861 ratings
🩺 Palliative Care🕯️ Conscious Dying💔 Grief Work
In the Land of Pain
by Alphonse Daudet • 1929
Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.
3.68
597
🏥 Chronic Illness✍️ Literary Memoir📖 Illness Narrative
In the Land of Pain Summary
In the Land of Pain 91%
Pain resists words. A dying novelist splits himself: half suffers, the other half watches.
by Alphonse Daudet 1929
3.68
597 ratings
🏥 Chronic Illness✍️ Literary Memoir📖 Illness Narrative
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death
by Aroop Mangalik • 2017
Write your advance directive before the hospital writes your death. A doctor shows how and why.
4.00
14
🫀 End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance📝 Advance Directives
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death Summary
Dealing with Doctors, Denial, and Death 91%
Write your advance directive before the hospital writes your death. A doctor shows how and why.
by Aroop Mangalik 2017
4.00
14 ratings
🫀 End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance📝 Advance Directives
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi • 2016
Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.
4.41
820k+
🩻 Terminal Illness🩺 Medical Memoir🎗️ Cancer Memoir
When Breath Becomes Air Summary
When Breath Becomes Air 91%
Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.
by Paul Kalanithi 2016
4.41
820k+ ratings
🩻 Terminal Illness🩺 Medical Memoir🎗️ Cancer Memoir
Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor
by Micht Albom • 2013
Un profesor se muere. Durante meses le enseña a su antiguo alumno lo esencial para vivir.
4.10
29
🏥 Illness Memoir🕊️ End-Of-Life Wisdom🤝 Humanistic Philosophy
Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor Summary
Martes con Mi Viejo Profesor 90%
Un profesor se muere. Durante meses le enseña a su antiguo alumno lo esencial para vivir.
by Micht Albom 2013
4.10
29 ratings
🏥 Illness Memoir🕊️ End-Of-Life Wisdom🤝 Humanistic Philosophy
Being Mortal
by Atul Gawande • 2014
Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.
4.49
220k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care👴 Aging With Dignity💀 Facing Mortality
Being Mortal Summary
Being Mortal 90%
Getting old is not a medical problem. Modern medicine treats it like one anyway.
by Atul Gawande 2014
4.49
220k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care👴 Aging With Dignity💀 Facing Mortality
The Unwinding of the Miracle
by Julie Yip-Williams • 2019
Escaping infanticide in Vietnam, she became a Harvard lawyer. At thirty-seven, terminal cancer.
4.09
12k+
🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir🧳 Immigrant Memoir💀 Facing Mortality
The Unwinding of the Miracle Summary
The Unwinding of the Miracle 90%
Escaping infanticide in Vietnam, she became a Harvard lawyer. At thirty-seven, terminal cancer.
by Julie Yip-Williams 2019
4.09
12k+ ratings
🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir🧳 Immigrant Memoir💀 Facing Mortality
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them)
by Sallie Tisdale • 2018
How to die and how to help someone die: a nurse's unsentimental guide from diagnosis to grief.
4.14
2k+
🕊️ End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance🫂 Caregiver Support
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) Summary
Advice for Future Corpses (And Those Who Love Them) 90%
How to die and how to help someone die: a nurse's unsentimental guide from diagnosis to grief.
by Sallie Tisdale 2018
4.14
2k+ ratings
🕊️ End Of Life Care💀 Death Acceptance🫂 Caregiver Support
Learning to Fall
by Philip Simmons • 2000
ALS at 35 revealed that freedom comes only when you stop holding on to everything.
4.19
498
🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir🙏 Spiritual Memoir💀 Embracing Mortality
Learning to Fall Summary
Learning to Fall 90%
ALS at 35 revealed that freedom comes only when you stop holding on to everything.
by Philip Simmons 2000
4.19
498 ratings
🏥 Terminal Illness Memoir🙏 Spiritual Memoir💀 Embracing Mortality
In Love
by Amy Bloom • 2022
He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.
4.26
26k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🧠 Dementia Memoirs🌊 Anticipatory Grief
In Love Summary
In Love 90%
He chose to die before Alzheimer's took his mind. Their final trip together: Zurich.
by Amy Bloom 2022
4.26
26k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🧠 Dementia Memoirs🌊 Anticipatory Grief
Knocking on Heaven's Door
by Katy Butler • 2013
Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.
4.12
3k+
🫀 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Medical Overreach🤲 Caregiving
Knocking on Heaven's Door Summary
Knocking on Heaven's Door 90%
Her father's pacemaker outlived his mind. Medicine needs to learn when less is more.
by Katy Butler 2013
4.12
3k+ ratings
🫀 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Medical Overreach🤲 Caregiving
Chasing Daylight
by Eugene O'Kelly • 2005
A CEO's final project: three months to turn his death into his life's best work.
3.94
4k+
🕊️ Facing Mortality⚡ Energy Management🌸 Savoring
Chasing Daylight Summary
Chasing Daylight 90%
A CEO's final project: three months to turn his death into his life's best work.
by Eugene O'Kelly 2005
3.94
4k+ ratings
🕊️ Facing Mortality⚡ Energy Management🌸 Savoring
Briefly Perfectly Human
by Alua Arthur • 2024
The dying know what matters. A death doula shares their lessons for living without regret.
4.19
6k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care💀 Death Doulas🌱 Death Positivity
Briefly Perfectly Human Summary
Briefly Perfectly Human 90%
The dying know what matters. A death doula shares their lessons for living without regret.
by Alua Arthur 2024
4.19
6k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care💀 Death Doulas🌱 Death Positivity
On Death and Dying
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 1969
Dying follows an emotional sequence the living refuse to see. One doctor listened and mapped it.
4.16
28k+
🩺 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Terminal Illness🕊️ Death Acceptance
On Death and Dying Summary
On Death and Dying 90%
Dying follows an emotional sequence the living refuse to see. One doctor listened and mapped it.
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 1969
4.16
28k+ ratings
🩺 End-Of-Life Care🏥 Terminal Illness🕊️ Death Acceptance
A Matter of Death and Life
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2021
A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.
4.40
10k+
🪦 Grief Memoir🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Acceptance
A Matter of Death and Life Summary
A Matter of Death and Life 90%
A dying woman and her psychiatrist husband trade chapters. When her voice stops, his grief begins.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2021
4.40
10k+ ratings
🪦 Grief Memoir🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Acceptance
Nothing to Fear
by Julie McFadden • 2024
A hospice nurse explains how a body dies and what to arrange before yours does.
4.41
3k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🕊️ Death Acceptance💊 Palliative Care
Nothing to Fear Summary
Nothing to Fear 90%
A hospice nurse explains how a body dies and what to arrange before yours does.
by Julie McFadden 2024
4.41
3k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care🕊️ Death Acceptance💊 Palliative Care
The In-Between
by Hadley Vlahos • 2023
A patient asks for a slice of cake. A hospice nurse learns the secret the dying know.
4.49
51k+
🏥 End-Of-Life Care✍️ Nursing Memoirs👻 Deathbed Visions
The In-Between Summary
The In-Between 90%
A patient asks for a slice of cake. A hospice nurse learns the secret the dying know.
by Hadley Vlahos 2023
4.49
51k+ ratings
🏥 End-Of-Life Care✍️ Nursing Memoirs👻 Deathbed Visions
In My Time of Dying
by Sebastian Junger • 2024
A near-fatal aneurysm, a father's ghost, and a journalist's investigation into what lies beyond.
3.82
9k+
🏥 Medical Memoir🕳️ Near-Death Experiences💀 Mortality Studies
In My Time of Dying Summary
In My Time of Dying 90%
A near-fatal aneurysm, a father's ghost, and a journalist's investigation into what lies beyond.
by Sebastian Junger 2024
3.82
9k+ ratings
🏥 Medical Memoir🕳️ Near-Death Experiences💀 Mortality Studies
The Etiquette of Illness
by Susan P. Halpern • 2004
What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.
3.76
601
🗣️ Difficult Conversations🏥 End Of Life Care🤲 Caregiving
The Etiquette of Illness Summary
The Etiquette of Illness 90%
What to say when illness or death arrive, from your first awkward visit to goodbye.
by Susan P. Halpern 2004
3.76
601 ratings
🗣️ Difficult Conversations🏥 End Of Life Care🤲 Caregiving
Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms
by David Kessler • 2010
Dying people see deceased loved ones. Medicine calls it hallucination; the law calls it truth.
4.20
1k+
🛏️ Deathbed Visions🏥 End-Of-Life Care🕊️ Hospice Movement
Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms Summary
Visions, Trips, and Crowded Rooms 90%
Dying people see deceased loved ones. Medicine calls it hallucination; the law calls it truth.
by David Kessler 2010
4.20
1k+ ratings
🛏️ Deathbed Visions🏥 End-Of-Life Care🕊️ Hospice Movement
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying
by Bronnie Ware • 2011
A palliative caregiver kept hearing identical deathbed regrets. She wrote them as a living warning.
3.76
14k+
🪦 Deathbed Wisdom🕊️ Embracing Mortality🪞 Authentic Living
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying Summary
The Top Five Regrets of the Dying 90%
A palliative caregiver kept hearing identical deathbed regrets. She wrote them as a living warning.
by Bronnie Ware 2011
3.76
14k+ ratings
🪦 Deathbed Wisdom🕊️ Embracing Mortality🪞 Authentic Living
A Heart That Works
by Rob Delaney • 2022
Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.
4.62
35k+
🕯️ Child Loss💔 Parental Grief🏥 Medical Memoir
A Heart That Works Summary
A Heart That Works 90%
Henry was diagnosed at one, dead by two. His father, a comedian, tells what happened in between.
by Rob Delaney 2022
4.62
35k+ ratings
🕯️ Child Loss💔 Parental Grief🏥 Medical Memoir
Staring at the Sun
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2008
Your fear of death hides in everyday worries. Facing it directly makes life fully worth living.
4.23
16k+
🖤 Death Anxiety📚 Existential Psychology💡 Meaning Making
Staring at the Sun Summary
Staring at the Sun 90%
Your fear of death hides in everyday worries. Facing it directly makes life fully worth living.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2008
4.23
16k+ ratings
🖤 Death Anxiety📚 Existential Psychology💡 Meaning Making
No Cure for Being Human
by Kate Bowler • 2021
She studied the prosperity gospel. Then she got incurable cancer. Everything she knew broke.
4.12
24k+
🏥 Cancer Memoirs🕊️ Faith And Doubt⏳ Finitude And Limits
No Cure for Being Human Summary
No Cure for Being Human 89%
She studied the prosperity gospel. Then she got incurable cancer. Everything she knew broke.
by Kate Bowler 2021
4.12
24k+ ratings
🏥 Cancer Memoirs🕊️ Faith And Doubt⏳ Finitude And Limits
Between Life and Death
by Kathryn Butler • 2019
Six to fifteen percent survive CPR to discharge. The numbers Christians need before the ICU crisis.
4.54
221
🕊️ End-Of-Life Care⚖️ Bioethics🏥 Critical Care
Between Life and Death Summary
Between Life and Death 89%
Six to fifteen percent survive CPR to discharge. The numbers Christians need before the ICU crisis.
by Kathryn Butler 2019
4.54
221 ratings
🕊️ End-Of-Life Care⚖️ Bioethics🏥 Critical Care
Come of Age
by Stephen Jenkinson • 2018
More old people than ever. Fewer elders than ever. The connection is a cultural indictment.
4.25
173
🪦 Death And Dying🔍 Cultural Criticism⏳ Limits And Endings
Come of Age Summary
Come of Age 89%
More old people than ever. Fewer elders than ever. The connection is a cultural indictment.
by Stephen Jenkinson 2018
4.25
173 ratings
🪦 Death And Dying🔍 Cultural Criticism⏳ Limits And Endings
The Hunger Games
by Kate Egan • 2012
The dread of dying is the regret of a life postponed: a therapist's guide to starting now.
4.53
206k+
🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Anxiety🕊️ Grief Therapy
The Hunger Games Summary
The Hunger Games 89%
The dread of dying is the regret of a life postponed: a therapist's guide to starting now.
by Kate Egan 2012
4.53
206k+ ratings
🛋️ Existential Therapy💀 Death Anxiety🕊️ Grief Therapy
Creatures of a Day
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2015
What happens when ten people bring their mortality fears to a therapist nearing his own.
4.21
15k+
🛋️ Existential Psychotherapy📋 Case Studies💀 Death Anxiety
Creatures of a Day Summary
Creatures of a Day 89%
What happens when ten people bring their mortality fears to a therapist nearing his own.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2015
4.21
15k+ ratings
🛋️ Existential Psychotherapy📋 Case Studies💀 Death Anxiety
Everything Happens for a Reason
by Kate Bowler • 2018
She wrote books about the prosperity gospel. Then Stage IV cancer asked her to believe it.
3.80
54k+
🏛️ American Evangelicalism🩺 Cancer Memoirs✝️ Theology Of Suffering
Everything Happens for a Reason Summary
Everything Happens for a Reason 89%
She wrote books about the prosperity gospel. Then Stage IV cancer asked her to believe it.
by Kate Bowler 2018
3.80
54k+ ratings
🏛️ American Evangelicalism🩺 Cancer Memoirs✝️ Theology Of Suffering
The Lost Art of Dying
by Lydia S. Dugdale • 2020
Death terrified the Middle Ages too. Their response can teach us how to die better.
3.98
1k+
🕊️ Death Acceptance⚕️ Medical Ethics💀 Mortality Awareness
The Lost Art of Dying Summary
The Lost Art of Dying 89%
Death terrified the Middle Ages too. Their response can teach us how to die better.
by Lydia S. Dugdale 2020
3.98
1k+ ratings
🕊️ Death Acceptance⚕️ Medical Ethics💀 Mortality Awareness
Life Is Short
by Dean Rickles • 2022
Death isn't what takes your life's meaning. It's the only thing that gives it any.
3.24
327
📜 Existential Philosophy🏛️ Modern Stoicism💀 Mortality And Meaning
Life Is Short Summary
Life Is Short 89%
Death isn't what takes your life's meaning. It's the only thing that gives it any.
by Dean Rickles 2022
3.24
327 ratings
📜 Existential Philosophy🏛️ Modern Stoicism💀 Mortality And Meaning
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying
by Sogyal Rinpoche • 1992
Preparing for death, in the Tibetan Buddhist view, is how you finally learn to live.
4.21
33k+
🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism💀 Death And Dying🍂 Impermanence
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying Summary
The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying 89%
Preparing for death, in the Tibetan Buddhist view, is how you finally learn to live.
by Sogyal Rinpoche 1992
4.21
33k+ ratings
🏔️ Tibetan Buddhism💀 Death And Dying🍂 Impermanence
Old Age
by Michael Kinsley • 2016
Parkinson's is old age on fast-forward. One boomer journalist on what awaits his generation.
3.20
2k+
🧠 Parkinson'S Disease⏳ Aging And Mortality👶 Boomer Generation
Old Age Summary
Old Age 89%
Parkinson's is old age on fast-forward. One boomer journalist on what awaits his generation.
by Michael Kinsley 2016
3.20
2k+ ratings
🧠 Parkinson'S Disease⏳ Aging And Mortality👶 Boomer Generation
The Four Things That Matter Most
by Ira Byock • 2004
Four sentences, learned from the dying, to heal regret and repair relationships.
4.17
1k+
🕊️ Dying Well🤲 Forgiveness Practice🙏 Gratitude Practice
The Four Things That Matter Most Summary
The Four Things That Matter Most 89%
Four sentences, learned from the dying, to heal regret and repair relationships.
by Ira Byock 2004
4.17
1k+ ratings
🕊️ Dying Well🤲 Forgiveness Practice🙏 Gratitude Practice
Still Here
by Ram Dass • 2000
Aging is your final spiritual practice. Learn to do it consciously and die awake.
4.21
2k+
🌄 Conscious Aging💀 Conscious Dying🧘 Ego Transcendence
Still Here Summary
Still Here 89%
Aging is your final spiritual practice. Learn to do it consciously and die awake.
by Ram Dass 2000
4.21
2k+ ratings
🌄 Conscious Aging💀 Conscious Dying🧘 Ego Transcendence
The Five Invitations
by Frank Ostaseski • 2017
What a hospice founder learned at the bedside: five shifts that make mortality a guide.
4.45
4k+
🕰️ Impermanence💀 Death And Dying🤲 Radical Acceptance
The Five Invitations Summary
The Five Invitations 89%
What a hospice founder learned at the bedside: five shifts that make mortality a guide.
by Frank Ostaseski 2017
4.45
4k+ ratings
🕰️ Impermanence💀 Death And Dying🤲 Radical Acceptance
No Death, No Fear
by Thich Nhat Hanh • 2002
Death looks solid from here. A Zen master dismantles it, and what remains is not nothing.
4.22
6k+
🧘 Zen Buddhism💀 Fear Of Death🕊️ Grief Healing
No Death, No Fear Summary
No Death, No Fear 89%
Death looks solid from here. A Zen master dismantles it, and what remains is not nothing.
by Thich Nhat Hanh 2002
4.22
6k+ ratings
🧘 Zen Buddhism💀 Fear Of Death🕊️ Grief Healing
The Blink of an Eye
by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard • 2018
Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.
4.09
467
🏥 Medical Memoir💤 Coma And Awakening🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation
The Blink of an Eye Summary
The Blink of an Eye 89%
Healthy at breakfast, comatose by nightfall: 153 days learning to blink, then to speak.
by Rikke Schmidt Kjærgaard 2018
4.09
467 ratings
🏥 Medical Memoir💤 Coma And Awakening🧠 Neuro Rehabilitation
On Life after Death
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 1984
Twenty thousand clinically dead people revived with the same story: consciousness survives the body.
4.17
2k+
🕊️ Near-Death Experiences💀 Death And Dying🌌 Life After Death
On Life after Death Summary
On Life after Death 89%
Twenty thousand clinically dead people revived with the same story: consciousness survives the body.
by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross 1984
4.17
2k+ ratings
🕊️ Near-Death Experiences💀 Death And Dying🌌 Life After Death
Making Friends with Death
by Judith L. Lief • 2001
Contemplate your death to live fully, and the guidelines for sitting with the dying.
4.26
128
🪦 Death And Dying🪷 Tibetan Buddhism🧘 Mindfulness Meditation
Making Friends with Death Summary
Making Friends with Death 89%
Contemplate your death to live fully, and the guidelines for sitting with the dying.
by Judith L. Lief 2001
4.26
128 ratings
🪦 Death And Dying🪷 Tibetan Buddhism🧘 Mindfulness Meditation
Existential Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom • 1980
Death anxiety fuels most psychological pain, and the therapist who cannot face it cannot treat it.
4.46
7k+
🛋️ Existential Psychotherapy💀 Death Awareness🎯 Personal Responsibility
Existential Psychotherapy Summary
Existential Psychotherapy 89%
Death anxiety fuels most psychological pain, and the therapist who cannot face it cannot treat it.
by Irvin D. Yalom 1980
4.46
7k+ ratings
🛋️ Existential Psychotherapy💀 Death Awareness🎯 Personal Responsibility
Somewhere Towards the End
by Diana Athill • 2008
At 89 she stops pretending, faces death without God, and finds the view unexpectedly good.
3.72
3k+
📖 Literary Memoir⏳ Aging And Mortality👩 Women'S Lives
Somewhere Towards the End Summary
Somewhere Towards the End 89%
At 89 she stops pretending, faces death without God, and finds the view unexpectedly good.
by Diana Athill 2008
3.72
3k+ ratings
📖 Literary Memoir⏳ Aging And Mortality👩 Women'S Lives
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
by Margareta Magnusson • 2017
The decluttering practice from Sweden that spares your family the job no one should inherit.
3.42
34k+
🏠 Decluttering🪦 Death And Dying📋 End-Of-Life Planning
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning Summary
The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning 89%
The decluttering practice from Sweden that spares your family the job no one should inherit.
by Margareta Magnusson 2017
3.42
34k+ ratings
🏠 Decluttering🪦 Death And Dying📋 End-Of-Life Planning
Dying to Be Me
by Anita Moorjani • 2012
Dying of cancer, she left her body and saw what lies beyond. Then her cancer disappeared.
4.16
17k+
🔮 Near-Death Experiences🧠 Mind-Body Healing💖 Self-Love
Dying to Be Me Summary
Dying to Be Me 89%
Dying of cancer, she left her body and saw what lies beyond. Then her cancer disappeared.
by Anita Moorjani 2012
4.16
17k+ ratings
🔮 Near-Death Experiences🧠 Mind-Body Healing💖 Self-Love
Scribe Us Threshold.
by Alexander Batthyány
If severe brain damage destroys the self, what returns to say goodbye in the final hours?
4.03
102
✨ Near-Death Studies🧠 Consciousness Studies🔗 Mind-Body Problem
Scribe Us Threshold. Summary
Scribe Us Threshold. 89%
If severe brain damage destroys the self, what returns to say goodbye in the final hours?
by Alexander Batthyány
4.03
102 ratings
✨ Near-Death Studies🧠 Consciousness Studies🔗 Mind-Body Problem
Tuesdays with Morrie
by Mitch Albom • 1997
Success made Mitch Albom rich. His dying professor showed him what it couldn't buy.
4.21
1.2M+
🕯️ Deathbed Wisdom💀 Facing Mortality👨‍🏫 Mentorship Memoirs
Tuesdays with Morrie Summary
Tuesdays with Morrie 89%
Success made Mitch Albom rich. His dying professor showed him what it couldn't buy.
by Mitch Albom 1997
4.21
1.2M+ ratings
🕯️ Deathbed Wisdom💀 Facing Mortality👨‍🏫 Mentorship Memoirs
Becoming Myself
by Irvin D. Yalom • 2017
At eighty-five, the master of existential therapy makes himself the last patient on his couch.
4.19
9k+
🛋️ Existential Psychotherapy👥 Group Therapy🤝 Therapeutic Relationship
Becoming Myself Summary
Becoming Myself 89%
At eighty-five, the master of existential therapy makes himself the last patient on his couch.
by Irvin D. Yalom 2017
4.19
9k+ ratings
🛋️ Existential Psychotherapy👥 Group Therapy🤝 Therapeutic Relationship
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
by Caitlin Doughty • 2014
A crematory trainee discovers the dead aren't the scary part; the funeral industry is.
4.22
110k+
💀 Death Acceptance⚱️ Funeral Industry🌿 Natural Burial
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory Summary
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory 89%
A crematory trainee discovers the dead aren't the scary part; the funeral industry is.
by Caitlin Doughty 2014
4.22
110k+ ratings
💀 Death Acceptance⚱️ Funeral Industry🌿 Natural Burial
Grace and Grit
by Ken Wilber • 1991
A marriage, a terminal diagnosis ten days in, and five years of transforming suffering into grace.
4.47
2k+
🎗️ Cancer Memoirs🙏 Spiritual Memoirs🌐 Perennial Philosophy
Grace and Grit Summary
Grace and Grit 88%
A marriage, a terminal diagnosis ten days in, and five years of transforming suffering into grace.
by Ken Wilber 1991
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🎗️ Cancer Memoirs🙏 Spiritual Memoirs🌐 Perennial Philosophy
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