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Seize the Day: How the Dying Teach Us to Live
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In this remarkable book psychologist Marie de Hennezel draws upon her personal experience of working with the terminally ill in a palliative care unit in Paris. Her encounters with people at the end of their life gives her a unique perspective on what life and death really mean, and her ultimate message, shared through the stories she recounts in this book, is one of celebrating the power and tenacity of the human spirit. She encourages us to embrace moments of joy and the small pleasures of life and to 'seize the day' at every opportunity. From the author of the Top Ten bestseller The Warmth of the Heart Prevents Your Body from Rusting comes this eloquent and inspirational work which will move everyone who reads it. 'Inspirational ... written with compassion and sympathy, the book eschews denial, transforming the unpalatable into something humane' Independent
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Marie de Hennezel is the author of The Warmth of the Heart Prevents Your Body from Rusting (Pan Macmillan, 2011) and several other books published in her native France. She is a psychologist and a psychotherapist, and is responsible for the mission of palliative care awareness at the French Ministry of Health. She is also the author of two ministerial reports about caring for those with terminal illnesses. She lives in Paris.
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By bluebirdfp
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book has changed my life. Maria de Hennezel has had the courage to confront the very thing we are most afraid of in the developed West - DEATH. And guess what? it's not so bad! She has talked to many people dying of AIDS and cancer, and found that what matters most is LOVE. People who know they are going to die soon feel blessed by the knowledge of the life they've led, the relationships they've had, and - hey ho - the curiosity of life on 'the other side'. She pulls no punches, it's a hard business, but I now know that if I was dying, I would know what was most important - to be near loved ones, to make peace with those from whom we have become estranged, and very importantly, to give and receive physical contact. This woman is very, very special. She admits that at times she is overwhelmed by sadness, but there is healing in crying, both for the sick and the helper. The greatest message she gives is: FACE IT! Denying death is what causes the greatest heartache. In her view, death is a kind of rebirth, a final way to make amends, to ensure a smooth passage into....whatever you believe comes next. (And you don't have to be religious). It seems on the surface a depressing subject but I have been so uplifted by it. We really need to change our attitude and stop trying to chase away the Grim Reaper. With the right mindset, he is not such a scary guy at all.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By ferret
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this book probably for the same reason as many others, to see if I can condone myself in my care for a dying relative, or perhaps to help alleviate my own terror of death.
My choice was helped by the reviews I read, & I am glad her writing has found so much favour in so many. Alas, I find it a trifle arrogant & precocious: perhaps the author didn't mean it so, or perhaps it was the translation, I don't know. But, that apart I do believe it contains much help in how the living can support the dying in their final (should that be "final"....or first??) days, and I have learnt much from this book. On that alone I would reccommend it: like so many things, it will largely be determined by what you seek within this book.
I wish though I had read it earlier in the day, perhaps then I would have seized it better. And not let it fall.
My choice was helped by the reviews I read, & I am glad her writing has found so much favour in so many. Alas, I find it a trifle arrogant & precocious: perhaps the author didn't mean it so, or perhaps it was the translation, I don't know. But, that apart I do believe it contains much help in how the living can support the dying in their final (should that be "final"....or first??) days, and I have learnt much from this book. On that alone I would reccommend it: like so many things, it will largely be determined by what you seek within this book.
I wish though I had read it earlier in the day, perhaps then I would have seized it better. And not let it fall.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By lynnie09
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book is a must for anyone working with the dying and their families. Marie writes so compassionately and gently about her care for the dying. It is really inspiring and will hopefully give professionals and others an understanding of what the dying need and change the way we interact with them forever.
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This book is written in such a humble humanistic way - easy to read - a must for anyone working in the hospice care
Published 6 days ago by mojo
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This is my field of work for 5 years and this book inspired me afresh.
The writing style is very anecdotal and approachable for readers of this field of work as well as readers who would just widen their sense of the end of life realities which we too... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ricka
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A remarkable and moving book
Seize the Day is a remarkable and moving book about dying. Marie de Hennezel works in a palliative home and describes with great poignancy the emotions of the dying for whom she... Read more
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