Seize the Day – How the dying teach us to live

 Seize the Day – How the dying teach us to live

Reviewed By  Janet Mawdesley       November 26, 2014

 

Author  Marie de Hennezel

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ISBN:                 978-1-921844-62-1
Publisher:         Scribe Publications
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Website:    http://www.scribepublications.com.au 

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To die is a given, although a given the modern world is trying to completely repudiate. In the search for everlasting everything the subject of death is one that is almost taboo, if not taboo altogether.

 In this no holds barred look at the final chapters of life, de Hennzel takes us through the many phases of terminal illness and acceptance. In doing so she reveals the truth about living in so many ways.

 

As a psychologist in a palliative care unit in France she has worked with a team of remarkable Doctors and nurses who for several decades now have helped so many people come to acceptance of and in the final chapter of their lives.

Compassionate and eloquent she exposes the issues many people, faced with the finals days of their lives, have to consider. The struggles of family to accept the end or inevitable, and the manner in which most people choose to come to terms with their final days is absolutely inspiring.

To be with the terminal patient is, in de Hennzel’s words, one of pure privilege: one which is filled with joy, peace, acceptance and enrichment.

Remarkable stories about remarkable people from a remarkable woman who has managed to take the fear out of Dying and put in the love, care and compassion that the final chapters of a life are all about.

Non Fiction, Personal Development