Creatures of a day: and other tales of psychotherapy - irvin d. yalom

The publication of Creatures of a Day is reason to celebrate.

--Steven Pinker In this stunning collection of stories, renowned psychiatrist Irvin D.

Yalom describes his patients struggles--as well as his own--to come to terms with the two great challenges of existence: how to have a meaningful life yet reckon with its inevitable end.

We meet a nurse who must stifle the pain of losing her son in order to comfort her patients pains, a newly minted psychologist whose studies damage her treasured memories of a lost friend, and a man whose rejection of psychological inquiry forces even Yalom himself into a crisis of confidence.

Creatures of a Day is a radically honest statement about the difficulties of human life, but also a celebration of some of the finest fruits--love, family, friendship--it can offer.

Marcus Aurelius has written that we are all creatures of a day.

With Yalom as our guide, we will find the means to make our own day not only bearable, but also meaningful and joyful.

The publication of Creatures of a Day is reason to celebrate.

-- Steven Pinker In this stunning collection of stories, renowned psychiatrist Irvin D.

Yalom describes his patients struggles -- as well as his own -- to come to terms with the two great challenges of existence: how to have a meaningful life yet reckon with its inevitable end.

We meet a nurse who must stifle the pain of losing her son in order to comfort her patients pains, a newly minted psychologist whose studies damage her treasured memories of a lost friend, and a man whose rejection of psychological inquiry forces even Yalom himself into a crisis of confidence.

Creatures of a Day is a radically honest statement about the difficulties of human life, but also a celebration of some of the finest fruits -- love, family, friendship -- it can offer.

Marcus Aurelius has written that we are all creatures of a day.

With Yalom as our guide, we will find the means to make our own day not only bearable, but also meaningful and joyful.

The publication of Creatures of a Day is reason to celebrate.

-- Steven Pinker In this stunning collection of stories, renowned psychiatrist Irvin D.

Yalom describes his patients struggles -- as well as his own -- to come to terms with the two great challenges of existence: how to have a meaningful life yet reckon with its inevitable end.

We meet a nurse who must stifle the pain of losing her son in order to comfort her patients pains, a newly minted psycholog.