THE GIFT with Dr. Eger and David Kessler

David Kessler in conversation with Dr. Edith Eger discussing her practical and inspirational guide to healing, which shows us how to stop destructive patterns and imprisoning thoughts to find freedom and enjoy life. Filled with empathy, insight, and humor, The Gift captures the vulnerability and common challenges we all face and provides encouragement and advice for breaking out of our personal prisons to find healing and enjoy life.
Kessler argues in Finding Meaning that it's finding meaning beyond the stages of grief most of us are familiar with--denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance--that can transform grief into a more peaceful and hopeful experience. In Kessler's new work, he discovers a sixth stage: meaning.

This program is co-hosted by the Mission Viejo Library and Creating Conversations.

An eminent psychologist and one of the few remaining Holocaust survivors old enough to remember life in the camps, Dr. Edith Eger has worked with veterans, military personnel, and victims of physical and mental trauma. She lives in La Jolla, California. She is the author of the award-winning book The Choice, and The Gift.

David Kessler is the world’s foremost expert on grief. His experience with thousands of people on the edge of life and death has taught him the secrets to living a fulfilled life, even after life’s tragedies.