Book Review. "The GIFT" by Dr. Edith Eger

"THE Gift" by Dr. Edith Eger is very honest, sincere and transformational. If you like your life, you love to live in a comfort zone like a prisoner I do not recommend reading it; but if you awakened, you are on your path of your inner growth or you realized that something is going wrong with your life and even more maybe you are living not your life this book is for you. It will help you to understand yourself better and to let go your past identifying and transforming main prisons of your mind.

I am very thankful to Dr. Edith for sharing her experience, knowledge, and intimate life stories and thus helping others to open their wings and fly.

Almost everything in this book was not new for me, and it's not because she wrote buzz words and well-known facts, but because I went through the darkest years of my soul before and I saw all these prisons and even more than 12 as she described, I used and created numerous techniques and practices to let go these prisons, and it was difficult. I would like to read this book earlier to have an easier and smoother my path, but it is as it is. And even now I am so grateful for her work and talent. "THE Gift" showed me that I did it and continue doing it - transforming into wisdom all my prisons. While reading her book I felt all the time like I was on a private off-line session with her and everything she shared in the book she wrote for me and she told my stories and examples from my life. This is a genius to make people feel belonging through the art of writing.

Reading her book I again emphasized to myself what I want to do in the future, what impact on society I would like to make, what I would like to leave on the Planet Earth after my death like a heritage, what is my mission as a human being, and what I need to begin to do today like an investment so in a year, three years, or five tears I can emanate my global idea and help others to open their wings. 

In the book "THE Gift" Edith Eger described 12 prisons of our mind that are much worse than physical prison, as we are not free, we can't live fully and be ourselves, and the worthiest thing we even do not realize that we are trapped in the prisons of our mind. She provided practical keys to free yourself from each prison of your mind.

Here they are:

The Prison of Victimhood

• That was then, this is now.

• In every crisis, there is a transition.

• Harness your freedom to.

The Prison of Avoidance

• Feel so you can heal.

• Everything is temporary.

• The opposite of depression is expression.

The Prison of Self-Neglect

• Anything we practice, we become better at.

• Work, love, play.

• Show yourself some love.

The Prison of Secrets

• If you sit with one butt on two chairs, you become half-assed.

• Honesty starts with learning to tell the truth to yourself.

• Tell the truth in the safe presence of others.

The Prison of Guilt and Shame

• You made it.

• What you pay attention to grows stronger.

The Prison of Unresolved Grief

• Let the dead be dead.

• The spirit never dies.

The Prison of Rigidity

• Give a gentle embrace.

• Meet others as they are.

• Cooperation, not domination.

• Treat others as they are capable of becoming.

The Prison of Resentment

• Change the dance steps.

• Take care of your own emotional business.

• Would you like to be married to you?

The Prison of Paralyzing Fear

• I can. I want. I am willing.

• Change is synonymous with growth.

• Identify your fears.

The Prison of Judgment

• The most toxic people in our lives are our best teachers.

• We`re born to love; we learn to hate.

• What's the legacy you want to pass on?

The Prison of Hopelessness

• Don't cover garlic with chocolate.

• It takes courage not to be discouraged.

• Hope is an investment in curiosity.

The Prison of Not Forgiving

• Am I ready to forgive?

• Acknowledge and release rage.

• Forgive yourself.

If it's not enough for you I recommend reading her book and freeing yourself from your personal mind's prisons.

March 26, 2024.