
97-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Shares 9 Life Lessons People Learn Too Late | Edith Eger
Rangan Chatterjee
Dec 4, 2024
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Overcome perfectionism to defeat procrastination
If you are a perfectionist who wants to do everything just right, you are going to procrastinate.
Acknowledge all suffering as a universal experience
There is no hierarchy in suffering, and you shouldn't minimize or trivialize any feeling, as suffering is a universal part of life.
Cultivate curiosity to navigate challenging situations
The one word that can guide you to survive challenging situations is curiosity, the desire to know what will happen next.
Express to combat depression and promote well-being
The opposite of depression is expression, because what comes out of your body doesn't make you ill, but what stays in does.
Foster intimacy through healthy conflict in relationships
If a couple says they never fight, it means they don't have intimacy either, because intimacy requires vulnerability.
Allow yourself to feel rage and grief to heal
You cannot heal what you do not feel, so you must allow yourself to experience rage and grief without getting stuck in them.
Gift yourself forgiveness to liberate from the past
Forgiveness is not for the other person, but a gift you give yourself to be liberated from being a hostage of the past.
Break free from self-imposed mental prisons
The worst prison is not the one the Nazis put you in, but the one you build for yourself in your own mind.
Discover inner power through adversity of Auschwitz
Auschwitz was an opportunity to discover the inner power that no Nazi could take away.
Learn from obnoxious individuals to discover inner kindness
The most obnoxious person is your best teacher, as they reveal the bigot and the kindness that exists within you.
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