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How To... Be Truly Free
Psychologies
|November 2017
Edith Eger survived the horrors of Auschwitz, barely alive, but went on to become an internationally acclaimed psychologist. In her book The Choice, she explains how to ‘escape the concentration camp of your mind’ to be free to enjoy life to its fullest
1 Remember you have a choice
Each of us has a past and, although we may wish some events had never happened, they cannot be erased. ‘Over time I have learned that I can choose how to respond to the past,’ says Eger. ‘I can be miserable, or I can be hopeful; I can be depressed or I can be happy.’ We always have that choice.
2 Give yourself permission to grieve
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