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Iyanla Vanzant Opens Up for the First Time About Her Fight to Survive the Medical Emergency That Nearly Killed Her

By Iyanla Vanzant, — 2017

When you have a colostomy bag hanging off the side of your belly, you get real clear about what you take in, knowing that you’re going to see how it comes out. I had to do it at a physical level, but it was also about the emotional, psychological and spiritual level. What are you taking in?

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Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before?

Filled with secrets from a therapist’s toolkit, Why Has Nobody Told Me This Before teaches you how to fortify and maintain your mental health, even in the most trying of times.

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Julie Smith
2025
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Why My 4.0 at Harvard Was a Failure

Just because something is a failure does not mean that you are a failure. Only through failure does anyone find growth. If you never make mistakes, you will never become better.

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2018
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The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying

Poet and essayist Nina Riggs was just thirty-seven years old when initially diagnosed with breast cancer—one small spot. Within a year, she received the devastating news that her cancer was terminal.

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Nina Riggs
2025
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We meet no ordinary people in our lives.

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C. S. Lewis
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom

Mitch discusses his book, THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN.

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Mitch Albom
2009
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Life Lessons: Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About the Mysteries of Life and Living

Ten years after Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s death: “An inspiring…guide to life, distilled from the experiences of people who face death” (Kirkus Reviews)—the beloved classic now with a new introduction and updated resources section.

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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler
2014
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Andrew Solomon: How the Worst Moments in Our Lives Make Us Who We Are

Writer Andrew Solomon has spent his career telling stories of the hardships of others. Now he turns inward, bringing us into a childhood of struggle, while also spinning tales of the courageous people he’s met in the years since.

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Andrew Solomon
2014
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Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief

In 1969, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross first identified the stages of dying in her transformative book On Death and Dying. Decades later, she and David Kessler wrote the classic On Grief and Grieving, introducing the stages of grief with the same transformative pragmatism and compassion.

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David Kessler
2020
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Death, Immortality, and Meaning in Life

The most recent addition to the Fundamentals of Philosophy series, John Martin Fischer’s Death, Immortality, and Meaning in Life offers a brief yet in-depth introduction to the key philosophical issues and problems concerning death and immortality.

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John Martin Fischer
2019
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Mitch Albom: Making Each Moment Matter

How will we find happiness and meaning? Author Mitch Albom shares the invaluable life lessons his dying teacher taught him in this behind-the-scenes look at the inspiration behind Albom's best-selling book "Tuesdays with Morrie."

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Mitch Albom
2013
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Near-Death Experience