317 - Take a Breath Part 2: Holocaust Survivor Dr. Edith Eger on Choosing Hope
The Marie Forleo Podcast
Marie Forleo
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
"The prison is in your own mind, the key is in your pocket." This is what Dr. Edith Eva Eger wants you to know about suffering, big and small. As an eminent psychologist, world-renowned PTSD expert, and survivor of the Holocaust, she has a lifetime of wisdom to share about choosing hope — even in the darkest of times. We're thrilled to share some of our favorite moments from this conversation for Part 2 of the Take a Breath series.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome, welcome, welcome to the Marie Forleo podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | I'm Marie Forleo and today is part two of our take a breath series and we're going |
| 0:11.8 | to start with literally taking a breath together. |
| 0:15.1 | So check in with your body right now, close your eyes if you can, feel your feet on the |
| 0:20.5 | ground or whatever surface you're standing on. |
| 0:23.4 | And in a second, we're going to breathe in love and possibility and exhale and release |
| 0:28.8 | any fear or tension that we might be holding on to. |
| 0:31.6 | Okay, let's do this. |
| 0:33.4 | Breathe in love and possibility, exhale, release fear and tension. |
| 0:40.4 | One more time. |
| 0:42.3 | Inhale, breathe in love and possibility, exhale and release fear and tension. |
| 0:52.2 | Well done. |
| 0:53.2 | Now the reason I started us off with some breathing is because today you're going to hear from |
| 0:57.8 | Dr. Edith Eva Edgar. |
| 1:00.0 | She is a psychologist, a world renowned PTSD expert and a survivor of the Holocaust and I've |
| 1:06.3 | got to say, she is one of the most incredible people I have ever spoken to in my life. |
| 1:12.6 | She has so much wisdom about choosing hope in the midst of suffering. |
| 1:17.6 | This is one of the most powerful conversations I've ever had, enjoy. |
| 1:24.1 | Let's start at the beginning. |
| 1:25.5 | In the introduction, you shared, I learned how to live in a death camp. |
| 1:30.0 | I'm wondering if you can take us back to 1944 when you were a 16-year-old gymnast and |
| 1:36.1 | a dancer and your family had some visitors on that day. |
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