How we can choose to find light in the darkest of times, with Dr. Edith Eger, Holocaust Survivor, psychologist and author

Conversations of Inspiration

Holly Tucker MBE

Education, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Business, Personal Journals

5.0 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

A story of strength and courage, this remarkable account is full of thought-provoking advice that will quite literally change your life. This conversation is truly going to make you reevaluate not only the way you live, but how you react, think, feel gratitude and express yourself, too.

“If I survive today, tomorrow I will be free.” These are the words of 16-year-old Edith Eger whilst imprisoned in the Nazi death camp, Auschwitz, in World War Two. Now one of the last Holocaust survivors on the planet, Edith shares her fascinating take on why, “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference,” and also so inspirationally explains how she learnt to turn hate into pity throughout her time at Auschwitz.

After suffering unimaginable horrors including the loss of her parents, imprisonment and torture, Edith realised that freedom, when it came, was much more than being outside the gates of the heinous death camp and was actually a battle within her own mind.

After a decade of suffering from crippling survivor's guilt, Edith trained as a psychologist, reclaiming her own power and enabling her to work with patients to help them choose to free themselves from their own thoughts to ultimately liberate them.

Edith shares with Holly her first-hand account of her time living through the Holocaust, a story that is almost unbearably hard to hear and yet one in which Edith’s enduring spirit, wisdom and love shine brightly through the darkness.

This is a must-hear episode, as Edith is one of our last living survivors able to share her perception of such a terrible times in history. Edith teaches us the most valuable of life lessons and in her very own words – “What happens to us in life is not the most important thing. Rather the most important thing is what we do with our lives.”

If you enjoyed this conversation, you might also enjoy Holly’s episode with Mo Gawdat.

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0:00.0	This week, I interviewed Dr. Edith Agar, a psychologist New York Times best-selling author,
0:08.1	but also a Holocaust survivor. I can honestly say that this interview will stay with me
0:14.8	till my last days, because not only was my heart broken in two, listening to the most
0:22.8	unbelievable suffering that this human went through, but it also gave me such hope in the
0:31.1	human spirit, the strength of a woman united with her sisterhood, but also the resilience that
0:40.7	we all possess, the hope and love and compassion that we can choose, if only we opened our eyes.
0:50.0	I just can't tell you, you're going to need your notepad and pencil here, you're going to need
0:54.5	tissues, because possibly this is one hour, with more life lessons, then maybe some of us would
1:03.1	ever learn in a lifetime. Enjoy. I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to Conversations of Inspiration.
1:18.3	Back in 2006, I founded Not on the High Street from my kitchen table, and since then I've
1:24.3	gone on to launch Holly and Co. I'm the UK ambassador of creative small businesses, and I believe
1:30.4	that having a business doing what you love is the key to a happy fulfilled life. My dream is to help
1:36.7	everybody start theirs. I'm here to offer advice, inspiration, wisdom and encouragement,
1:43.6	and in my view, the best way to do this is by sharing stories. So I've reached out to my favorite
1:50.9	small businesses, entrepreneurs and those who simply inspire me and ask them to share theirs.
1:57.9	Here are my Conversations of Inspiration. Hello Edith, what an honor it is to be speaking to you
2:05.5	today. Your story is very important, very valuable, and I know you have so much wisdom to share with
2:12.8	us all. It's an absolute privilege to capture your story. So welcome to my podcast.
2:18.8	I want to tell you that when I was in London many years ago, I was invited to a program only for
2:27.1	women. Women's hour? Yeah, I had a wonderful time with women of strength. Oh fantastic.
2:34.5	Not strong women, but women of strength. It's still going and it's still amazing.
2:40.2	Where are you based now? I am in California. I'm in the outside of San Diego,
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