Type: Book
Author: Irvin D. Yalom
Short description: Irvin D. Yalom’s book brings death anxiety into focus through a combination of psychotherapy, reflection, and accessible storytelling. He treats fear of death as a background force in many people’s emotional lives and shows how acknowledging it can deepen awareness, presence, and meaning. The writing is warm and clinical at once, making complex existential ideas readable without flattening them. It is a practical and humane exploration of how mortality shapes daily life and emotional health.
Relevance for RelEx: For RelEx, this book is highly relevant because it links existential psychotherapy with the broader questions of meaning, finitude, and human self-understanding. It is a strong fit for readers drawn to psychology and existential reflection.
Suggested keywords: death, meaning, existence, psychotherapy, Irvin D. Yalom, anxiety, awareness, mortality, clinical psychology, presence
