Staring at the Sun - Irvin Yalom

This book from esteemed psychotherapist Yalom grapples with that big existential threat we will all face- death and dying. Some clients will come to the therapy room with a clear preoccupation about this very subject, though it seems most human brains have some sort of override function which prevents us thinking too much about our own mortality on a regular basis.

Yalom writes beautifully and I really enjoy his descriptions of encounters with patients, always so human and often prepared to share something of his own journey with them.

I read this one some time ago but what I still remember is how death anxiety could be understood as a fear of not living, something we have the ability to rectify in the present.