Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Elisabeth Kübler-Rosswas a Swiss-American psychiatrist, a pioneer in near-death studies and the author of the groundbreaking book On Death and Dying, where she first discussed her theory of the five stages of grief...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth8 July 1926
CountryUnited States of America
suicide cheating school
Lots of my dying patients say they grow in bounds and leaps, and finish all the unfinished business. But assisting a suicide is cheating them of these lessons, like taking a student out of school before final exams. That's not love, it's projecting your own unfinished business
mystical-experiences ready ifs
If you are ready for mystical experiences, you have them.
death commitment needs
We bring a deeper commitment to our happiness when we fully understand, that our time left is limited and we really need to make it count.
memories lying knowing
I look for mystery and try to decipher it while knowing it is an impossible task. I look for memory, where Mystery lies.
life facts importance
The only incontrovertible fact of my work is the importance of life.
grief healing emotion
Grief will happen either as an open healing wound or a closed festering wound, either honestly or dishonestly, either appropriately or inappropriately. But emotions will be expressed.
death transition
Death is the great transition.
death pain long
There is not much sense in suffering, since drugs can be given for pain, itching, and other discomforts. The belief has long died that suffering here on earth will be rewarded in heaven. Suffering has lost its meaning.