Prescriptions for Living: Inspirational Lessons for a Joyful, Loving Life

by Bernie S. Siegel

Book Overview

As a physician who has cared for and counseled innumerable patients, Bernie S. Siegel embraces a philosophy that is at the forefront of a society grappling with medical ethics and spiritual issues. His books Love, Medicine, and Miracles (1986), Peace, Love and Healing (1989), and How to Live Between Office Visits (1993) have broken new ground in the field of healing. Over a span of twenty years, other physicians have become increasingly receptive...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060929367
• ISBN13: 9780060929367
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Love it!

This is such a great book, I gave it to a friend after I read it, found I missed having it, so I bought another copy to read again!

Great Book

As someone recovering from a serious illness, Bernie Siegel's book really spoke to me. Your emotions and thoughts have such a big effect on your physical health. And he really gives some good advice for learning how to make changes in your life. I really enjoyed the book, and would recommend it for anyone who is in a health crisis, and wants to work on the "inner" person.

Good Medicine

The prescriptions offered in this book touch the heart and give us greater insights into what we are here to do in this life. In a humorous and heartfelt style, Dr. Siegel blends his own special wisdom with his heartfelt words. I recommend this book to anyone looking for a shot in the arm or some real soul medicine.

Prescriptions for Living are just what the doctor ordered!

If you've not read a Bernie Siegel before, a pioneer in the field of mind-body medicine, I encourage you to find his Love, Medicine & Miracles as well. I've reviewed Dr. Siegel's works from the start & I've always been helped, enlightened & interested by his take on living. When we met at conventions, we'd glance at our name tags, grin & energetically compare notes about how it was, at that time, in that moment. Later, as we zoomed hither & yon about our itineraries, we'd collide laughing, embrace & wave farewell. That's how Bernie Siegel affects you & that's how he writes. Vivid, energetic, affectionate & refreshing. I've often wondered what would happen to our relationships with our own doctor/s were we to brazenly carry a copy of any one of Bernie Siegel's books to our appointments.

An excellent book for one searching for a meaningful life.

This book helps us to focus on what is important in life. If we are troubled by sickness, poor temperment or just the blahs of living from day to day struggling to find what our lives are all about, this book highlights methods of overcoming the spiritual doldrums of existence. Bernie gives of himself in this book by showing how he turns inward and focuses on the negatives of his temperment to irradicate those faults and become a more loving and giving person. His theory embodies thought from a variety of spritual sources although he primarily quotes themes from the Bible and Christian theology. I was encouraged by this book to quit living as though I had all the time in the world but rather to live with a thoughts of how temporary this life really is. Bernie encourages us to live our lives as if we knew and realized that we only have a short time to be here. I am inspired to quit living for the drugery of a job and persuit of material goods and to live a life that is centered on giving, creating, and sharing my God given talent with others.