Bøker av Steve Leder

In this inspiring book, Rabbi Steve Leder guides us through pain's stages of surviving, healing and finally growing. Drawing on his experience as a spiritual leader, the wisdom of ancient traditions, modern science and stories, he shows us that when we must endure, we can, and that there is a path for each of us that leads from pain to wisdom.

"Rabbi Steven Zane Leder reflects on the miracles of daily life in this reissue of his classic essay collection"--

A beautiful keepsake journal inspired by For You When I Am Gone to help you create your own ethical will.In For You When I Am Gone, Rabbi Steve Leder taught us how to write an ethical will, a letter to our loved ones that helps them understand what we have learned about how to live a meaningful life. Now, in this beautiful journal, Rabbi Leder provides prompts, exercises, and inspirational quotes to help us write our own ethical wills. As a helpful companion to the previous book or a complete stand-alone, this journal will show each of us how to create a lasting, meaningful legacy while enjoying the process of examining our lives.

New York Times and Los Angeles Times bestseller!From the bestselling author of The Beauty of What Remains, a guide to writing a meaningful letter about your life.Writing an ethical will, a document that includes stories and reflections about your past, is an ancient tradition. It can include joy and regrets, and ultimately becomes both a way to remember a loved one who is gone and a primer on how to live a better, happier life. Beloved Rabbi Steve Leder has helped thousands of people to write their own ethical wills, and in this intimate book helps us write our own.Because our culture privileges the material over the spiritual, we sometimes forget that our words carry greater value than any physical thing we can bequeath to our loved ones. Rabbi Leder provides all the right questions and prompts, including: What was your most painful regret and how can your loved ones avoid repeating it? When was a time you led with your heart instead of your head? What did you learn from your biggest failure?Including examples of ethical wills from a broad range of voices-old and young, with and without children, famous and unknown-For You When I Am Gone inspires readers to examine their own lives and turn them into something beautiful and meaningful for generations to come.