When Breath Becomes Air - 4 Lessons From Paul Kalanithi

When Breath Becomes Air, the book written by Dr. Paul Kalanithi, moved and inspired me.

Many of you said you enjoy my takeaways about a particular book.

So today I want to share some lessons from this piercing work.

Recently, I read this book for the third time and got more from it this time than ever.

I think the reason is that I’m older and have had more experiences.

Some of them have been exhilarating. Others have been sobering. And I have also experienced grief more acutely.

Even though the book is imbued with the wisdom of death looming, it is life-affirming. Reading it has definitely opened up my life.

What I mention in this episode:

• Why the depth of experience I went through has made this book more precious to me
• Paul Kalanithi’s biography
• Four main lessons I learned from the book

What you’ll learn from it:

• The importance of deciding what’s really important to you to make the most of your time
• How to live in your questions rather than rushing to get answers
• The sacredness in finding the work you are meant to do on this Earth
• Why you don’t have to explain the reason you like or dislike something

I hope this book gives you the same goosebumps it gives me every time I read it.

xo, Kavetha

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In This Episode:

00:00 Welcome back to another episode of Emotional Mastery

01:38 Today I have a special treat for you

03:58 Introduction to the book When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

06:55 General summary of the book

11:19 First lesson from the book

16:47 Second lesson from the book

19:03 Third lesson from the book

23:33 Forth lesson from the book

25:44 Connection of this book with the five remembrances

27:31 I would love to hear from you

Resources:

- Podcast episode about Viktor Frankl’s teachings - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wiseish-010-5-lessons-from-viktor-frankl/id1622617195?i=1000565759860

- Book “When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi - https://www.amazon.com/When-Breath-Becomes-Paul-Kalanithi/dp/081298840X

- Book “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese - https://www.amazon.com/Cutting-Stone-novel-Abraham-Verghese/dp/0375414495/

- The five remembrances from the Upajjhatthana Sutta - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upajjhatthana_Sutta