Lee Lipsenthal shows us that facing death means facing life: Your own, and the lives of those around you.
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So read on and learn how to spend your life's precious time with more love and less fear." -Bernie Siegel, M.D., Author of Peace, Love & Healing, and Love, Medicine & Miracles "With courage and candor, Dr. It contains the profound wisdom derived from the greatest teacher, our mortality. Read Enjoy Every Sandwich to know why." -Andrew Weil, M.D., New York Times bestselling author of Healthy Aging and 8 Weeks to Optimum Health "This book is about the lessons one learns on the journey from understanding the experience of life and all its difficulties. But Lee Lipsenthal tells his story with such intimacy and humanity that this paradoxical fact can be accessed even by those who have not (yet) leaned out over the abyss. "Often, patients given a terminal diagnosis reach a surprising, transforming conclusion-you have to be ready to die to embrace being alive. In the bestselling tradition of Tuesdays with Morrie, told with humor and heart, and deeply inspiring, Enjoy Every Sandwich distills everything Lee learned about how we find meaning, purpose, and peace in our lives. As Lee and his wife, Kathy, navigated his diagnosis, illness, and treatment, he discovered that he did not fear death, and that even as he was facing his own mortality, he felt more fully alive than ever before. The power of those beliefs was tested in July 2009, when Lee was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. In his own life, happily married and the proud father of two remarkable children, Lee was similarly committed to living his life fully and gratefully each day. from Enjoy Every Sandwich As medical director of the famed Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Lee Lipsenthal helped thousands of patients struggling with disease to overcome their fears of pain and death and to embrace a more joyful way of living. I hope it will open the door for you to embrace your humanity, accept uncertainty, and live a life of gratitude. This book is a culmination of what I've learned.