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    You are Here: A Story of Presence
    You are Here: A Story of Presence
    You are Here: A Story of Presence
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    You are Here: A Story of Presence

    By STEFAN BROZIN and Trevor Waller

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    When Stefan was seven years old, his father died of a cancerous brain tumour. On the eve of his fiftieth birthday, Stefan's wife succumbed to a similar tumour. Motivated by these two losses at very different stages of his life, this book explores how Stefan learnt to deal with adversity, and how he and his family learnt to make choices that allowed them to live in joy and peace.

    "When suffering hits, in whatever form, we have a choice: to allow it to take us down or to rise up and meet it. My family and I chose to meet it. If the way we did it and the choices we made can bring some form of comfort to anyone who may need it, then this book will have served its purpose."

    When Stefan was seven years old, his father died of a cancerous brain tumour. On the eve of his fiftieth birthday, Stefan's wife succumbed to a similar tumour. Motivated by these two losses at very different stages of his life, this book explores how Stefan learnt to deal with adversity, and how he and his family learnt to make choices that allowed them to live in joy and peace.

    "When suffering hits, in whatever form, we have a choice: to allow it to take us down or to rise up and meet it. My family and I chose to meet it. If the way we did it and the choices we made can bring some form of comfort to anyone who may need it, then this book will have served its purpose."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStefan
    Release dateNov 17, 2019
    ISBN9781393087564
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      You are Here - STEFAN BROZIN

      You Are Here

      You are Here: A Story of Presence

      STEFAN BROZIN and Trevor Waller

      Published by Stefan, 2019.

      You Are Here

      Stefan Brozin

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      First published by Stefan Brozin, 2019

      Copyright © 2019 by Stefan Brozin

      As told to Trevor Waller

      (trevor@tswconsulting.co.za)

      Editor: Phillipa Mitchell

      (www.phillipamitchell.com)

      Heart illustration by Abby Brozin

      Cover Design and Typesetting by Gregg Davies

      (www.greggdavies.com)

      All rights reserved. The moral right of the author has been asserted. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.

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      A note from Trevor Waller

      I have known Stefan since grade one. Although we were never good friends and mixed in different circles, Stef was always one of the ‘good guys’. We reconnected at a school reunion, bumping into each other now and again in the months that followed.

      I heard, through the Jewish grapevine, that his wife, Jodi, had been diagnosed with cancer. I thought about messaging him but, of course, never got around to it. Next, I heard that Jodi had passed away. This time, I sent Stef a condolence message, offering to support him when he was ready to chat.

      I am a Logotherapist which, among other things, means that I am trained to help people to deal with suffering. Logotherapy is the brainchild of Viktor Frankl, the author of the best-selling book Man’s Search for Meaning. The original title of the book was To Nevertheless Say 'Yes' to Life: A Psychologist Experiences the Concentration Camps.

      In the first part of the book, Frankl describes his experiences in the concentration camps during World War Two. Based on these experiences, as well as his observations, Frankl, in the second part of the book, espouses his philosophy, which he calls Logotherapy.

      Logos is the Greek word for meaning. Logotherapy is, therefore, best described as meaning-based therapy. Frankl disagreed with both Freud—who believed that man is motivated by pleasure—and Adler—who believed that man is motivated by power. In Frankl’s view, striving to find meaning in one’s life is humankind’s primary motivational force. This meaning is unique and specific and must be fulfilled by the individual—and nobody else.

      Stef contacted me a few months after Jodi’s death. I felt sure that he was contacting me in my capacity as a Logotherapist. I was wrong. He was reaching out to me in my capacity as a ghostwriter. The man, who was sitting opposite me, did not appear to be suffering. To be sure, his grief was palpable. But that was not the overriding emotion that Stef displayed. The man I met that day was strong and positive— optimistic even. In front of me was living proof of

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