The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing

4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars | 4,942 ratings

Price: 17.05

Last update: 12-08-2024


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After too many years of unfulfilling work, Bronnie Ware began searching for a job with meaning. Despite having no formal qualifications or experience, she found herself working in palliative care. During the time she spent tending to the needs of those who were dying, Bronnie's life was transformed. Later, she wrote a blog post about the most common regrets that the people she had cared for had expressed to her. The post gained so much momentum that it was viewed by more than three million people worldwide in its first year. At the request of many, she now shares her personal story. By applying the lessons of those nearing their death to her own life, Bronnie developed an understanding that it is possible for everyone, if they make conscious choices, to die with peace of mind. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing is a delightful memoir and a courageous, life-changing audiobook that will leave you feeling more compassionate and inspired to live the life you are truly here to live.

Top reviews from the United States

Luis P.
5.0 out of 5 stars This is not a book to be saved as an "audiobook". This book is one of those I most pass along to my child (he is only 8 y/o now)
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2018
The book is amazing. Simply put - I loved it, I just loved it.
I am buying two more for a couple of friends from another country.
We usually share and compare our opinions on different books, but this one is not available on their country.
So - I am buying two and then I will mail them to my friends.
I will also most definitely recommend it to my other friends in the US.

This is not a book to be saved as an "audiobook". This book is one of those I most pass along to my child (he is only 8 y/o now). And I will read a couple more times before I do that.

In the recent years, I have come more in touch with spirituality and this book is full of spiritual knowledge and spiritual understanding. I totally identified myself with the author and the fact that she remembered so many little details about her clients - beautiful!

Almost on every page, the author reminded me of the beauty of living a simple life.
We, as humans, tend to forget that the simpler our lives, the less pain and more fulfillment and purpose.

Let's not forget, that only the egoist and the arrogant believe this life belongs to them... It doesn't. To be alive is a gift. To have the honor of walking this planet is a gift. And this book an amazing reminder of that. Unfortunately, most humans realize the gift only on their last days/minutes here.

Thank you Bronnie Ware
Justmyfantasyworld
5.0 out of 5 stars Hope you can get something useful out of it
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2024
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Before really diving into my review, I want to say that this book might be triggering for some. It deals with heavy topics as well as depression and suicidal thoughts. For me, I had to take some of the things said with a grain of salt and focused on the messages this book had for me, which I think will truly be valuable for my life. Some parts resonated so much, and others made me very emotional. Definitely try to read it and see if there is something worthy for you to get out of it.
The Westbrooks
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful book, would be perfect without 1 chapter
Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2019
This book has so many wonderful insights to share and the writing is gripping and your heartstrings are along for the ride like it or not. I absolutely loved it and was already thinking of all the people I would recommend it to when I got to the really dark chapter about her losing touch with reality and basically planning her own suicide. Honestly it negated a lot of the beautiful things that had been shared prior, and without much insight into WHY she was suddenly so depressed and done with life (lots of vague illusions to a tough past) she mostly comes off as just plain whiny and ungrateful. I nearly put the book down it was so bad. She did seem to redeem her original message in the chapters following, but the book would have been complete and fantastic without her sidebar woah is me tangent of destitution. If I recommend this book now I feel like I have to add the caveat that the reader should skip that chapter. Otherwise I loved the content and the messages passed on.
Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book!!!!
Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2024
A must read!! For anyone how wants to live a life without regrets and fulfill their dreams. Thank you Bronnie!
Brad
3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed feelings
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2011
I had high hopes for this book. The concept really appealed to me. Unfortunately though, I just didn't feel like the concept was very well executed. Don't get me wrong, there's some really great parts in it but I just feel like it fell short of my expectations. I just felt like there was WAY too much storytelling about the authors own personal life and not enough tales from the lives of those who were spending their last days on this earth. I would say it's about 75% about the author's life and 25% about the people who were about to pass on. The author's personal stories are usually tied into the lessons she learned from the dying patients she cared for, but still I wanted to hear more about the lives of the patients themselves.

The author's stories about herself are interesting. She obviously has lead a very free and interesting life, but constantly hearing about it loses it's appeal after a while. I was hoping to gain insight and wisdom from the people who were seeing life from their last days. I did get a portion of that, but not nearly as much as I had hoped. Strangely, a lot of the words of wisdom came from the author, which is fine I suppose, but that's not quite what I bought the book for.

Also, the end of the book got really self indulgent in my opinion. I was really feeling like giving the book 4 stars until I neared the end. There's a small portion in those last chapters that summarize her days and lessons learned with her patients, but the last 20% or so of the book is very long winded story telling of her own trials and tribulations through depression and her days as a songwriting instructor at a women's prison. I just didn't get what the point of all that content was. It didn't seem to tie in with the theme of the book at all. I kind of got the impression that the end was simply a need to fill pages to meet a quota by the way it rambled on and on. It really soured my opinion of the book as a whole.

At any rate, the book has high points and low points. It has 5 star rating material and 1 star rating material. I decided to split the difference and rank it as 3 stars overall. It's worth reading but I wouldn't recommend spending a lot of money on it. I'm glad I bought the $10 kindle version and not the $30 paper copy!
Lisa L.
5.0 out of 5 stars smile and know
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2024
Wisdom shared by the dying and by Bronnie. The precious seed of love and light beneath the harsh exterior of our beliefs, our programming, and our fears, finds gratitude and happiness underneath. Bronnie describes well the deep dive to get underneath using her experience with the dying. Quite a journey! Smile and know it’s possible.

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