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The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing Paperback – March 20, 2012

by Bronnie Ware (Author)
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After too many years of unfulfilling work, Bronnie Ware began searching for a job with heart. Despite having no formal qualifications or experience, she found herself working in palliative care.Over the years she spent tending to the needs of those who were dying, Bronnie's life was transformed. Later, she wrote an Internet blog about the most common regrets expressed to her by the people she had cared for. The article, also called The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, gained so much momentum that it was read by more than three million people around the globe in its first year. At the requests of many, Bronnie now shares her own personal story.Bronnie has had a colourful and diverse past, but by applying the lessons of those nearing their death to her own life, she developed an understanding that it is possible for people, if they make the right choices, to die with peace of mind. In this book, she expresses in a heartfelt retelling how significant these regrets are and how we can positively address these issues while we still have the time.The Top Five Regrets of the Dying gives hope for a better world. It is a story told through sharing her inspiring and honest journey, which will leave you feeling kinder towards yourself and others, and more determined to live the life you are truly here to live. This delightful memoir is a courageous, life-changing book.
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  1. Once we acknowledge that limited time is remaining, although we don’t know if that is years, weeks or hours, we are less driven by ego or by what other people think. Instead, we are more driven by what our hearts truly want. Acknowledging our inevitable, approaching death offers us the opportunity to find greater purpose and satisfaction in the time we have remaining.
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  2. Finding the courage to act or surrender will never be as painful as lying on a deathbed with regrets.
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Through her work Bronnie Ware weaves delightful tales of real life observations and experience. Using gentleness, honesty and humour, Bronnie celebrates both the strength and vulnerability of human nature. Her message is a positive and inspiring one.As well as performing her own songs, Bronnie runs an online personal growth and songwriting course, writes a well-loved blog called Inspiration and Chai, including articles that have been translated into several languages, and is the author of the full-length memoir, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing. www.bronnieware.com

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 140194065X
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Hay House Inc.; Reprint edition (March 20, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9781401940652
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1401940652
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.44 x 0.6 x 8.38 inches
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Bronnie Ware is the author of the internationally bestselling memoir The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, published in 32 languages, with a movie in the pipeline. She has published three non-fiction books that have inspired thousands around the globe and is currently working on some inspiring fictional works.

She is a TEDx speaker and has been interviewed by Wall St Journal, ABC Radio National, Marie Forleo, The Guardian, Dr Wayne Dyer, The Sunday Times, Lewis Howes, Harvard Business Review, and hundreds of publications worldwide.

Bronnie lives in rural Australia and is a respected teacher of courage on the global stage. She is also a passionate advocate for simplicity and leaving space to breathe, drawing on courage to follow the heart and allowing life to provide the shortcuts.

To find out more about Bronnie’s books and teachings, visit bronnieware.com

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Niranjan K.
5.0 out of 5 stars rereadable
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2024
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This is a book I hope I keep rereading. It has countless easy to relate with life lessons. Thanks Bronnie!
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Veena Choudary
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful. Poetic. Therapeutic. Must read.
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2020
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Bronnie has written a beautiful book. I shied away from reading this book for years- thinking it would be too painful or morbid. It is anything but. The book weaves the narrative of the regrets the dying in Bronnie’s care expressed seamlessly with Bronnie’s own life and her healing as she navigated these journeys with them. The book also offers us the reader a chance to reflect on our own eulogy as well as an opportunity to truly be present now. Bronnie does all this beautifully without sounding preachy in any way. You feel wrapped in a beautiful quilt and feel as if you are being given another opportunity to assess what is truly important in your life vs just existing. Lovely writing. Bronnie is inspirational herself. And the stories of these amazing individuals who taught her and us so much - humbling. Truly a must read book.
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Merlin
4.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2023
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The author has had an interesting life in general and shares many sweet stories and insights from her job as a caregiver for the dying. Her Australian accent is lovely as she reads her book.
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Ronald K. Pendleton
5.0 out of 5 stars Living and Dying Without Regrets
Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2012
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It has been some time since I have been moved to write a review, perhaps being too busy trying to clarify relationships I have had with others before my own passing, but Bronnie Ware's book "The Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing" has moved me so deeply that I feel compelled to recommend it to everyone I know; family, friends, lovers and past lovers, even the students in the university courses I teach (my students are either already teachers or are preparing to become teachers). Unfortunately, circumstances prevent me from recommending it to the person I would most like to recommend it to. That person is Valery, with whom I spent ten beautiful and life affirming months during a period shortly after I had just been diagnosed with a stage four cancer. I was 68 years old at that time and Valery was the first person with whom I had ever been able to let down all of my defenses and truly open my heart. She, who was only 43 then, expressed the same feelings about me. We had never met before that time and although we lived over 3000 miles apart and only actually saw one another on six brief occasions during that time, we sent e-mail to each other every day (over 1500 e-mails filled with poetry, music and stories of things that were and things that might yet be) and we came to accept, believe in and love both ourselves and one another unconditionally. Through unfortunate circumstances we were torn apart and are now no longer even in contact with one another. For the past two and a half years, my path has been looking deeply into myself, my heart and soul, to see what I have learned from everything that happened; the ten phantasmagorical months in which we discovered and created our own beautiful truth, the unfortunate circumstances that tore us apart, and the past two and half years of awakening and claiming my own truth as it continues to evolve. I do not regret anything that happened, but I am sad that Valery seems to be in a place now where, in order to survive, she appears compelled to deny the love we expressed to one another and play out a different set of scripts. Before I die, I would like to reconnect with her, at least long enough for both of us to share what we learned from all of that so that we will not die, whenever that time may come for each of us, with any regrets about anything that has happened. So I am writing this now to send out into cyberspace in the hope that anyone reading it who may know Valery will tell her what her "father" has written in this review and about Bronnie's beautiful book.
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Brad
3.0 out of 5 stars Mixed feelings
Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2011
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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!
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Alex
5.0 out of 5 stars This book changed my life
Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2023
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This book was selected for a small book club I just joined and at first I found it difficult to get into and did not think I was going to really enjoy reading it. I then took the book with me on a flight and since I was stuck in my seat I decided to try to read it again and wow I am so glad I did. I found myself relating to the author in ways I was not expecting and took away lessons and thoughts from reading that will stay with me forever. I actually felt like a new person after finishing the book. I see life in a different light now, a clearer and more beautiful light. My copy of this will remain forever on my bookshelf so I can revisit it every few years. I recommend this read to everyone young old and in between.
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V. Sierra Mendoza
5.0 out of 5 stars Para reflexionar plenamente.
Reviewed in Mexico on February 21, 2022
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Este libro me ha permitido darme cuenta de lo fácil que es vivir sin darnos cuenta que dejamos ir lo más importante: ser nosotros mismos, expresar abiertamente nuestros sentimientos más positivos, los amigos, y la felicidad.
Es cierto, trabajamos tanto, y tan duro por nuestros sueños, que se nos olvida vivir, cuidar de los nuestros, cuidar de nosotros mismos.
Es un gran libro para reflexionar sobre todo esto, y más.
Pero lo más importante te que ha traído este texto es darme cuenta que aún hay tiempo, no se cuanto, pero lo hay para arreglar una, o varias cosas, solo espero aprovecharlo lo mejor posible.
Excelente lectura.
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metheny
5.0 out of 5 stars An inspiring book
Reviewed in Germany on March 30, 2024
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I enjoyed reading this book which is actually a bit more about her personal life, her struggles and considerations about how to live a possible best life physically and mentally. It's a relatively easy read, at some places a bit corny though. All in all, an inspiring, uplifting, honest and heart-warming book which can help a lot of people on their life journey. Well done!
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Krystle Carrington
5.0 out of 5 stars Worth a read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2023
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It’s not the best written book ever but it’s definitely worth reading. The writer tells her own story plainly and straightforwardly and gives context and the stories behind each of the five regrets. Definitely worthwhile
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Biju Varghese
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book
Reviewed in India on May 1, 2023
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An absolute one of a kind book of personal wisdom. Excellent narrative and great sharing of knowledge through personal experience. Highly recommended.
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Marcus Motta
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book
Reviewed in Brazil on April 10, 2020
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Amazing book. Gratitude, self_healing, honest and discipline are all we need to have a fully and complete life. I truly recommend this book.
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