Top 5 Regrets Of The Dying: Life Lessons Everybody Learns Too Late with Bronnie Ware (Re-release) #610

I spent eight years looking after dying people and the most common regret during those eight years was I wish I'd lived a life true to myself, not the life that other people expected of me. The opinions of others are only as valid as you allow them to be. It's you that will be judging your life at the end. Yeah. Hey, guys. How are you doing? Hope you're having a good week so far. My name is doctor Rangan Chatterjee, and this is my podcast, Feel Better, Live More. What do you think you might be saying on your deathbed? Will you be looking back at your life with a sense of joy and completeness? Or do you think that perhaps you might be consumed with regret? As today's guest shares, it's easy to assume that you will live with great health to a ripe old age and then die peacefully in your sleep wearing your favorite pajamas. But it doesn't actually work out that way for most people. Bronnie Ware is an internationally acclaimed speaker and author of the best selling memoir, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying. Published more than ten years ago, it's been translated into 32 languages and continues to attract new audiences. The book is really about her time as a carer for people at the end of their lives, which ended up changing her own life forever. And in our conversation, we discussed the various regrets of the dying and what they can teach us so that we can live better lives right now. We speak about the concepts of choice. Everything we do or don't do has a price, be it time or money. And our culture incentivizes what we can measure, salaries, possessions, status, social media likes and comments. But Bronnie urges us to realize the sacredness and value of our time. Is something a choice worth making if it means you have to sacrifice time with your loved ones? Is it worth pushing extra hard for that promotion that may bring you more money, but also more stress and more time away from home? You see, these are decisions that I think we all need to wrestle with from time to time if we are truly going to be living a contented and intentional life. We also talk about the real meaning of regret, what it means to be courageous, and how self compassion can help us see our mistakes as a natural part of life. And importantly, Bronnie outlines the qualities and habits she observed in those patients who reached the end of their lives with no regrets. What can we learn from these people? Death, of course, can be a topic that many people shy away from discussing, But Bronnie really is a quite wonderful soul who's able to talk about death in a relatable, powerful, and authentic way. Appreciating we're going to die is the first step to getting more out of life. This really …