How good relationships make us strong | The new book by the well-known emergency doctor and Spiegel bestseller author
One that gives courage: Germany’s best-known emergency doctor on the importance of listening and the importance of trusting relationships
With her hands-on manner, she enchanted the whole country in the refugee summer of 2015 and during the pandemic. Her patients have long known what they have in Lisa Federle: a doctor who looks, asks questions, and has accompanied their fates and life dreams for many years.
In her new book, Lisa Federle talks about the problems she faces every day. These include loneliness, dementia, anxiety, depression, not to mention the psychosomatic consequences of personal crises. But love relationships are also often the cause of health crises – and those affected are very ashamed to talk about them. All too often, the issues at stake are not just personal fates but also social issues.
Lisa Federle tells the story of a woman who, for 30 years as a married man’s shadow woman, seems to find fulfillment and makes great concessions. But the constant hope, loneliness, and many lies one day come to a painful end. Here, as in many other stories in this book, it becomes clear how much social conventions can burden a life and yet those affected can still find a way to personal happiness.
An emotional plea for more attentiveness. Using her own turbulent professional and life experiences, Lisa Federle shows what considerate coexistence could look like.
»People like her are the glue in our society – and not just in times of crisis.« Federal President’s Office
