Alan Naylor-Smith, diagnosed with Parkinson’s, examines his fear of dying without belief in an afterlife. He separates fear of the process from fear of non-being, and finds acceptance in having lived and been in relationship.
Psychotherapist Alan Naylor-Smith uses Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina and Winnicott’s true and false selves to question the emphasis on sinfulness. He argues the ‘bad’ self is a hurt child needing understanding, not condemnation.
