[2] The film traces his background and career by means of flashbacks using photos and Super 8 footage from his family archive.

The film was made for the cinema and has a meditative narrative rhythm and poetic imagery: Yalom is shown cycling, at a family gathering, and cooking.

[4] Los Angeles Times film critic Michael Rechtshaffen has emphasized the film's meditative approach: (...) a fittingly meditative documentary portrait of psychotherapist-professor Irvin D. Yalom that offers a candid glimpse into the bestselling author's private life.

[5]In her article on the portal Cineuropa, Muriel del Don highlights the film's successful merger of the professional and private image of Yalom: (...) its power resides in its ability to make seemingly intimate and personal concerns universal.

Clearly Yalom is someone who practices what he preaches and a key element of this is that keeping engaged and busy – both physically and mentally – is vital to maintaining a healthy lifestyle through each phase of life.