Book description
At some point in their lives, most people will have thought:
- “He should never have said that”
- “How could she treat me this way?”
- “I feel guilty when I remember what I said to him”
- “I'm so angry I can't bear it”
Usually, we don't feel that we can discuss these hurtful emotions,
such as guilt, anger or jealousy, with our friends and families, let
alone go to a GP for advice on dealing with them. We're a nation that
bottles things up, dismissing anger, frustration, hatred and guilt as
largely insignificant to our minds and bodies. But powerful emotions
like these do affect us in a long-term way, not only mentally but also
physically, and it's important to know how to get them under control
before our health really suffers.
This easy-to-follow, plain-English guide shows you why and how
emotions can leave a physical scar, and talks about various life
factors and influences that can lead to emotional stress. It will help
you heal your emotional traumas with a toolkit of strategies, and
allows you to take care of your health with a practical, hands-on approach.
Emotional Healing For Dummies covers:
PART 1: INTRODUCING EMOTIONAL HEALING
Chapter 1:
Understanding Emotional Healing
Chapter 2: Exploring the
Physiology of Emotion
Chapter 3: Tuning into Emotions
PART 2: EMOTIONS AND YOUR BODY
Chapter 4: You are What you
Eat
Chapter 5: Body Rhythms
Chapter 6: Physical Strategies
for Emotional Healing
PART 3: EMOTIONAL HEALING FOR REAL LIFE
Chapter 7: Mapping
the Emotional Environment
Chapter 8: Facing up to Emotional
Challenges
Chapter 9: Managing Relationships
Chapter 10:
Strategies for Getting through Tough Times
Chapter 11: Life's Transitions
PART 4: THE EMOTIONAL HEALING TOOLKIT
Chapter 12: Thinking
Strategies for Emotional Healing
Chapter 13: Mindfulness
Practices to Rebalance
Chapter 14: Lifestyle Strategies for
Emotional Healing
Chapter 15: Becoming the Emotionally Healed Person
PART 5: TAKING YOUR HEALING TO ANOTHER LEVEL
Chapter 16:
Planning to Manage Emotions in the Future
Chapter 17: Inspiring
Healing in Others
Chapter 18: Helping your Child to Heal
PART 6: THE PART OF TENS
Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Heal
Emotional Wounds
Chapter 20 Ten Ways to Stay
Positive
Chapter 21: Ten Exercises for Emotional Healing
Dr David Beales is a Fellow of the Royal College
of Physicians. He uses methods described in this book to create
mind-body toolkits to help individual clients restore their wellbeing,
health and vitality.
Helen Whitten is an accredited coach and mediator specialising
in cognitive behavioural coaching and neuro-linguistic programming.
She is Managing Director of Positiveworks, a coaching consultancy that
helps people make the best of their lives.
