Emotional healing dummies

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

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction.

Part I: Introducing Emotional Healing.

Chapter 1: Understanding Emotional Healing.

Chapter 2: Exploring the Physiology of Emotion.

Chapter 3: Tuning In to Your Emotions.

Part II: Emotions and Your Body.

Chapter 4: Unravelling Feelings and Food: What’s Eating You?

Chapter 5: Tackling Tiredness: Following Your Body Rhythms.

Chapter 6: Actively Engaging in Your Emotional Healing.

Part III: Emotional Healing for Real Life.

Chapter 7: Putting Your Emotions in Context.

Chapter 8: Facing Up to Emotional Challenges.

Chapter 9: Managing Relationships.

Chapter 10: Getting Through Tough Times.

Chapter 11: Coping with Life’s Transitions.

Part IV: The Emotional Healing Toolkit.

Chapter 12: Managing Feelings with Thinking Strategies.

Chapter 13: Finding Insight through Mindfulness.

Chapter 14: Using Day-to-Day Strategies for Emotional Healing.

Chapter 15: Living as an Emotionally Healed Person.

Part V: Taking Your Healing to New Levels.

Chapter 16: Planning Ahead: Handling Diffi cult Emotions in the Future.

Chapter 17: Inspiring Healing in Others.

Chapter 18: Helping Your Child Heal.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Heal Emotional Wounds.

Chapter 20: Ten Ways to Stay Positive.