David Beales & Helen Whitten 
Emotional Healing For 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

Table of Content

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.

Chapter 21: Ten Activities for Emotional Healing.

Appendix: Useful Contacts and Resources.

Index.

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.