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Feel, Heal, and Let That Sh*t Go: Your Guide to Emotional Resilience and Lasting Self-Love
A psychotherapist and hit podcaster brings empathy and humor to her first book, a radical reimagining of the self-help genre that teaches readers how to “process their emotional sh*t,” let it go, and enjoy the life they’re living
After suffering through her own cycle of tragedy, suppressed emotion, professional study, therapy, and eventual breakthrough, Rachel Kaplan knows from experience that many of us avoid actually feeling our feelings. Instead, we store them in a kind of emotional constipation, chasing distraction, addiction, consumption, and other forms of suppression. The only way to heal from traumatic experiences and difficult feelings, to live healthier and happier lives, is to move the emotions through our bodies — to let that sh*t go.
Feel Your Feelings is a revolutionary and irreverent approach to personal transformation and self-care that teaches readers precisely how to (and why they should) feel emotions to move them through the body as nature intended. Kaplan calls this modality “emotional potty training,” and the revolutionary community she’s nurturing, the Feelings Movement. Her approach helps readers heal themselves deep down, eliminate doubt about their own self-worth and value, and importantly, enjoy the journey.
To accomplish this, Kaplan guides readers
• reconnect and reintegrate with their younger selves who suppressed emotion because they needed connection and approval from parents in order to survive
• access the inner pain resulting from the experience of feeling unlovable and other traumas that were not emotionally processed at the time
• engage in self-care practices and step-by-step physical and mental exercises to work through and release these pent-up feelings
Restoring the ability to process emotion is the only effective means for reducing our backlog of emotional pain, establishing a baseline of well-being and self-trust, and overcoming the debilitating effects of core wounds, chronic stress, depression, and misery. By letting that sh*t go, readers can enjoy the life they’re living and know their worth, no matter what.
After suffering through her own cycle of tragedy, suppressed emotion, professional study, therapy, and eventual breakthrough, Rachel Kaplan knows from experience that many of us avoid actually feeling our feelings. Instead, we store them in a kind of emotional constipation, chasing distraction, addiction, consumption, and other forms of suppression. The only way to heal from traumatic experiences and difficult feelings, to live healthier and happier lives, is to move the emotions through our bodies — to let that sh*t go.
Feel Your Feelings is a revolutionary and irreverent approach to personal transformation and self-care that teaches readers precisely how to (and why they should) feel emotions to move them through the body as nature intended. Kaplan calls this modality “emotional potty training,” and the revolutionary community she’s nurturing, the Feelings Movement. Her approach helps readers heal themselves deep down, eliminate doubt about their own self-worth and value, and importantly, enjoy the journey.
To accomplish this, Kaplan guides readers
• reconnect and reintegrate with their younger selves who suppressed emotion because they needed connection and approval from parents in order to survive
• access the inner pain resulting from the experience of feeling unlovable and other traumas that were not emotionally processed at the time
• engage in self-care practices and step-by-step physical and mental exercises to work through and release these pent-up feelings
Restoring the ability to process emotion is the only effective means for reducing our backlog of emotional pain, establishing a baseline of well-being and self-trust, and overcoming the debilitating effects of core wounds, chronic stress, depression, and misery. By letting that sh*t go, readers can enjoy the life they’re living and know their worth, no matter what.
248 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 15, 2024
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January 29, 2025
I enjoyed this book and it has a lot of good approaches to releasing emotions. I have often heard of releasing anger by punching a pillow or screaming, but this never appealed to me. My approach is to stay calm and not get too riled up
I think this book is good for people who need help identifying their emotions and releasing them... Which is most people. However, I've been doing shadow withy for 15 years and so I don't feel this information is useful for someone like me.
I think this book is good for people who need help identifying their emotions and releasing them... Which is most people. However, I've been doing shadow withy for 15 years and so I don't feel this information is useful for someone like me.
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