Deeply Human: The Science and Soul of Emotional Healing: How to Understand and Connect with Your Emotions

by Dr James P. Manning, Thodoris Laourde (Illustrator), Emily Chapman (Illustrator)

"This book is most valuable to those suffering from holding in negative emotions or who are unable to feel at all, but it’s a worthy read for anyone who wants a better relationship with friends, family, colleagues, or even themselves," BlueInk (Starred Review).

In short, multi-award-winning Deeply Human is a book for people who have persevered through stress, silence, shame, and the pain of feeling misunderstood.

Maybe you’ve had to be the strong one. A person who listens more than they speak. Someone who has done so much to help others while ignoring your own needs.

Perhaps you’ve done this for years while, all along, something inside you has been waiting desperately to be heard. Perhaps it has been asking, ‘When is it my turn?’

This isn’t just another self-help book; it’s an invitation to connect with even the most difficult-to-reach emotions and begin helping them make sense.

Through powerful stories of therapy clients, you’ll discover what it means to reconnect with your feelings after years of emotional disconnection or emotional overload. Anxiety, numbness, and shame aren’t flaws — they can be survival strategies. This book helps you listen to what your body and nervous system may have been trying to tell you for years.
Blending neuroscience, trauma-informed insight, and compassionate storytelling, Deeply Human offers more than knowledge — it offers companionship. It will meet you in your inner world and help give your body a voice.

Deeply Human was written for you

You often feel ‘too much’ or ‘not enough.’

You struggle to name your emotions or trust them.

You’ve always helped others but have felt unable to help yourself.

You’re ready to feel more connected — but you’re unsure how to begin.

Through practical tools and body-based emotional exercises, you’ll learn not just how to manage emotions, but how to build a relationship with them. A relationship based on trust, not fear.

Someone who has been where you are wrote this book. Someone who has walked a similar path, not just as a therapist, but as a fellow human. Someone who has learned that healing doesn’t come from pushing feelings away, but from learning how to listen.

Come as you are. It’s your time now.

Read Deeply Human to begin the most important relationship of your life — the one with yourself.

Awards

Deeply The Science and Soul of Emotional Healing by Dr James P. Manning has received the following

CIBA Mind & Spirit Book Awards — Grand Prize Winner, 2025
CIBA Mind & Spirit Book Awards — First Place Winner, 2025
North American Book Awards — Gold Medal, Health/Wellness, 2025
Best Indie Book Award — BIBA® — Self-Help Winner, 2025
Page Turner Awards — Book Award Genre Winner, Non-Fiction, 2025
Page Turner Awards — Book Cover Winner, Non-Fiction, 2025
Literary Global Book Awards — Winner, Psychology and Mental Illness, 2025
Literary Global Book Awards — Winner, Parenting & Self Help, 2025
Maincrest Media Book Award — Winner, Self-Help, 2025

Genres: Self Help, Amazon

408 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 7, 2025

Reviews

[PAMpublish · Rating 5 out of 5]

All encompassing book on the many facets of emotional well-being. Beginning with a few patients, the author begins with their back stories to draw the reader in. Where after, treatment begins related to overcoming past difficulties from childhood emotions to dealing with grief, depicting the pathway towards healing. It then defines many of the treatments used and the many emotions involved. A very thorough book related to the overall psyche that can be used to diagnose various psychological disturbances accompanied by physical issues exploring various interventions to overcome it. A very worthwhile and interesting read for those who enjoy this genre.

[Bobbie N · Rating 3 out of 5]

Through the stories of three "composite" therapy clients, Manning shows different ways of connecting with your physical and emotional feelings and actons that have become survival strategies, and giving those parts of you the love and attention they've been needing for years.

Very readable.
Not IFS therapy, but many of the practices are the same.
Will hopefully lead more people to seek out therapy in order to heal their inner children and become happier and better able to cope with difficulties as a result.

[gj indieBRAG · Rating 5 out of 5]

We proudly announce that DEEPLY HUMAN: The Science and Soul of Emotional Healing by Dr. James P. Manning has been honored with the B.R.A.G. Medallion (Book Readers’ Appreciation Group). It now joins the very select award-winning, reader-recommended books at indieBRAG. This award is a testament to this book's quality and its impact on readers.

[Sandra Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Deeply Human is a compassionate and emotionally insightful exploration of healing, self understanding, and emotional connection.

Dr. James P. Manning blends neuroscience, trauma informed guidance, and heartfelt storytelling in a way that feels deeply validating and human.
A powerful read for anyone seeking emotional clarity, healing, and a stronger relationship with themselves.

[Fred Fanning · Rating 5 out of 5]

Deeply Human is an outstanding book. I really liked the way the information was presented. The stories from real patients were beneficial. I also liked the videos.

[Harriet · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very impressed with this book. Read it in it's entirety and will go back and read it again as a study guide. Excellent resource section. Well written.