Table Of Contentspine=19.975mm
Self-improvement
Face your emotions head on and Making Everything Easier!™
take control of your life
E
Open the book and find:
How many times have you said ‘I’m fine!’, when really
ydoaum’raeg ninogt? y Booutrt lpinhgy suicpa el ampopteioanrasn ccaen a wneda irn oteurtn yaol uorr gbaondsy , (cid:127) Ws yasytesm to a bgoaoinsst ty soturer sbso adnyd’s f iamtimguuene mo Emotional Healing
as well as limiting the way you think and communicate.
(cid:127) Tips on enhancing your emotional
This expert toolkit contains all the strategies you need to t
intelligence
i
recognise and resolve harmful emotional states, leaving
o
(cid:127) Pointers on forging meaningful
you physically and mentally ready to face present and
relationships n
future challenges with confidence.
(cid:127) Guidance on identifying support a
(cid:127) Discover the basics — explore the physiology of emotions and networks
how emotional trauma can result in lasting physical symptoms l
(cid:127) Advice on letting go of past grief,
H
(cid:127) Tune into your body — revamp your diet, exercise, breathing and anger and rejection
sleep patterns to help create inner calm
e
(cid:127) How to improve your work-life
(cid:127) Put your feelings into context — map out your emotional history, balance a
resolve lingering issues and learn to focus on the positive
(cid:127) Ways to rebalance your emotional l
(cid:127) Heal yourself — practise mindfulness, motivate yourself to chemistry i
n
change and free your creative spirit
(cid:127) T he lowdown on the healing
g
(cid:127) Look ahead — identify long-term challenges and plan ways to power of laughter
help yourself and others deal with difficult emotions
Learn to:
‘Emotional experiences, like it or not, always form emotional scars . . . (cid:127) Understand where negative emotions
but this book goes a long way to making them a lot less painful. Full Go to Dummies.com® come from
of kindness, compassion, good sense, facts and intelligent strategies, for videos, step-by-step examples,
this truly helpful guide leaves most self-help books far behind. ’ how-to articles, or to shop! (cid:127) R ecognise how your emotions affect you
mentally and physically
– Virginia Ironside, Agony Aunt at The Independent
(cid:127) Heal yourself with thinking, lifestyle
and behavioural strategies
£15.99 UK / $26.99 US / $31.99 CN
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 ISBN 978-0-470-74764-3 Dr David Beales
individual clients restore their wellbeing, health and vitality. Helen Whitten
Specialist in mind-body medicine
is an accredited coach and mediator specialising in cognitive behavioural
Helen Whitten
coaching and neuro-linguistic programming. She is Managing Director of
Positiveworks, a coaching consultancy that helps people make the best Beales Author of Cognitive Behavioural Coaching
of their lives. Whitten Techniques For Dummies
spine=19.975mm
Get More and Do More at Dummies.com
®
Start with FREE Cheat Sheets
Cheat Sheets include
(cid:127) Checklists
(cid:127) Charts
(cid:127) Common Instructions
(cid:127) And Other Good Stuff!
To access the Cheat Sheet created specifically for this book, go to
www.dummies.com/cheatsheet/emotionalhealinguk
Get Smart at Dummies.com
Dummies.com makes your life easier with thousands
of answers on everything from removing wallpaper
to using the latest version of Windows.
Check out our
(cid:127) Videos
(cid:127) Illustrated Articles
(cid:127) Step-by-Step Instructions
Want a weekly dose of Dummies? Sign up for Newsletters on
(cid:127) Digital Photography
(cid:127) Microsoft Windows & Office
(cid:127) Personal Finance & Investing
(cid:127) Health & Wellness
(cid:127) Computing, iPods & Mobile Phones
(cid:127) eBay
(cid:127) Internet
(cid:127) Food, Home & Garden
Find out “HOW” at Dummies.com
Emotional
Healing
FOR
DUMmIES
‰
Emotional
Healing
FOR
DUMmIES
‰
by Dr David Beales and Helen Whitten
A John Wiley and Sons, Ltd, Publication
0011__774477664433--ffffiirrss..iinndddd iiiiii 1111//99//0099 99::3355 AAMM
Emotional Healing For Dummies®
Published by
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
The Atrium
Southern Gate
Chichester
West Sussex
PO19 8SQ
England
E-mail (for orders and customer service enquires): [email protected]
Visit our Home Page on www.wiley.com
Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, West Sussex, England
Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, West Sussex
All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmit-
ted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise,
except under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence
issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS, UK,
without the permission in writing of the Publisher. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be
addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester,
West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, England, or emailed to [email protected], or faxed to (44) 1243 770620.
Trademarks: Wiley, the Wiley Publishing logo, For Dummies, the Dummies Man logo, A Reference for the
Rest of Us!, The Dummies Way, Dummies Daily, The Fun and Easy Way, Dummies.com and related trade
dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and/or its affi liates in the United
States and other countries, and may not be used without written permission. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners. Wiley Publishing, Inc., is not associated with any product or vendor
mentioned in this book.
LIMIT OF LIABILITY/DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY: THE CONTENTS OF THIS WORK ARE INTENDED
TO FURTHER GENERAL SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, UNDERSTANDING, AND DISCUSSION ONLY AND ARE
NOT INTENDED AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON AS RECOMMENDING OR PROMOTING A SPE-
CIFIC METHOD, DIAGNOSIS, OR TREATMENT BY PHYSICIANS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PATIENT. THE
PUBLISHE, THE AUTHOR, AND ANYONE ELSE INVOLVED IN PREPARING THIS WORK MAKE NO REP-
RESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE
CONTENTS OF THIS WORK AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT
LIMITATION ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN VIEW OF
ONGOING RESEARCH, EQUIPMENT MODIFICATIONS, CHANGES IN GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS,
AND THE CONSTANT FLOW OF INFORMATION RELATING TO THE USE OF MEDICINES, EQUIPMENT,
AND DEVICES, THE READER IS URGED TO REVIEW AND EVALUATE THE INFORMATION PROVIDED
IN THE PACKAGE INSERT OR INSTRUCTIONS FOR EACH MEDICINE, EQUIPMENT, OR DEVICE FOR,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, ANY CHANGES IN THE INSTRUCTIONS OR INDICATION OF USAGE AND FOR
ADDED WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS. READERS SHOULD CONSULT WITH A SPECIALIST WHERE
APPROPRIATE. THE FACT THAT AN ORGANIZATION OR WEBSITE IS REFERRED TO IN THIS WORK AS
A CITATION AND/OR A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF FURTHER INFORMATION DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE
AUTHOR OR THE PUBLISHER ENDORSES THE INFORMATION THE ORGANIZATION OR WEBSITE MAY
PROVIDE OR RECOMMENDATIONS IT MAY MAKE. FURTHER, READERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT
INTERNET WEBSITES LISTED IN THIS WORK MAY HAVE CHANGED OR DISAPPEARED BETWEEN
WHEN THIS WORK WAS WRITTEN AND WHEN IT IS READ. NO WARRANTY MAY BE CREATED OR
EXTENDED BY ANY PROMOTIONAL STATEMENTS FOR THIS WORK. NEITHER THE PUBLISHER NOR
THE AUTHOR SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES ARISING HEREFROM.
For general information on our other products and services, please contact our Customer Care
Department within the U.S. at 877-762-2974, outside the U.S. at 317-572-3993, or fax 317-572-4002.
For technical support, please visit www.wiley.com/techsupport.
Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may
not be available in electronic books.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data: A catalogue record for this book is available from the
British Library
ISBN: 978-0-470-74764-3
Printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ International, Padstow, Cornwall
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
About the Authors
Dr David Beales, FRCP MRCGP DCH Dip Psych, is a faculty member of the
Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of General Practitioners and the
Royal Society of Medicine. He was formerly Chief Medical Offi cer of the
Bristol Cancer Help Centre and has more than 30 years’ experience in the
fi eld of medicine. David lectures, conducts workshops and has an individual
practice.
David works within the speciality of mind-body medicine and aims to help
clients understand and relieve the impact of sustained stress. When this gets
locked into body-mind an over-revved state is created where signals of dis-
tress need to be interpreted and relieved. Symptoms may range from anxiety
and depression to functional syndromes like irritable bowel, fi bromyalgia and
chronic pain. These disturbances of inner balance can be resolved by creat-
ing the mind-body tool kit that allows the recovery of health and well being.
David’s aim in this book is to distil the fruits of his experience, culled from
many disciplines.
Helen Whitten is a personal and executive coach, accredited by the
Association for Coaching. She is founder and Managing Director of
Positiveworks Ltd and is also a practising facilitator, mediator, trainer
and writer. She is trained in cognitive-behavioural psychology and neuro-
linguistic programming, and applies cognitive-behavioural coaching models
to personal and professional development, enabling individuals to develop
confi dence, break through old patterns of behaviour and achieve greater
potential in their lives and their careers.
Helen is the author of Cognitive-Behavioural Coaching Techniques For
Dummies, is a member of the Association for Coaching, the International
Stress Management Association and the CIPD and is a CEDR Accredited
Mediator. She has a degree in history and a postgraduate in personnel
management.
Helen’s career began in publishing and historical research. In mid-life she
decided to pursue her interest in people and psychology, went to university
as a mature student and changed career. This transition required her to face
many of her own fears, healing personal issues so as to develop the self-
knowledge required to work with others. Helen believes that people have the
potential to enhance every aspect of their life, relationships and happiness
when given the right support, encouragement, tools and techniques.
Author’s Acknowledgements
We would like to say a special thank you to our clients and all those who
have shared their stories with us. We have been inspired and honoured to
have worked with some wonderful and courageous people who have shared
their personal experiences and challenges with us and found the resilience to
move towards healing.
We would like to thank our sons, families, friends and colleagues who have
put us through our paces over the years and no doubt taught us some of the
lessons we needed to learn! We recognise that there are plenty more lessons
to come.
Thanks also to Steve Edwards and the team at John Wiley, for their editorial
comments, encouragement and support in bringing this book to publication.
And to Anna Rawlinson for her technical expertise.
Are you ready to take a whole new look at emotions? This
book tackles them from every angle – mind, body and spirit –
explaining why they are an essential part of human nature, and
how to live in lively harmony with a full spectrum of emotions. I
don’t believe there is anyone who couldn’t learn something from
this comprehensive little book.
- David Peters, Professor of Integrated Healthcare
at the University of Westminster
This book will show you how to re-channel all the energy you
unknowingly used to cause yourself pain and suffering into
healing yourself. By simply becoming aware of the power
of breathing to influence all aspects of physical, mental and
emotional health you can awaken to a new life experience which
will be yours to nurture and enjoy. I have pulled myself out of a
30-year self-destructive pattern by applying the principles covered
in this book and cannot praise its authors highly enough.
- Diana Bellinger, Client of David Beales
Publisher’s Acknowledgements
We’re proud of this book; please send us your comments through our Dummies online registration
form located at www.dummies.com/register/.
Some of the people who helped bring this book to market include the following:
Commissioning, Editorial, Composition Services
and Media Development
Project Coordinator: Lynsey Stanford
Project Editor: Steve Edwards
Layout and Graphics: Joyce Haughey
Content Editor: Jo Theedom
Proofreader: Jessica Kramer
Commissioning Editor: Wejdan Ismail
Indexer: Ty Koontz
Assistant Editor: Jennifer Prytherch
Special Help
Development Editor: Brian Kramer
Brand Reviewer: Jennifer Bingham
Copy Editor: Andy Finch
Technical Editor: Anna Rawlinson
Proofreader: David Price
Production Manager: Daniel Mersey
Cover Photos: © Image Source Pink/Alamy
Cartoons: Ed McLachlan
