How to Heal Yourself When No One Else Can

358 Pages·2016·1.87 MB·English

by  Amy Scher

About the Author

© Craig Vershaw
Amy B. Scher is a leading voice in the field of mind-body-spirit healing. As an
energy therapist, Scher uses energy therapy techniques to help those
experiencing illness and those in need of emotional healing. She has been
featured on healthcare blogs, CNN, Curve magazine, Elephant Journal , and the
San Francisco Book Review . Scher was also named one of The Advocate ’s “40
Under 40” for 2013. She lives in California and can be found online at
AmyBScher.com.
Llewellyn Publications
Woodbury, Minnesota
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How to Heal Yourself When No One Else Can: A Total Self-Healing
Approach for Mind, Body, and Spirit © 2016 by Amy B. Scher.
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Interior illustrations: Mary Ann Zapalac, except the Healing Tree on
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Scher,
Amy B.
Title: How to heal yourself when no one else can : a total self-healing
approach for mind, body, and spirit / by Amy B. Scher.
Description: Woodbury, Minnesota : Llewellyn Worldwide, [2016] |
Includes bibliographical references and index. | Description based on
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Identifiers: LCCN 2015043634 (print) | LCCN 2015039069 (ebook) |
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9780738747286 () | ISBN 9780738745541
Subjects: LCSH: Energy medicine. | Mind and body therapies. |
Healing. |
Self-care, Health.
Classification: LCC RZ421 (print) | LCC RZ421 .S34 2016 (ebook) |
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For my clients, who are the bravest bunch I know.
These words are all for you.
Acknowledgments
To Charlotte Phillips, my wife, my best friend, and my person. You are the
biggest, most incredible surprise of my life, and proof that the universe knows
exactly what it’s doing. Thank you for always being the “wind at my back” and
never “the spit in my face.” You graciously love me through all my moments
and there isn’t anyone I’d rather love back. You and me against the world, baby.
Thank you from the bottom of my overflowing heart to my family: the Fockers
(on both coasts and in the UK). There are no words that accurately describe our
clan, our crazy, our love. Your support and entertainment are something I don’t
know how I got lucky enough to have. You are a tribe that I never want to be
unglued from.
To my MB (mama bear), Ellen Scher: Thank you for editing until your eyes
boycotted, and then editing even more. But mostly, thank you for your
unconditional everything. Our late-night phone calls in hysterics over some very
questionable typos made for moments that exist only in a whirlwind of mother-
daughter love. You are my hero.
There is no adequate way to thank Steve Harris, my literary agent, my friend,
and half of the coveted Team 22. I remember emailing you once to ask if you’d
still be my agent even if our project didn’t sell. I didn’t have to wait five minutes
for your reply: “You are my author ’til death do us part (or until you don’t want
me no more).” I waited for you almost my enti re life and you did not disappoint.
Thank you for being all I ever dreamed of in an agent. Thank you for being
honest when my writing was “too boring” to show editors. Ha! You were right.
You’re always right. And thank you for also being one hell of a cool lunch date.
I offer my deepest gratitude to the team at Llewellyn, particularly Angela Wix,
my editor, who saw something special in me among a very crowded world of
authors. I can’t thank you enough for your kindness and patience and for helping
me to get to the freakin’ point just a little bit faster. Where were you my whole
life? You are simply, literally, the best. And to Andrea Neff, a massive thanks to
you for your exquisite talent, focus, brilliant insight, and attention to detail. You
helped me to make this book even better than I imagined.
Immense gratitude to the following individuals who, because of their
contributions, made this book possible. Melissa Gentzle: you’ve always believed
in me more than I do, and it never goes unnoticed. You are a cheerleader like no
other, and you’re gonna be an amazing mama for it. Julia Montijo: who edited
sample chapters into the wee hours even though you had your own “big girl job”