The book has some gems but title is misleading and so is the preview

Nowadays, thanks to the humbleness and intelligence of those in the psychotherapy and psycho somatic therapy professions; there is a growing knowledge base and consensus on the benefits of feeling emotions. Some of the effects are quantifiable and there is lots of mutually supporting evidence to prove the current theories.

Looking at the content on the cover of this book, the illustration, and also listening to the preview; led me to believe that this book is about the health benefits of feeling emotions and processing them in a healthy ways, rather than processing them and unhealthy way or a pressing them. But after I purchased the book, I came to realise that the content of this book is narrowminded, subjective, biased and very religious. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with following a religion, or having religious beliefs. But if you’re going to write a book about something psychological, psycho somatic, or biological, and explain everything that you want to believe, as though it’s fact, is just an opinionated fantasy.

The book wasn’t all bad, there was some good parts that reinforced my own practice in feeling emotions. I just had to skip through the rants about ‘facts’ that are only her own very personal beliefs. There are thousands of religions, and the views of this book are shaped by the boundaries of one particular religion. And not only that, it is also narrowed down to her own personal perspective. So it’s not even a consensus within that particular religious community, just her own ideas and ideals.

There’s nothing wrong with having beliefs and opinions, but they should be expressed as ones own perspective, not as though it is a fact. Instead of ‘this is because God…’ could be replaced with ‘I like to believe that this is because God..’, ‘I think this might be because’, ‘I think maybe God created us to..’.

This book might be a good resource for those to have the same religious beliefs as Elizabeth. I think religious symbols on the cover would be appropriate. As well as some text on the cover defining what religion this book is in relation to. And also make it clear in the preview that this book has a lot of views, stated as fact, specific to a particular religion. I wonder if the book was not made in this way, to sell more copies, or to attract more people who don’t follow this particular religion, to be converted. Or maybe it was just overlooked.

In my opinion, there is a global need for people to become more in touch with their emotions, feelings and sensations. I feel like there is a global pandemic of mental health issues, including a real disconnection from our visceral experience. And books can be a resource to bring us into the moment, aware of our feelings and sensations in our body. To learn how to move from a place of metal aversion and constant distractions, and back into our somatic experience. And by leaving out religious beliefs, and personal beliefs, content created to help those heal, can hopefully reach across more people. People from atheist, agnostic, and religious communities.

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