Story Behind The Book
I wrote “Emotional Health: The Secret for Freedom from Drama, Trauma, and Pain” over a period of fifteen years and based it on my life experiences and learning, as well as those of 15 other people. Our health, which includes the emotions, involves finding what works best for us from all the natural healing methods, as well as methods from conventional medicine. The joy of the journey rests on discovery of our own tailor-made program. I, like many of you,suppressed my emotions for most of my life. I took on the role of the invisible child in my alcoholic family and kept everything inside because I felt unsafe and afraid of my father’s violence. Through years of suffering low self-esteem, unrecognized low-grade depression, and unhappy codependent relationships, I gradually discovered my high degree of codependency and the inner child inside me sad, lonely, and buried in agonizing pain. Appearing unemotional on the outside and protected by layers of energetic armor to numb my feelings for most of my life, you may ask how I would be qualified to write and teach about healing the emotions. Challenged by doubt of my self-worth and continuously swinging back and forth between the two poles of the victim, anger or powerlessness, I emerged from a long journey of forty years learning how to recognize, feel, heal, and express my emotions in a healthy way.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Console';color:#060FBA;">Michael’s embodiment of what he teaches makes this book a best seller in my mind. It is obvious from his personal story he has done the work to become an expert in the field of holistic healing. As a psychotherapist I would recommend this book to those who would like a broader approach to healing and who are ready to do the inner work required.</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Console';"> Maryanne McKowen - Psychotherapist</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Console';color:#7131A1;">Through experience and encouragement, Michael provides techniques that allow readers the ability to take immediate action on the path to freedom. This is packed with relevant information that will quickly become an important reference book for many readers.</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Console';">Laurie Wondra - Global IT Applications Leader</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Console';"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Console';color:#060FBA;">Michael Lawrience shares many life experiences in this book, including his own. Through various mind-body-spirit techniques, he and others overcame their life challenges and found peace, love and acceptance. No one else can do the work for us, but these inspiring people provide footprints for us to follow. Told in a readable style, we find ourselves within others experiences.</span><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Lucida Console';">Monica Hagen - Editor</span></p>