Review of The Emotional Alchemy of Healing
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Review of The Emotional Alchemy of Healing
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Emotional Alchemy of Healing" by Rachel Marie Rabatin.]
I can’t tell you how many self-help books I’ve read as I’ve gone through different losses in my life, but The Emotional Alchemy of Healing is one that I would have found very helpful back then. The author uses their own journey to cover a multitude of options for healing yourself.
These options include both the physical and the mental, something I haven’t found in other books. Rather than focus on one approach, the author invites the reader to find what works for them. The overall goal of the book is to help the reader heal emotionally and find peace in their life.
The grief and pain can come from different sources, but they all boil down to loss. Loss of a loved one, loss of a relationship, loss of something that was important in one’s life. The book addresses these grief-stricken events in a way that shows the similarities and recognizes the differences in our response to them. These differences can manifest themselves through memories that overwhelm us emotionally when we least expect it, when we thought we had already moved past the pain.
The author looks at different ways to care for oneself, from massage and ketamine therapy to journaling and self-reflection. I liked how the author shared what they found helpful in their journey to healing. Checklists provide useful guidance to the reader in implementing some of the strategies.
A bibliography is included that might guide the reader into deeper examination on individual subjects, should they so desire.
The book looks professionally edited; I found no errors. One change I would suggest involves formatting. When the reader encounters a tip or trick section, the text is suddenly centered, jarring the reader with its ragged look. In addition, in two instances out of seven of these sections, the text is not centered. However, the tips without the centering look better.
The other suggestion involves language. Since the author is sharing their own experience, I understand the language helps the reader get to know the author, to some degree. The use of the f word, however, feels unprofessional to me. I realize the author wants to impart some emotion, but it doesn’t fit with the overall tone of the book. It only occurs twice, not including a quote from a celebrity, but it still feels unnecessary.
The formatting issue did not affect my rating, and because the profanity only occurred twice from the author’s voice, it also did not affect my rating. This comprehensive view of strategies to heal and transform oneself would be a good reference for anyone in need of overcoming grief and loss. Its structure lends itself to frequent consultation to review the steps that resonate with the reader. I give this a rating of 5 out of 5 stars.
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The Emotional Alchemy of Healing
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I can’t tell you how many self-help books I’ve read as I’ve gone through different losses in my life, but The Emotional Alchemy of Healing is one that I would have found very helpful back then. The author uses their own journey to cover a multitude of options for healing yourself.
These options include both the physical and the mental, something I haven’t found in other books. Rather than focus on one approach, the author invites the reader to find what works for them. The overall goal of the book is to help the reader heal emotionally and find peace in their life.
The grief and pain can come from different sources, but they all boil down to loss. Loss of a loved one, loss of a relationship, loss of something that was important in one’s life. The book addresses these grief-stricken events in a way that shows the similarities and recognizes the differences in our response to them. These differences can manifest themselves through memories that overwhelm us emotionally when we least expect it, when we thought we had already moved past the pain.
The author looks at different ways to care for oneself, from massage and ketamine therapy to journaling and self-reflection. I liked how the author shared what they found helpful in their journey to healing. Checklists provide useful guidance to the reader in implementing some of the strategies.
A bibliography is included that might guide the reader into deeper examination on individual subjects, should they so desire.
The book looks professionally edited; I found no errors. One change I would suggest involves formatting. When the reader encounters a tip or trick section, the text is suddenly centered, jarring the reader with its ragged look. In addition, in two instances out of seven of these sections, the text is not centered. However, the tips without the centering look better.
The other suggestion involves language. Since the author is sharing their own experience, I understand the language helps the reader get to know the author, to some degree. The use of the f word, however, feels unprofessional to me. I realize the author wants to impart some emotion, but it doesn’t fit with the overall tone of the book. It only occurs twice, not including a quote from a celebrity, but it still feels unnecessary.
The formatting issue did not affect my rating, and because the profanity only occurred twice from the author’s voice, it also did not affect my rating. This comprehensive view of strategies to heal and transform oneself would be a good reference for anyone in need of overcoming grief and loss. Its structure lends itself to frequent consultation to review the steps that resonate with the reader. I give this a rating of 5 out of 5 stars.
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The Emotional Alchemy of Healing
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