Liberate Yourself! - A Guide to Personal Freedom
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Emotional Freedom
When I want to start a new endeavor, I buy a book. And when I need emotional support, you guessed it--I buy books. I've determined that I'm a sensitive person in an insensitive world and an extroverted introvert.
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But until I found Judith Orloff's book, I had never considered that I am also an intuitive; yes, I understood I possessed the gift of intuition, but not to the extent and with the understanding that Orloff offers. I purchased this book, along with many others, when I had to come to terms with something very difficult. I could either decide to deal with my emotional outlook, and live happily, or continue to stew in negative emotions. After reading Emotional Freedom, I understood that it was indeed possible to choose to be happy, and to achieve that goal using Orloff's tools and advice.
The book didn't make me happy; I had to make that decision myself. But it was affirmation for me that it was possible to approach this situation with a positive attitude and it equipped me with the methods to do so. You'll notice that I don't write a lot of reviews, although I purchase books from Amazon on almost a weekly basis.
This is definitely one of my most important and beneficial purchases, and I hope this review helps others find it just as impactful. I was discussing books a while back with a treasured member of my son's therapy team, and she had mentioned this as a book she was reading. Because this person shows an amazing level of patience and empathy when working with my son, and I like to read sometimes the books that others discuss with me because it gives me a certain type of window into their world, I purchased this for myself.
Overall, there were many things that I loved about this book, and I am very grateful that she was willing to share her readings with me, but there are a few things that I had rather strong feelings about. Before I get into those, I would like to give a caveat of sorts. If you are stone, cold analytical, driven solely by logic, and what Dr.
She also is a firm believer in fields of energy that surround living organisms and in the ability to sense and feel another person's emotions exactly as they are feeling them based on how I'm reading her book. Now, I love me my logic, but I'm rather spiritually inclined and I've experienced some things with my son, who has Autism among other things, that have me willing to accept her thoughts on some things as pertains to energy.
He can pick up on me getting internally worked up about something, even with me being completely quiet and driving the car in the front seat where he can't see me and he reacts rather dramatically to it. Literally within moments of my tension level going through the roof he's screaming his head off, pretty much every single time.
And before you ask, no, my tension usually isn't related to something on the road, sometimes I get tense as I'm thinking about problems, etc. So, it's not empirical by any stretch of the imagination, but I'm willing to give her thoughts on that some space in my mind because of that and some other experiences I've had in my life. But if you'd rather have an approach that doesn't involve any of those elements, this book may not be to your liking.
Next, I'd like to briefly touch a criticism I saw in some of the other reviews before I decided to purchase this, namely that Dr. Orloff relies too heavily on her own personal examples. You know, here's the thing. There are patient confidentiality laws she has to follow, and she can only share what her patients are comfortable with. Many people aren't so comfortable putting their own emotional struggles on the table for their friends and extended family members to look at, much less in a published book.
It takes a special kind of courage to be that vulnerable with things that others can use to ridicule, demean, or discount you with.
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Orloff shows that courage in sharing her own struggles. And really, if someone has never walked the path, sometimes it's harder to listen to what they have to say. So, when it comes to the things that I was concerned with, and these are the elements I took off a star for, I am going to list them in order of biggest to smallest.
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In one of the exercises on frustration, she encourages you to be deliberately rude to someone to notice how that makes your body feel afterward. I will be the first person to tell you, sometimes, I can be a little bit of a jerk usually because I'm a little too detail oriented and I can get hung up on things sometimes , and sometimes I can be grumpy, but I don't ever intentionally try to be and I'm never proud of it. And when it's with a real person, I do my best to make it right.
I just feel like most of us probably have enough memories of times we got a bit short with someone that we can draw on without actually making somebody's day harder. We don't really know what that person is going through, and I just worry that this kind of exercise can needlessly damage and harm another. So, if you buy this book, and I do think it's a solid choice, I'd encourage you to instead reflect on a prior experience and glean what you can from that instead. Orloff recommends telling people you know what they're feeling when they are going through something difficult. Just as people often have different perceptions of events, people have different emotional reactions to the same things.
I think it would be kind of like translating from one language into another, and you would still be flavoring it with your own experiences and frames of reference, which would change shades of meaning when it comes to how you're receiving that message. And for everyone else who's never sensed an emotion or an energy field coming off of another person, your way of processing something may have been very different, and there are people out there who will emotionally shut down on you if you tell them that you know exactly what they are feeling. I'm one of them.
My final difference in opinion that I wish to touch on is from a comment she made about an ex-boyfriend who she encouraged to pray differently, and he didn't want to. But I unequivocally respect the right of others to believe differently. Many people on religious and spiritual paths, whatever those paths are, have certain beliefs and practices that they hold sacred and dear to their hearts, and I think any attempt to help people should respect the boundaries of that and work with it where possible.
If somebody pushed me too hard to do something I felt was against my faith, I wouldn't feel like that person truly respected or accepted who I am.
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Many things can be adapted to an individual belief system. Often times, there's common ground, and when there's not, in my book, love is always the answer. Many of the things she recommends are standards in the field, and certainly some of it can be found elsewhere, but not everyone focuses so much on the benefits of transforming yourself to become a force for good in the world.
I think, despite the fact that I've spent a fair bit of time discussing my concerns so that they could be adequately understood, the positives definitely outweigh them and I don't have any problems recommending this book.
And perhaps also this book explains to me in some ways why the therapist who recommended it is such a beautiful person in every way that matters most. Orloff has certainly rescued me from complete destruction and I am forever grateful! Everyone you know can benefit from Dr. Orloff's book, "Emotional Freedom". Even if you think this book wouldn't apply to your life situation, I'm sure you know and care about someone who could benefit greatly. You see, this book could save their life.
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Orloff's soulful labor of love, "Emotional Freedom" literally saved my life. It is because of her journey, her compassion, love and courage that I am daring to take a small step of faith and live. Orloff's words are so engaging and helpful. Each section is full of practical steps that you can take right away. She patiently guides you through a path as she thoroughly and clearly explains emotions and the impact they have over our lives.
I was told that when I was a child I was afraid to step through the door to my kindergarten class. Every day a different child was assigned the task of grabbing my hand and pulling me through the doorway.