Leah Guy - Overcoming Toxic Emotions

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Print ISBN: 978-1-5107-6320-3

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-5107-6321-0

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Leah Guy writes from experience. She has been through the fire, and transformed that experience into lights of truth. Read her, experience her, and be illumined by all she has to share.

Michael Fitzpatrick, recipient of The Prince Charles Award for Musical Excellence conferred by HRH the Prince of Wales

Leah is a gifted writer, healer, and teacher. This book is next level for anyone who wants to grow in their personal and spiritual life. Its a book we all need right now to elevate the consciousness and vibration of ourselves and the world. Leah is a trusted resource and I applaud her journey.

Suleman Shah, owner of Namaste Bookshop

I want the reader to know that this is one of the most remarkable books Ive read in years on self-help and awakening. My personal library contains over eight thousand books, and I spent over eight years in my early career sharing an office with a fabulous clinical psychologist, Dr. Harold Hansen. I can tell you that Leah Guys book is one of the finest, offering substantial and meaningful self-help and guidance. She carries us through in brilliantly written pages as to how we can change our energy, and relate more effectively with others. I was impressed when she communicated a value that has rarely been messaged today... and that is, walking in someone elses shoes.

The Amazing Kreskin, world-renowned mentalist

Overcoming Toxic Emotions is a must-read for anyone wanting to have healthier and happier relationships. The three-step method Leah provides is a powerful tool that can be applied to any aspect of your life. Once you master this simple and practical method, you realize healing and transformation are possible. Take yourself on this exciting journey!

Christy Whitman, New York Times bestselling author of The Art of Having It All

In Overcoming Toxic Emotions, author Leah Guy takes a deep dive into what toxic emotions are, and how they hold us back from experiencing joy and fulfillment. She provides a clear and well-articulated road map to freedom from these emotions, and to a more satisfying, self-directed life. This book can help many.

Chris Kilham, medicine hunter

Leah Guy is an authentic mind/body/spirit healer par excellence. With a wide-open heart she leads people, teaches people, heals people, and learns from people. Leahs list of followers continues to grow daily as people hear of her work. I am one of them.

Cynthia D. Chase, author of From Stressed to Blessed

Emotions are contagious, for better or worse. When we are in the grip of toxic emotions, we suffer, and we usually spread suffering. What if you could learn to free yourself from these negative patterns so you could enjoy more happiness and enrich all your relationships? In this compelling work, Leah Guy shares her deep insight into how you can become aware of and then transcend maladaptive habits of body and mind. Essential reading for all who are ready to move beyond negative conditioning and make life more beautiful by creating loving and healthy relationships with themselves and others. Highly recommend.

Michael J. Gelb, author of How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci and The Art of Connection

Leah Guy has assessed the difficult situation into which so many of us were born, tracked those imprints into our reality today, and in this thoughtful and practical book, provides tools and perspectives through which we can really do something about self-healing. In short, we can take our lives back, evolve our mind-body frequency to another level, and take a deeper dive into our human potential. Thanks, Leah. for being such a good guide.

Mitchell Rabin, holistic psychotherapist, host of A Better World

For all of my clients, students, workshop attendees, and readers you are brave ones on a self-healing journey and this book is for you. I have learned so much in your presence. In particular, how to listen, how to be a better guide, and how to show up with courage to face deep fears. And mostly, how even though we have different stories, we share a universal language of understanding, hope, and perseverance to reach our highest truth.

Thank you.

ITS not you, its me.

These words have become a famous exit strategy; words commonly used during a breakup. If you receive these words from your partner, it feels like a dead-end road. Theres simply not much you can say or do when the other person takes full responsibility and leaves. It is possible, however, to use these words in your favor with another partner that, unfortunately, many of us have known: Blame.

Break up with blame with the same famous exit strategy. Blame, this isnt working out. Thanks for your time and what youve taught me. Its going to be hard to leave, but this relationship with you is toxic and isnt working for me any longer. Its nothing you did wrong. Its not you, its me.

The radical nature of this book is about taking responsibility for why we feel bad, or at least why we arent having the kind of life experience and relationships that we want. Its about understanding why we push people away, self-sabotage, make excuses, and distract ourselves with busyness.

For the purposes of this book, for recovery, and for changing your life, use the words Its not you, its me as your motto. This isnt a suggestion. To pave the road for personal growth, its imperative that you take the reins to create the life you desire, and acknowledge that you are the only one who can make your life better. Yes, there are tools to help you (such as this book), but ultimately you hold the key to your own transformation. Many people spend years in therapy attempting to make sense of who did what, why, and when. While therapy can be helpful, spending more time and energy understanding yourself and less time fixating on the other will give you momentum toward self-healing.