Amy B. Scher - How to Heal Yourself from Depression When No One Else Can: A Self-Guided Program to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t

Sounds True

Boulder, CO 80306

2021 Amy B. Scher

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This book is not intended as a substitute for the medical recommendations of physicians, mental health professionals, or other health-care providers. Rather, it is intended to offer information to help the reader cooperate with physicians, mental health professionals, and health-care providers in a mutual quest for optimum well-being. We advise readers to carefully review and understand the ideas presented and to seek the advice of a qualified professional before attempting to use them.

Published 2021

Cover design by Jennifer Miles

Book design by Maureen Forys, Happenstance Type-O-Rama

Illustrations 2021 Richard Sheppard

Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Scher, Amy B., author.

Title: How to heal yourself from depression when no one else can : a

self-guided program to stop feeling like sh*t / Amy B. Scher.

Description: Boulder, CO : Sounds True, 2021. | Includes bibliographical

references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020025067 (print) | LCCN 2020025068 (ebook) | ISBN

9781683646204 (paperback) | ISBN 9781683646211 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Depression, MentalAlternative treatmentPopular works.

Classification: LCC RC537 . S3838 2021 (print) | LCC RC537 (ebook) | DDC

616.85/27dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020025067

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020025068

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Amy Scher is a brave warrior and a wonderful writer. She is a living example (very much living!) of what it looks like when a woman takes her health, her heart, and her destiny into her own hands. My hope is that this book will inspire many other women to do the same.

Elizabeth Gilbert
#1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and Big Magic

A heartwarming and inspiring story that will change the way you look at life.

Vikas Swarup
New York Times bestselling author of Slumdog Millionaire

Amy Scher goes to the edge of losing herself in mind, body, and spirit, and shows us that... sometimes it takes traveling to the other side of the globe to discover what was right in front of us all along.

Laura Munson
New York Times bestselling author of This Is Not the Story You Think It Is...

A homecoming of healing, a human story of finding faith, wrapped in a blanket of humor and page-turning candor.

Kristen Noel
editor-in-chief of Best Self

This is the rare book that is both breezy and deep. It speaks to the magic of international travel and how it can tempt and taunt you to expand into the very best version of yourself, or perhaps become someone entirely new.

Adam Skolnick
author of One Breath and over thirty Lonely Planet travel guides

In her stunning new memoir, This Is How I Save My Life, the refrain we are the healing weve been waiting for rings throughout... A beautiful testament to resilience that veers from the comical to the tragic.

Los Angeles Review of Books
How to Heal Yourself When No One Else Can

[Amy Scher is] an inspiration, not just because she teaches us how to take healing into our own hands, but because shes living proof that it works.

Pam Grout
#1 New York Times bestselling author of E-Squared and E-Cubed

Amy has seen the truth and can be a coach to all those who seek healing and authenticity. The potential resides in all of us, so read on, do not fear failure, and fulfill your potential while living an authentic life that you create and not one imposed by others.

Bernie Siegel, MD
author of A Book of Miracles and The Art of Healing

Amy Scher takes you on a guided journey to resolve emotional, physical, and energetic blockages that get in the way of true healing. You will feel like you have a loving expert coach by your side along the way.

Heather Dane
coauthor with Louise Hay of Loving Yourself to Great Health

Amy Scher is a voice of calm, reassuring wisdom. Her own triumph over illness is truly inspirational, but what really puts Amy in an inspirational category of her own is her warm, kind, down-to-earth, truly accessible approach.

Sara DiVello
bestselling author of Where in the OM Am I?

Amys story is awe-inspiring. Her book is full of wisdom and easy-to-implement techniques that have the power to help anyone reconnect their mind with their body and their heart with their soul and heal their entire lives. A really beautiful read.

Luminita D. Saviuc
author of 15 Things You Should Give Up to Be Happy

How to Heal Yourself When No One Else Can is a comprehensive and user-friendly DIY manifesto thats the real deal. Amy guides readers toward authentic self-healing in a way thats easily accessible, honest, and relevant for today.

Chris Grosso
author of Indie Spiritualist

Amy is a courageous pioneer in the field of mind-body-spirit healing. With proven, easy-to-follow techniques, you will gain insight into the root cause of pain, physical dysfunction, and illness and transform your health.... This book illuminates the path to wellness.

Sherrie Dillard
author of Develop Your Medical Intuition

Also by Amy B. Scher

1. How to Heal Yourself When No One Else Can: A Total Self-Healing Approach for Mind, Body, and Spirit
2. How to Heal Yourself from Anxiety When No One Else Can
3. This Is How I Save My Life: From California to India, a True Story of Finding Everything When You Are Willing to Try Anything

This book is for every person
who cant just get help, wont just get help,
or did just get help and it didnt help.
My great hope is that this book gives
you the peace youve been looking for.

Joy sat me down and said its time to talk, Ive missed you.

Shannon Kaiser

You have probably picked up this book because you are at a loss for what to do next to help yourself. Maybe you feel so depressed that you can barely drag yourself through a day. Or maybe you get out of bed just fine but are experiencing life in a way that has you asking, Whats the point of all of this? In fact, you may feel like youre sleepwalking, fumbling, or zoning out through life. In this day of constant social-media bragging, motivational memes, and inspirational quotes, its impossibly exhausting to reach that mountain of happiness that weve all been programmed to chase (spoiler alert: it doesnt even exist).

When we cant get to said happiness, and were feeling like shit because of it, we usually begin to search franticallyand I have been no exception to that activity. When we feel bad, depressed, or even just simply lost, we tend to rack our brains for what has messed us up so badly. We think back upon our lives to who did what to hurt us, what weve lost, and to all the traumas weve endured. Before we know it, we are off and running on a full-charge-ahead hunt for what happened that sent us wildly off the rails, ruining our life.