Sherianna Boyle - Emotional Detox Now: 135 Self-Guided Practices to Renew Your Mind, Heart & Spirit

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This book is dedicated to you and your beautiful emotions.

Your emotions matter, processing them matters even more.

Dear Reader,

Joy, anger, sadness, fear, love, disliking, and liking Until now you may have learned about emotions from their labels, expressing them through physical and spoken language. I assure you they are much more than that. Your emotions, when processed, are a form of consciousness, a vibrational recording if you will, of not only who you are and the experiences you have had, but who you are capable of becoming. When emotions are allowed to exist and are not suppressed or redirected, they tell a storysometimes of trauma and pain but also of reconciliation, healing, love, strength, victory, hope, and more. By moving through the process in this book you will take back your right to be the creator of your story.

Welcome to the CLEANSE life!

With love,

Sherianna

All healing happens in the now.

I ts been so crazy around here we forgot to order the pizza, so Sheri, if you dont mind, wed like you to shorten your talk so we can feed everyone first.

No problem, I said even though I wasnt sure I meant it.

It was early evening and I was at a community school event hosting a workshop on ways to manage stress. Now, with only fifty minutes on the clock and a group of attendees eagerly awaiting my insights, I cut to the chase. Okay, everyone, we can talk about what is stressing you out and identify all the challenges. I can even give you some quick relief tips and explain the theory behind them. Or we can use this time to CLEANSE. It is up to youwhat do you think?

Nobody in the room had read any of my books and not one of the participants had a clue what I was talking about, but they all chose to CLEANSE.

And we did.

Thirty minutes later, I received so many wonderful comments: I havent been this relaxed in a long time When I walked in I had so much on my mind and now I feel like I can handle things I feel a new emotional connection to my wife I came here to learn tips to help my daughter with anxiety and now I realize cleansing was exactly what I needed

We had a little time left, so I inquired if anyone still wanted to discuss their problems or what was stressing them out. Nobody took me up on it. Instead they asked to continue to acknowledge and sit with the peacefulness that now dwelled within them.

Afterward, I was asked the same question many, many times: How do I CLEANSE on my own? Thats when I decided to write this book.

A CLEANSE is an Emotional Detox, a seven-step practice I created using the acronym C-L-E-A-N-S-E. It stands for:

Clear reactivity and neural pathways as you redirect energy by connecting to your body and toning your vagus nerve.

Look inward to develop self-awareness and witness your emotions. I feel

Emit, digest, and physically release emotional energy by engaging with the present by humming.

Activate joy (which goes deeper than happiness) via visualization. See it!

Nourish, cultivate, and respond with new skills. Embody and experience activated joy.

Surrender and let healing flow. I allow

Ease and trust as you show up for love and life, affirming I am

Just like a physical detox (think: juice fast or cutting out caffeine and carbs) might alleviate toxicity in your organs, physiological imbalance, or inflammation, an Emotional Detox does the same for your mind. If this seems strange, I totally get it. Most of us are accustomed to thinking of a detox as a method to rinse away the chemicals and impurities we may have absorbed, swallowed, or inhaled. An Emotional Detox is similar, but instead of removing those toxins, you release toxic reactions that prevent you from fully processing your emotions. You wont be purging your emotions per se, but rather the toxic ways you have learned to suppress and repress them. This is because your reactions are preventing emotions from doing what they evolved to do: help you heal, learn, connect to your joyful best self, and grow!

I created the CLEANSE method of processing, digesting, and releasing negative emotions when I was going through a tough time in my family life. It worked so well for me that I began to share how I CLEANSE with other people through my books and workshops, on podcasts, and in private practice, and it caught on! Cleansing is based on my belief that all emotions are good as long as we process them. In other words, when you CLEANSE, you wont be getting rid of your emotions, you wont be told to let go, but instead you will learn to see how you react.

Remember, it is our reactions, not the emotions themselves, that lead to tension, conflict, worry, anxiety, and pain. So many of our reactions are rooted in the pastconscious and unconscious memories of emotions that were never fully processed. Before you start sorting through your memories wondering which emotion belongs to which event, know that your reactive patterns arent just about what may or may not have happened to you, but what you were exposed to, witnessed, or felt. In other words, as emotional beings, we do not just experience our own feelingswe have the capacity to sense unprocessed emotions in others as well. Im talking about things like anger, anxiety, or fear. The tension you feel around a certain person could be a stuck emotion you need to process or something arising in them. Labeling and blaming doesnt get you anywhere, but cleansing does. Without it, emotionslike a physical illness or even an unhealthy dietcan leave you sluggish, fatigued, drained, unmotivated, and overextended.

I know this from firsthand experience. Im the kind of person who wakes up in the morning with a chattering, hyperactive monkey mind. My thoughts come so quickly Im not sure what to focus on first. Sometimes Im exhausted before Ive even gotten out of bed. So rather than check emails, reach for my calendar, or scroll through my social media, I always start my day with a CLEANSE. The moment I begin the first stepClearI redirect myself to my body. The thoughts keep rolling, but instead of following their narratives I move to step twoHaving these thoughts first thing in the morning makes me feel I breath deliberately, inhaling and exhaling through my nose. Once I move through all seven steps, the chatter ceases or at least grows quieter, allowing me to focus (without much effort) on one task at a time. What I have learned through years of this practice is many of my unprocessed emotions show up first thing in the morning, ready to be cleared for the day. To keep it accessible, I included a sample of this morning CLEANSE, at the end under Bonus.

Once you try CLEANSE for yourself you will realize it works. You will see everything in a new light because as you move through and beyond clearing congested, stagnant energy caused by suppression of emotions you will open doors to a new way of having relationships and experiences. You will also see that even if the situation I describe does not apply to you in the moment, you may be drawn to it because at one point in your life or in your genetic line it applied to someone or something. In other words, let go of trying to match yourself with each CLEANSE and just allow yourself to go through the motions. Trust, as you CLEANSE, you will stop judging what is happening to you or blaming yourself and the people around you for your bad feelings. Instead, you will embrace every moment as an opportunity to develop skills, wisdom, and insight while gaining clarity, peace, and higher knowing. Right now