Drawing on her own experiences with abuse and addiction, Valerie Mason-John presents a well-grounded series of meditations that transform anger, hatred, and fear to heal emotional trauma.
Valerie Mason-John knows what it is like to be filled with toxic emotions—and how to release them. After years of abuse and struggles with addiction, she was mired in anger, resentment, and fear. But through meditation and willingness to forge a new path, she learned how to disarm such toxins and find peace.
In Detox Your Heart Mason-John helps us recognize our emotions, good and bad, and to develop the self-care to heal ourselves. Chapters that explore and clearly define negative emotions are paired with chapters on how to transform them. Meditation exercises based on the Buddhist principles of mindfulness, loving-kindness, and compassion provide tools to help us heal our own hurts and to close the gap that toxic emotions create between heart and mind.
The author draws on her own experiences with abuse and addiction, and presents a series of meditations that can heal emotional trauma.
“In
Detox Your Heart Valerie Mason-John, a poetic and humane writer helps us to creatively engage with our difficult emotions. This is a thoughtful, kind, and exploratory manual, which gives precise practical advice. It is essential reading for people who do not want to fight or ignore difficult emotions but who long for a way to understand and work with them. What struck me was the gentleness combined with the directness of her approach. As Mason-John has used these techniques herself and also with her clients, the descriptions come alive and with great vividness.”
