Emotional Recovery Archives - International Institute for Emotional Empowerment

Spotlight on the Gift of Shame and Growth

by Michelle Bersell | Apr 27, 2017 | Emotional Discovery, Emotional Recovery, Spotlight

JESSICA PHILLIPS IS SIMPLY AMAZING! Her successes are profound: Graduated cum laude from Barnard College, First woman to be appointed a chair in the clarinet section of the famous MET Featured the PBS Documentary “A New World of Music” Travels the world playing...

Celebrating Shame

by Michelle Bersell | Apr 6, 2017 | Emotional Care, Emotional Discovery, Emotional Empowerment, Emotional Recovery

I get it. Celebrating shame sounds like a complete oxymoron. Why would you do such a thing as celebrate the qualities of yourself that you judge? After all, if you didn’t have these shameful qualities, all would be great in your world, right? This is exactly what your...

Spotlight on Deeper Self-Love

by Michelle Bersell | Mar 30, 2017 | Emotional Recovery, Spotlight

Beautiful, real, raw ….One man’s journey from anger to greater self-love. In the spring of 2013, a romantic relationship I was in ended. I was in a lot of pain and knew something had to change if I was ever going to experience an authentic, intimate...

The Biggest Mistake When It Comes to Our Lovability or Worth

by Michelle Bersell | Mar 23, 2017 | Emotional Care, Emotional Discovery, Emotional Recovery

Do you ever find yourself saying: “There must be something wrong with me, because I can’t ….” lose weight make money get organized find true friendships find lasting love stay out of debt get along with my family find clients write my book …and the list...

A Survival Story from Self-Hatred to Self-Love

by Michelle Bersell | Mar 9, 2017 | Emotional Care, Emotional Recovery

While self-hatred is rarely talked about as a story of survival, I can tell you from my own experience, as well as those I have worked with, surviving self-hatred often feels like a life or death matter. Working through self-hatred is so challenging for those around...

Be BOLD When You Don’t Fit the Mold

by Michelle Bersell | Feb 13, 2017 | Emotional Empowerment, Emotional Recovery

For quite some time, because I didn’t fit, I felt ashamed, broken, wrong. No longer. What I learned was the way traditional psychology, EFT, and other personal development strategies teach every which way to get rid of negative emotions, to be freed from them –...