You may numb your feelings to protect yourself, but in reality you are just driving your pain deeper into your physical body.
EFT expert Annabel Fisher interviews me (Jini Patel Thompson) on her radio show and we discuss how moving from numbness to courageous vulnerability is the beginning of root-level healing for both your emotional/spiritual body and your physical body.
I share stories from my own life, process and share tools to help you get out of the numb zone and reconnect with your authentic self and your true feelings.
We also discuss the difference between authenticity and vulnerability, as well as the appropriate (healthy) times or situations to dwell primarily in one or the other.
Annabel punctuates our discussion with her pre-recorded interviews with two men (Brian Johnstone and Paul Zelizer) who discuss what it means to them to be vulnerable and what they have learned in their own process of opening their hearts and sharing their full truth.
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NOTE: We refer to the work of Brene Brown several times. So if you missed my previous post about Brene (where you can watch her excellent videos), just click here to check out the fabulous Brene Brown.
And on the left is the book I refer to in the call (when I give the exercise with the stones). You can find it on Amazon, either in paperback or on Kindle.
Original post October 2012. Last updated April 2020.
Jini Patel Thompson is an internationally recognized expert in natural healing for digestive diseases. She healed herself from widespread Crohn’s disease and has been medication and surgery free for over 25 years. Jini has appeared on numerous podcasts, TV and radio shows in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, giving people hope and vision on how to heal their colitis, Crohn’s disease, diverticulitis and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) using all-natural methods. Her books on natural healing of digestive diseases have been sold in over 80 countries worldwide. Jini is married and has three children, nine sheep, 11 horses, a cat and three dogs.
