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by James P. Manning (Author), Thodoris Laourde (Illustrator), Emily Chapman (Illustrator)
"This book is most valuable to those suffering from holding in negative emotions or who are unable to feel at all, but it's a worthy read for anyone who wants a better relationship with friends, family, colleagues, or even themselves," BlueInk (Starred Review).
Deeply Human is a book for people who have persevered through stress, silence, shame, and the pain of feeling misunderstood.
Maybe you've had to be the strong one. A person who listens more than they speak. Someone who has done so much to help others while ignoring your own needs.
Perhaps you've done this for years while, all along, something inside you has been waiting desperately to be heard. Perhaps it has been asking, 'When is it my turn?'
This isn't just another self-help book; it's an invitation to connect with even the most difficult-to-reach emotions and begin helping them make sense.
Through powerful stories of therapy clients, you'll discover what it means to reconnect with your feelings after years of emotional disconnection or emotional overload. Anxiety, numbness, and shame aren't flaws - they can be survival strategies. This book helps you listen to what your body and nervous system may have been trying to tell you for years.
Blending neuroscience, trauma-informed insight, and compassionate storytelling, Deeply Human offers more than knowledge - it offers companionship. It will meet you in your inner world and help give your body a voice.
Deeply Human was written for you if:
You often feel 'too much' or 'not enough.'
You struggle to name your emotions or trust them.
You've always helped others but have felt unable to help yourself.
You're ready to feel more connected - but you're unsure how to begin.
Through practical tools and body-based emotional exercises, you'll learn not just how to manage emotions, but how to build a relationship with them. A relationship based on trust, not fear.
Someone who has been where you are wrote this book. Someone who has walked a similar path, not just as a therapist, but as a fellow human. Someone who has learned that healing doesn't come from pushing feelings away, but from learning how to listen.
Come as you are. It's your time now.
Read Deeply Human to begin the most important relationship of your life - the one with yourself.
