The Courage to Feel: A Practical Guide to the Power and Freedom of Emotional Honesty

NEW: second edition published in 2021

“Emotions are complex things. They can make life hell or make it sweet. So, here’s a question: do you have emotions or do emotions have you? Andrew Seubert’s The Courage to Feel can help you to have emotions and make your life rich and workable. It’s short, easy to understand and very powerful.” — BILL O’HANLON, AUTHOR OF DO ONE THING DIFFERENT

Many people live partial lives, keeping their vitality under emotional mufflers and living life without ever feeling like an adult. The Courage to Feel delivers a pragmatic, creative and inspiring four-step path to emotional mastery and freedom that explores the hidden wealth of guidance and wisdom available through our emotions. Each chapter includes anecdotes, applications and exercises to anchor the teachings along with the charming allegory of Simon the Turtle who must leave his shell to follow his heart is woven throughout the book.

Based on the authors 25+ years' experience with thousands of clients, this book will launch you on a journey that leads to personal freedom, happier marriages, improved work relationships, and deeper spirituality.

Andrew Seubert, LMHC , NCC, is the co-founder of ClearPath Healing Arts Center on Seneca Lake in Burdett, N.Y. A licensed psychotherapist for 40 years, Andrew has an extensive background in Existential-Gestalt Therapy and in music therapy, and provides EMDR consultation and training for clinicians. Andrew specializes in working with trauma, post-traumatic stress, eating disorders and the integration of spirituality and psychotherapy.

A passionate and engaging international presenter and workshop facilitator, Andrew and his wife, Barbara, have co-parented a blended family of five and live on Seneca Lake, NY with Nellie, canine resplendent.

Andrew is the author of several books and journal articles, including The Courage to Feel: A practical guide to the power and freedom of emotional honesty; How Simon Left His Shell, A Fable and User’s Guide based on The Courage to Feel, to teach children and adolescents emotional honesty; Becoming Known: A relational model utilizing Gestalt and Ego State assisted EMDR in treating eating disorders, published in the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research; several chapters of EMDR Solutions and EMDR Solutions II; and senior editor of Trauma-Informed Approaches to Eating Disorders (2018). Andrew co-authored an article on the the use of EMDR with clients with intellectual disability topic in 2011 for the Journal of EMDR Practice and Research

Marc Rubin is an oil painter, award-winning graphic designer, and avid doodler from Elmira, New York. An accomplished artist, he is best known for his soul-full, still-life renderings that pique viewers’ imaginations, invoking curiosity about the stories behind the objects represented in layers of paint, seen as magical pools of light. Similar to the traditional Dutch painters Vermeer and Rembrandt, Rubin finds inspiration everywhere he looks, his paintings relaying relationships between everyday objects. Through his skillful use of technique and brush manipulation, Rubin pushes and nudges paint into sensual and emotionally charged renderings. His work has been featured in art galleries on the East and West coast. Over the last few years, Marc has explored a visual form of storytelling—doodle illustrations digitally rendered. This form has taken his drawings to new and, at times, satirical heights, flooded with the delightful colors of a digital palette.