Overview

• Explores the meaning of primal emotional wounds, their origins, and how our identification with them can obscure our self-perception • Shares mantras, emotional ceremonies, rituals, and amulets to help facilitate the creation of a new personal identity • Provides practices to experience and maintain your new identity such as encounters with yourself, working with the body/soul connection, and embracing forgiveness EMOTIONAL WOUNDS are more than just scars from the past, as they often leave unconscious imprints on our souls. Unresolved traumas can develop an existence of their own and become our excuses for why we cannot live a fulfilling life. Yet these wounds can also serve as catalysts to nourish and transform our experience of life. Experienced psychotherapist Gina Goldfeder explains the origin of an emotional wound and how our identification with it can obscure our self-perception. Sharing many case studies from her practice, she highlights tools for transcending pain and to facilitate healing, such as mantras, emotional ceremonies and rituals, and journaling. One of our most important challenges is to let go of our emotional wounds and create a new identity, and doing so will change the way we experience life. Grounding and stabilizing practices such as encounters with ourselves and working with the body/soul connection help to keep us anchored in our new existence. Centered on the process of acknowledging, honoring, and learning to release the original wound, this guide will support you in turning former trauma into new opportunities for expansion and happiness.

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Author:   Gina Goldfeder ,  Aura Paige
Publisher:   Simon & Schuster
Imprint:   Simon & Schuster Audio
Edition:   Unabridged
ISBN:  

9781668175705

ISBN 10:   1668175703
Publication Date:   07 April 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Downloadable audio file
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Ethel Krauze Preface Introduction Part One IDENTIFYING WITH THE EMOTIONAL WOUND 1 The Wound as a Portal Cooking over Low Heat Stop Blaming the Past Signs 2 Once upon a Time The 6 p.m. Terror No Solid Ground to Set Foot on Rewriting Your Story Life Coach Nostalgia for the Lost Home 3 The Island Girl with the Bow and Arrow It is Time to Leave This Island 4 Emotional Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Post-Traumatic Stress and Emotional Injury 5 Only in Childhood Naming a Slippery Thought Out Loud The Analyst’s Compulsion I Suppose This Is the Worst That Has Happened to You . . . Contrasting My Approach Stop, Recognize and Honor, and Heal The Embrace of a Voice The Analytical Voice Touching the Soul Let’s Play Life Plan 6 The Armor Who Would You Be Without Your Story? Sikhona and Sawubona Invocation 7 Expiration Date The Signs What Makes One Person Seek Help While Another Does Not? Part Two I AM NOT THE WOUND – TOOLS TO REMEMBER THIS 8 Saving Yourself from the Shipwreck Reaching Your Own Port The Opportunity 9 Mantras – The Power of the Word The Mantra as an Instrument Ira Progoff ’s Mantra Crystals Why Did Ira Progoff Call Them Mantra Crystals? Exercise: Putting the Mantra into Practice Clinical Case: To Reach the Top of a Mountain 10 Rituals – The Emotional Ceremony Philosophical Vision Anthropological Vision Literary Vision Jungian Psychological Vision Images and Archetypes Mandalas Systemic Psychological Vision Therapeutic Rituals: My Methodology Functions of Rituals Exercise: Creating of Rituals Clinical Case: Encounter 11 Amulets – Healing and Transcending Objects Therapeutic Amulets: My Methodology Exercise: Creating a Personal Amulet Clinical Case: Breaking Pacts 12 Journals – Bearing Witness Persepolis, the Age of Enlightenment, and Nü Shu Journals in Literature Progoff ’s Intensive Journal: My Methodology Exercise: Journaling as an Introspective Tool Personal Case: Dialoguing with Janusz Korczak Part Three BEING IN LIFE – EXERCISES 13 Reclaiming Your Life 14 A Date with Myself Exercise: A Date with Myself 15 Creating a New Identity Exercise: How to Create a New Identity 16 Touching the Soul through the Body Touching Your Soul Through Your Body 17 Forgiving an Apology Not Received 18 The Wound as an Opportunity Appendices List of Exercises List of Clinical Cases Bibliography Acknowledgments Index About the Author

Reviews

“This book is a gift for the heart. Gina Goldfeder reminds us that behind every wound lies an opportunity to grow and trust in life again.” * MARCO ANTONIO REGIL, TV host, public speaker, and activist * “A thoughtful and elucidating book, Gina Goldfeder’s Releasing the Emotional Wound will support anyone looking for deeper self-knowledge. Through a variety of psychological, emotional, and spiritual understandings and tools, Goldfeder guides readers to see their suffering clearly, move through it, and emerge with greater compassion and clarity. Her teaching that our wounds can become sources of deep wisdom and growth will help many people seeking to free themselves from the suffering they carry.” * MARY MUELLER SHUTAN, spiritual teacher and author of Shadow Work for the Soul and The Spiritual Awak * “Releasing the Emotional Wound offers a profound and illuminating journey into emotional healing. Through author Gina Goldfeder’s empathy, experience, and authenticity, readers are guided to explore and understand their deepest emotional wounds—many rooted in childhood. Gina’s book reads like a compassionate conversation that helps uncover pain while transforming it into growth. It explains the origins of emotional wounds, provides practical tools for healing, and invites readers to fully engage in life through reflective exercises. The result is a moving and transformative experience that leaves the reader with a renewed sense of calm and self-awareness.” * MAYTE PRIDA, TV, radio, and podcast host, motivational speaker, and author of A Difficult Journey: M * “What I treasure most in a healing book is the ability to offer more than one lens—to teach, to broaden, and to reveal new pathways of transformation. This book does precisely that. It offers a profound exploration of our emotional pain, its roots, and the diverse possibilities for healing and growth that arise from understanding it. A powerful companion for anyone seeking to mend childhood wounds beyond the limits of traditional psychology.” * YAEL EINI, founder of Karmic Constellation, international teacher, and author of Karma Healing * “Gina Goldfeder offers a deeply compassionate and practical guide to understanding our most primal emotional wounds and the ways they quietly shape our lives. Her blend of clinical insight, rituals, and embodied practices creates a powerful pathway from old pain towards genuine inner transformation. This book gently shows that healing is not only possible but can become a profound opportunity to reclaim identity, connection, and joy. A wise, grounding, and beautifully written companion for anyone ready to move beyond their past and step into a more expansive way of being.” * MATHIAS KÜNLEN, M.D., neurologist, & CHRISTINE WALDHAUSER-KÜNLEN, journalist, authors of A *

Author Information

Gina Goldfeder Ph.D., is a psychologist who specializes in individual and couples psychotherapy. Working with clients for almost thirty years, she draws on her training in healing modalities informed by shamanism, such as dream interpretation, as well as psychodrama, sacred geometry, and ThetaHealing. Gina offers courses and workshops on childhood wounds, couples’ communication, self-esteem, and dream interpretation. She lives in Mexico City.

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