A practicing psychiatrist offers strategies for avoiding emotional "vampires" and tackling life's most difficult challenges.

Tapping the power of emotional freedom -- Your tools for liberation. Introduction: Emotional freedom: the secret to serenity -- Pt. 1: Tapping the power of emotional freedom. The path to emotional freedom : beginning to learn to love ; Four practical secrets to empowering your emotional life ; Dreams and sleep : accessing revolutionary states of consciousness ; From intellectuals to empaths : what is your emotional type? ; Combating emotional vampires : how to understand and protect your sensitivity -- Pt. 2: Your tools for liberation. The first transformation : facing fear, building courage ; The second transformation : facing frustration and disappointment, building patience ; The third transformation : facing loneliness, building connection ; The fourth transformation : facing anxiety and worry, building inner calm ; The fifth transformation : facing depression, building hope ; The sixth transformation : facing jealousy and envy, building self-esteem ; The seventh transformation : facing anger, building compassion -- Afterword: Living in service to the heart : the blessing of emotional freedom.