"If you let it, this book will change your life, for the better."
"Touching, insightful, funny and warm"
A true story about building a healthy relationship with our emotions and body to find peace of mind
The Body Talks Back
A powerful story that shines a light on the relationship we each have with our own body.
In modern societies, where many of us are figuratively disconnected from our body at the neck, mostly absorbed in our thoughts, this insightful memoir explores the healing nature of reconnecting our minds with our bodies.
The Body Talks Back gives readers an intimate, raw portrayal of how health crises can place us at the mercy of doctors' decisions and invasive procedures, while also gracefully finding the silver lining in these experiences.
By building healthy relationships with our emotions and body, we can develop a deeper sense of connection with ourselves and adopt a more nurturing stance toward our body. Especially during times of illness, this allows us to work with our body, rather than feeling betrayed by it. The result is an extraordinary peace of mind that can be garnered irrespective of our physical experiences.
While Sherrie Laryse weaves insights from neuroscience as well as philosophical ideas around consciousness and the mind-body connection, ultimately, The Body Talks Back is a beautiful love story.
“Deeply moving. It hooked my heart, mind and soul.”
- Richard Miller PhD, founder of iRest Institute, author of Yoga Nidra: The iRest Meditative Practice
Praise for The Body Talks Back
Truly life changing insights
by Corina
I read The Body Talks Back shortly before my life changed with the diagnosis of a rare and aggressive form of thyroid cancer. The book planted a quiet strength in me, and a way of approaching difficult emotions without fear or resistance. I didn’t feel the need to fight or reject what was happening but instead I met it with presence, acceptance, and a deep sense of calm.
I committed to what I call my triangle of health: nutrition, physical exercise, and mental health, which I believe stands at the top and leads everything else. The way I cared for my mind shaped how I cared for my body.
Before any medical steps were taken, this shift helped me bring the tumor from stage 3 to stage 1. That alone speaks to the power of mindset. This book didn’t just inspire me, it became an essential part of my healing.
Thank you Sherrie for contributing to the most wonderful feeling of getting my future back!
Deeply moving
by Richard Miller, PhD
I found Sherrie Laryse’s book, The Body Talks Back, to be a true “page turner” that I couldn’t put down. Each chapter of her true story ended on a cliff-hanger that kept me reading to the book’s end in one sitting.
I loved Sherrie’s engaging style that kept me riveted and page-bound engaged, with each chapter inviting me ever more deeply into her unfolding narrative, longing for the outcome Sherrie, too, yearned to experience. I won’t disclose the ending, as I hope you’ll take the plunge, and feel as deeply moved as I did.
While true stories abound, I rarely come upon a book like Sherrie’s, which hooked my heart, mind, and soul and had me marvelling at her ability to creatively navigate the continual barrage of challenges she faced with true grace and grit, faltering at times, but continually rising to the trials life brought unbidden into her life.
Highly recommended
by Annie
This book is so magically beautiful in guiding the reader through this life changing and life affirming transition, from an outward fear of life's chaotic experiences, to deeply connecting with the most sacred knowing and wisdom that exists - the inner sanctum of our own incredible body. It's mesmerising and gentle, providing such a loving invitation to explore a different path of experiencing our precious life.
by Corinne Beale
I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Body talks back. It had me engaged, intrigued as well as entertained. I found myself thinking “what’s coming next?” throughout my day. Having read On Path and now The Body Talks Back, I feel in both, Sherrie has a very warm and welcoming approach to emotional coaching which simplifies the possibilities that all of us are able to have better connection with our bodies and emotions just by listening to within. I value all of the techniques she has shared and will continue to be open to them being a part of my life.
Honest, Real, Warm, Raw & Authentic
by Christian Smith
Just Beautiful! Bought 4 books that I gifted to like-minded friends who all loved it too.
Beatifully written, engaging, emotional and inspirational
by Les Stott
A raw, emotional, real and inspirational journey written in such a beautifully engaging way and with subtle humour thrown in from time to time! So easy to read, relate to, yet so powerful in the underlying message.
A book that will bring perspective and help you navigate life.
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About the author
My aim is to empower people to feel a sense of freedom in who they are—as they are.
I am an emotional intelligence teacher with a Bachelor of Cognitive & Brain Science, and a background in human behaviour, neurolinguistics, grief, trauma, psychosomatics, neurodivergence, mental illness, yoga and meditation. I am a self-confessed study-addict. I love to learn and then I love to share what I've learned. This cycle lights me up.
My focus is sharing techniques that truly work, giving people the skills to process the challenges that inevitably arise in life, as well as work through past challenges. I do this through private emotional intelligence consultations, group trainings, public speaking, and, of course, the written word. How I love to write . . .
This second book, The Body Talks Back, shares a meditation technique that I called on to help me overcome what I thought was a stress-related health challenge. As the challenges increased, my meditations evolved to meet each heightened new moment. The meditation technique naturally developed into the ability to effectively access deep-seated emotions that were unprocessed and sitting dormant within. Additionally, I was able to deeply connect with the symptomatic parts of my body—as if they had a consciousness of their own.
I share this new, organically developed meditation style, not as a 'how to', but in story-form, with examples of different situations so that you, too, can call on the technique with the understanding that it will unfold naturally in your way for your situation.
