Do you ever struggle to manage your emotions? You’re not alone. Many people find themselves overwhelmed by feelings, unsure how to process them in a healthy way. This can lead to stress, anxiety, and difficulty in relationships. But there is hope! In this article, Mystic Mag explores the work of Amy Shearer, a skilled Emotional Wellness Facilitator who uses a unique blend of techniques to help clients achieve emotional mastery.
Can you explain how your training in NLP, EFT, SSR, and Breathwork contributes to your approach as an Emotional Wellness Facilitator and Embodiment Coach?
It’s important to me to provide a holistic approach to healing for all my clients. NLP (neurolinguistic programming) helps me support each client with mindset techniques. EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is a powerful tool that supports individuals’ physical, emotional, energetic, and mind-body. SSR (Somatic Stress Release) helps me support each client with their stress patterns so they can learn how to shift patterns that feel unsupportive. Breathwork is another practice that incorporates a person’s overall well-being.
What is the importance of emotional wellness in one’s overall well-being?
Emotional wellness influences how we move and interact with the world and how we know ourselves. Most people don’t realize every thought and physical response connects to an emotion. From a spiritual aspect, most of our healing and journey toward greater peace is about doing the emotional work. If we can learn to embrace our emotions with compassion, curiosity, and vulnerability, we will impact our stress levels, health, productivity, relationships, and spiritual connection.
How do you tailor your coaching and facilitation techniques to the specific needs and goals of each client?
Every person has a unique way of seeing the world, so I need to be a great listener to each client’s communication and consider all three aspects of communication (words, tone, and gestures). This approach helps me attune to how they process the information around them. By listening, I receive excellent guidance in what techniques and questions to ask so each client uncovers their answers.
In your role, you may encounter clients with varying degrees of experience in emotional wellness practices. How do you adapt your coaching to meet the needs of beginners versus more experienced individuals in these modalities?
With my work, I’ve learned that most clients who come to me have had some experience with emotional wellness through the lens of therapy. They come to me knowing there is a missing component. My approach is different because we reconnect with and listen to the body. With that in mind, regardless of their experience, we always start by attuning to the body to become more present with its responses. For example, when you receive an email from your boss that says, “Meet me in my office,” mentally, you might think, “I’m in trouble,” and most of us recognize that thought but don’t recognize how that feels in our body. Our body constantly sends us messages, and most of those messages go unnoticed. Knowing how our body responds is essential in shifting our emotional regulation, mindset, and overall beliefs. All this mind, body, and emotion connection work is scientific. Depending on the client, we will spend a few weeks on attunement or move into other focuses like releasing emotions, shifting mindset, defining values, or setting energetic boundaries.
Emotional wellness often involves managing and processing difficult emotions. Can you share a case where you’ve helped a client navigate particularly challenging emotional issues using your expertise in NLP, EFT, SSR, and Breathwork?
Yes, I’ve learned that the first step in helping clients process “difficult” emotions is for them to feel safe. This statement is true for almost every client I’ve had so far, and creating safety starts with somatic practices. When a client is ready, I integrate all of my tools to help them through the experience and use a lot of sensitivity and space holding to ensure they feel they have the time and permission to go as slowly as they would like. I had one client who was resisting and circling shame. Shame is the densest of all emotions and is the emotion that wreaks havoc on our digestive system and makes us feel stuck. It’s not a destructive emotion; shame has been my greatest teacher, but because of its low energetic frequency, shame can often feel very hard to address. We took our time and looked at the resistance. We held and worked with the resistance of feeling the shame before we worked with the shame. It made the process so much more fluid for her, and she had a powerful realization about herself and how she sees the world.
What are some key indicators or markers of success in your work as an Emotional Wellness Facilitator and Embodiment Coach?
When a client says, “Amy, I could pause before responding. I knew what my body needed then and reinforced my boundary.” For me, that is like the sound of music!
Another key indicator is when I notice my clients arrive at the session with grounded energy and thoughtful responses to my questions. They also approach the work with vulnerability and a little humor.
