unrelated to the tapping technique of the
same name).
Barbara: What is the role of compassion in
emotional freedom?
Judith Orloff MD: Compassion is key
because unless you have self-compassion,
it’s hard to heal difficult emotional states.
And also when a loved one is going through
a trying time, being compassionate without
judging them is essential. My spiritual
teacher says we make progress on the
spiritual path by beating ourselves up a little

bit less each day. I believe that. It’s about
baby steps.


Traditional psychiatry often views them
more as tormentors, something to get rid of.
Barbara: You say that emotions have four
crucial components. What are they and why
I believe that emotions come to us—even
is it vital to know about them?
wrenching ones like depression—to
spiritually awaken us. Each emotion is a

prompt for us to get more in touch with our
hearts and expand our light. This perspective
Judith Orloff MD: To experience emotional
really changes how you deal with all
freedom it’s necessary to understand these
emotional challenges. Barbara: How can
four basic components of emotion: their
emotional freedom help us to not absorb
biology, spirituality, energy, and
negative emotions from others?
psychology. With fear, frustration,
loneliness, worry, and more, the book

teaches you to proactively shift your
biochemistry as well as your energy, and to
Judith Orloff MD: Many sensitive people
see the spiritual and psychological meaning
come to me, as patients and in workshops,
of what you’re going through. This will give
who’ve been labeled “overly sensitive.”
you all the tools you need to change.
These people, including me, are what I call
“emotional empaths.” Because we are so
Barbara: You believe that emotions are a
sensitive, we absorb the energy of others.
path to spiritual awakening. Please explain.
We sense their fear, anxiety, and stress and
take them into our bodies. Then we get
Judith Orloff MD: I see difficult emotions as
exhausted or feel ill ourselves. As a child, I
a laboratory for spiritual growth--whereas
couldn’t go into shopping malls or crowded
places because I’d walk in fine and then
walk out exhausted or with some ache or
pain I didn’t have before. I didn’t realize
what was happening. I went to my mother, a
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