The Touch Crisis: Navigating the Tricky Terrain of Bringing Healthy Touch Back to Our Culture - Softcover

Bennett, Dawn

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798674501411

Publisher: Independently published, 2020

Synopsis

We need touch to thrive individually and communally, but it’s not simple in a culture where the topic has become triggering, confusing, and even taboo.Having grown up in an era when it was okay to give hugs to teachers and where touch warnings were only about getting into trouble sexually, Dawn Bennett intuitively knew the healing power of touch and pursued a career in massage and the healing arts. After eleven years of serving touch-deprived and -traumatized clients, and building an award-winning practice in a touch-focused industry, Dawn suffered a painful touch incident of her own. In The Touch Crisis, Dawn shares her personal journey to healing, the startling research she found along the way, and the abundant tools she has collected to give readers a new pathway to personal and collective healing in their families, workplaces, and communities. By the end of this book, you will have the opportunity to: •Uncover the roots of your touch experience and needs •Strategize ways to add healthy touch into your daily life •Develop boundaries to honor your wants and needs and help you heal old touch wounds •Practice consent and communication with loved ones in a playful and positive way •Increase levels of trust, collaboration, and even productivity in your personal and professional relationships. If you are craving healthy touch, or looking for “that missing piece” in your attempt to improve relationships and results with your loved ones, peers, or clients, this book will answer questions you don’t know you have and empower you to catalyze deeper connections with everyone whose life you touch. “No-Touch” policies are not the answer. Together, we can use the power of touch to heal and change the experience from taboo to transformational.

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About the Author

     Dawn Bennett, Founder of Touch Remedies, has a multitude of alternative and complementary health care  practice certifications, in addition to her BA in Business and Complementary Medicine. She loves empowering  individuals, small groups, and large audiences to embrace powerful new ways to transform themselves and their  communities with her unique blend of empathy, humor, and just enough attitude to challenge social norms.  

     Dawn's background as a Massage and CranioSacral Therapist, homeopath, Emotional Freedom Techniques Practitioner, and student of all modalities that help individuals and communities heal, combined with her experience of speaking, teaching college-level massage for more than ten years, building an award-winning massage business from scratch, and traveling across the world, has inspired and equipped her to become a leader ready and willing to address the touch crisis in our culture. 

     Having grown up in an era when it was okay to give hugs to teachers and when warnings about touch were only about getting into trouble sexually, she was upset when the experience of touch shifted from acceptable to confusing, awkward, and even dangerous in schools and workplace cultures. Eventually, Dawn immersed herself in the science of touch and quickly discovered an important new factor in the terrifying increases in anxiety, depression, and addiction that we are seeing in America. 

     Committed to leading the tough conversations and walking alongside those who want to join the healing touch revolution, she works with people individually, in groups, and in intimate retreat settings. With her support, clients begin to mend their own histories and challenges, speak their needs, and acquire the tools they need to say "yes" and "no" and enjoy the real benefits of healthy touch in every arena of their lives. 

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WHAT READERS ARE SAYING

"During my first read through The Touch Crisis, I felt a resistance to the exercises the author introduced and chose to ignore them. By the time I had finished the book, Dawn's story had opened my heart and revealed my overwhelming fear of rejection... a fear that had been masking and numbing my need for touch. The second time through, the exercises empowered and enabled me to rewrite my 'rejection' story. Now I use this book as a resource and pick it up periodically to hunt for the part that I need to re-read, a part that ministers to where I am now, today. Thank you, Dawn, for sharing your journey and helping me begin healing my own touch crisis."

Theddee Rheyshelle
Author and Spiritual Coach

"Touch is one of my top love languages, so this topic is close to my heart. This book is filled with personal, relatable real-life stories as well as a lot of research. Dawn is a gifted writer, and she kept me wanting to turn the page. I also very much appreciate the exercises in the book, so we can apply these teachings to our daily life."

Elda Dorothy
CompassionateTruth.com

"The Touch Crisis offers a transformative experience, no matter where your relationship with touch is at this moment. Dawn's story drew me into a world of intention, exploration, growth, and healing. To heal is a journey and this book makes a perfect travel companion."

Leah Buysse
Owner, Indigo Health & Wellness

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798674501411
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336