Emotion Code
Emotion Code is a method for finding and releasing trapped emotions your body has been carrying — sometimes for years, sometimes from long before you had words for them.
Work with MeDeveloped by Dr. Bradley Nelson and taught through Discover Healing, Emotion Code is based on a simple premise: the body can hold emotions long past the moment they were felt, and those stored emotions can quietly shape how you feel, act, and relate today.
When something hard happens and the feeling doesn't get fully processed, a small piece of that emotion can stay stuck in the body. Over time, these trapped emotions layer up — contributing to patterns, physical tension, or emotional heaviness that seems to come from nowhere.
Using muscle testing to locate trapped emotions and a magnet to help the body release them, Emotion Code offers a gentle, non-invasive way to clear what the body no longer needs to carry. Most clients don't need to retell or relive the story attached to the emotion.
By the time I tried Emotion Code, I had spent years in conversation. Two years with a personal counselor. Two years with a life coach. Good people, real work — and still, the stuckness held. Something in me was waiting to be reached differently.
An acquaintance mentioned someone she knew who was certified in both Emotion Code and Belief Code. I was curious enough to try it.
One session, and I felt like a different person. More confident, more courageous — ready to move on the things I'd been circling for years. The shift happened at a deeper layer than I'd been working with before.
I asked where I could learn. She sent me the link to Discover Healing's certification program. I signed up not long after, and here we are.
Today I'm a Certified Emotion Code Practitioner (CECP) through Discover Healing — the organization founded by Dr. Bradley Nelson, who developed the modality.
Emotion Code can be done at a distance because the practitioner works as a proxy — the body's energetic signals can be read and released without the client needing to be physically present.
We meet by video call or phone. We talk briefly about what you're bringing to the session, and then I work through the process while you rest. We close with a short conversation about what was released and anything to notice in the days ahead.
If you'd prefer to rest in your own space or your schedule doesn't allow a call, I can do the session as a proxy on your behalf. We connect ahead of time so you can share what you want the session to focus on, and I send a written summary of what came up and was released.
Every session starts with a conversation. We talk about what's going on for you right now and what you'd like to focus on in our time together. I'll ask you to rate how big the issue feels on a scale of 0 to 10 — a simple anchor for where we're starting. At the close of the session, we check the number again. Most of the time it's shifted. Sometimes it holds, and that points us to what else may need attention.
Your beliefs and spiritual tradition are honored here. If you'd like to open the session with a prayer, an invitation for support, or a grounding practice from your own tradition, that's welcome. The space is shaped to feel safe to you.
From there, we move into muscle testing — a way of asking the body to reveal what it knows. My preferred method is a pendulum, and I'll demonstrate it at the start of our session so you can see exactly how it works. Once we identify a trapped emotion, we release it. Most clients release 5 to 10 emotions in a single session.
For most clients, a session feels quiet from the inside — the work happens beneath the level of sensation. Some feel the release as it happens: a chill, a shiver, a yawn, a small lift in the chest. Some recognize, in the moment, the exact point in time when the emotion was stored.
From my side, I often get a big chill or shiver through my shoulders or spine when an emotion releases. Sometimes I yawn. The body communicates in its own language.
Most of the time, naming the emotion and its type is enough — whether it was shared, absorbed, inherited, prenatal, part of a heart-wall, and so on. Sometimes we decode further: if the emotion is absorbed from another person, we have to identify who it was. Sometimes we find the age it was stored, or the area of life it's been touching. We follow what the subconscious asks for.
Emotion Code alone, focused and complete — the right length when releasing is what you're here for.
Emotion Code plus one other modality — often a little coaching conversation or Reiki, woven in.
Full space for Emotion Code alongside coaching and Reiki, woven however the session wants to unfold.
Susan is a gifted energy worker and incredibly talented with even a makeshift pendulum.
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