The One Thing Holding You Back

Unleashing the Power of Emotional Connection

The One Thing Holding You BackSee below for reviews from Deepak Chopra, Harville Hendrix, Jack Kornfield, Daniel Siegel, Christiane Northrup and more…

“Cushnir introduces fascinating and iconoclastic ideas about health and healing.”
””  Publishers Weekly

“This is a wise, practical, and liberating book.”     ””  Jack Kornfield, author of A Path with Heart

“This is a brilliant and important book.   I recommend it for everyone””lay people and professionals.”   ””  Harville Hendrix, Ph. D. Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples

“I’m confident you will learn something new from this fresh take on how to break through your personal barriers.” — Marci Shimoff, author of Happy for No Reason

“Emotions are so often misunderstood. Raphael Cushnir shows us how to connect with our feelings and move past the obstacles that can block our way.”   ””  Deepak Chopra, author of Jesus: A Story of Enlightenment

“Cushnir’s method is deceptively simple considering the magic it unleashes.”  ””  Gwen Gordon, Transformation Consultant

The One Thing Holding You Back is a user’s guide to our emotional lives. By combining powerful strategies, insights into the brain and wise reflection, Raphael Cushnir offers us a true breath of fresh air and freedom.”     ””  Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., author The Mindful Brain, Director, Mindsight Institute, Co-Director, UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center

“This book is just plain brilliant! Read it, apply it, and change your life!” — Christiane Northrup, MD


Most people have a vision for their lives that they’re not pursuing, half-heartedly pursuing, or pursuing with all their might yet somehow falling short. This vision can be modest or grand. It may involve breaking free of a destructive habit or finding a truly healthy relationship. It might have to do with making a real difference in the world or helping to lead a company to extraordinary success.

The One Thing Holding You Back reveals that whenever people aren’t living their dreams it’s because they’re not yet willing and able to feel specific emotions related to those dreams. Once we access and understand these emotions, our dreams can and will come true.

Mere emotional intelligence is not enough. For maximum benefit we must directly and consistently connect with our emotions. In particular, we need to connect with the emotions we routinely avoid, resist, or attempt to dismiss. It’s these emotions that possess the key to our greatest goals. And learning to connect with them is a rarely taught but essential skill.

The One Thing Holding You Back provides real solutions that can be implemented immediately and without outside support. It includes true stories of people who have put emotional connection to work and transformed their lives. Delivering a step-by-step program in accessible language, this book will turn the obstacles in front of you into tremendous opportunities for achieving the life you always wanted.