How the cards work, who they’re for, how they’re used in personal and professional settings, and what guides the philosophy behind OK2Feel.
OK2Feel is a collection of emotional reflection tools I created as both an artist and a person who has spent years doing deep inner work.
These cards are not quick fixes or “positive thinking” tools. They are invitations into feelings, memories, body sensations, inner parts, and conversations that usually don’t get space.
Professionally, they function as projective, reflective, and narrative tools.
Personally, they’re a gentle way to sit with your inner world without needing the “right” words.
Both professionals and non-professionals use OK2Feel.
Therapists, counselors, coaches, educators, and group facilitators use the cards in sessions, workshops, and emotional skills work. At the same time, individuals use them at home, alone, with friends, partners, or for journaling.
You don’t need psychological training. You just need curiosity and a willingness to notice what you feel.
Some decks like Parts in Me especially fit therapeutic settings, including parts work (IFS) emotional processing, and guided reflection.
Others, like Emotions in Time and Hands in Life are more accessible and playful, making them ideal for emotional conversations outside formal therapy as well.
Still, OK2Feel tools are not a replacement for therapy. They support reflection, emotional language, and connection. They don’t diagnose, treat, or replace professional care.
These cards were not created in a strategy meeting. They grew from lived experience.
They come from my personal journey through emotions, mental health, body experiences, uncertainty, and learning how to sit with feelings that don’t resolve neatly. That human complexity is built into the design.
Instead of pushing solutions, the cards create space.
Instead of “fixing,” they help people notice.
That’s where real emotional work often begins.
There’s no single correct way.
You can:
Clinically, they can support emotional identification, narrative building, projection, and parts exploration.
Personally, they simply help you pause and ask: what’s happening inside me right now?
You can get some ideas in the How it Works page.
No. You always choose your level of sharing.
The cards are invitations, not demands. In both therapeutic and personal settings, internal awareness alone can be meaningful even if nothing is spoken aloud.
Emotional safety includes the right not to share.
No. I don’t use AI to create the cards themselves and I never would. The heart of OK2Feel is human emotional experience, nuance, memory, and lived complexity. Replacing that with AI would take away the very thing that makes these tools meaningful.
I do sometimes use AI in practical, supportive ways around the edges:
Occasionally for cover images for blog posts (otherwise it would take me forever to illustrate every article)
Sometimes to help translate content between languages
Sometimes to proofread or refine written text
But the emotional core, the ideas, the meanings, and the creation of the cards themselves, that remains human. Always.
Yes. Many therapists, and counselors use OK2Feel tools in sessions, groups, training and workshops.
They can support emotional language development, reflective dialogue, parts work (IFS), and narrative exploration.
You may not, however, copy, reproduce, or resell the content.
Some decks can be adapted for older children and teens, especially in guided or therapeutic contexts. The focus on emotions and reflection means the way they’re used should match developmental level and emotional capacity.
That can happen, emotions carry depth.
If something feels overwhelming, pause. Ground yourself. Choose a different card or step away. In professional settings, this can be a good thing, if processed with support. In personal use, it may be a sign that working with a therapist could help you hold what’s coming up.
The cards can open doors, but you don’t have to walk through difficult ones alone.
If you couldn’t find what you need, please reach out directly, I’ll do my best to help!
