Mental Health
Body Awareness Experiment
I tried a little experiment this week.I opened a Google Form with just one question:What is my body feeling, and what is it asking of me? The first part, what I’m feeling, was pretty easy.But recognizing that those sensations are actually a request for something? That’s totally new for me. It all started when my girlfriend felt nauseous, and I offered her pills (which I didn’t have, obviously).She said, “It’s okay, maybe it’s better if I listen to what my body’s trying to tell me, instead of numbing it.”And I said, “Yeah, nice idea, but that doesn’t work for me,
Healing Across Borders: The Story Behind Our Collaboration with EMDR4PEACE
At OK2Feel, everything we create grows out of lived experience, the raw, messy, beautiful work of being human. As someone who lives with anxiety, chronic pain, and disability, I know what it means to feel broken by the world and still reach toward healing. That’s why our recent collaboration with EMDR4PEACE feels so personal. EMDR4PEACE is a grassroots organization that brings together Israeli and Palestinian therapists to train side by side in post-trauma care. It’s not about ignoring pain or pretending things are fine—it’s about the quiet, radical work of healing in a region fractured by violence, grief, and fear.
The Space Between Sessions: Helping Clients Hold Emotional Threads
Some of the most meaningful parts of therapy unfold after the session ends—during the drive home, in a moment of silence three days later, or when a familiar trigger lands a little differently than before. But the space between sessions can also feel blank, disjointed, or too much to hold alone. Here are 12 ways to help clients stay gently connected to the work between meetings—without pressure, assignments, or over-structuring. Just small gestures of holding, together. 1. Invite Curiosity About the Week Ahead Instead of focusing on what clients “should” notice, try: “I wonder if anything from today might echo
The Price of Perfection: When the Body Becomes a Battlefield. Thoughts on Death Becomes Her: The Musical
What if chasing eternal youth isn’t about beauty—but about grief? In Death Becomes Her: The Musical, the obsession with perfection becomes a haunting (and hilarious) look at what we lose when we try to stay flawless forever.
What Clients Say vs. What They Mean (And What Might Help Us Ask)
Decoding emotionally ambiguous phrases and how to meet them with care and clarity.
What Emotional Growth Really Looks Like (And How to Support It in Therapy)
Emotional growth doesn’t always announce itself. It’s not always dramatic. Sometimes, it’s quiet—like a shift in posture, a deeper breath, or a moment of eye contact that never would’ve happened in session three. Like nature in early spring, growth often begins invisibly, beneath the surface. As therapists, we’re trained to notice change. But clients often miss their own blooming—especially if they’re used to measuring progress in extremes. That’s where we come in: not to rush the process, but to help create the right conditions for it. Below are 8 gentle, practical ways to support emotional blooming in therapy—while honoring each
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