The Illusion of Sensing: How We Can Meditate for Years Without Ever Feeling the Body
We think we are meditating. We sit. We breathe. We scan the body. We say we are “feeling.” But often, we are not. What we are doing, ironically, is not meditation. Not in the truest sense. Not if meditation means contacting what is, as it is, without veils. Not if it means presence in and through the body. Because here’s […]
Beyond the Story: On the Limits of Talk Therapy and the Layers Beneath
Talk therapy — psychotherapy — is profoundly helpful. It gives us space to reflect, to name, to make sense of things. It helps us build a story — not just about ourselves, but about our world and our relationship to it. These stories shape how we see, how we organize, how we survive. But at the end of the day, psychotherapy is still a story. […]
Freedom in the Foundation: On Systems, Presence, and the Question I Couldn’t Answer
Recently, I had the opportunity to work with a new client — someone warm, thoughtful, and brilliant in his own field. He comes from the world of systems theory and design. A field of work that revolves around logic, structure, and clarity. Of course, he’s more than that — but from what I heard and sensed, that seemed to […]
When “Journey” Isn’t Quite the Word
When “Journey” Isn’t Quite the Word Lately, it seems that everything is called a journey. A parenting journey. A healing journey. A self-discovery journey. Even the most fragile and chaotic experiences are now wrapped in this word — like it can hold them, explain them, give them shape. A friend recently told me, “I love the journey you’re […]