You don't have to fight what you feel.
Honest, gentle help for the heavy feelings – the ones that come with illness, loss, fear and sleepless nights. From Rytis & Violeta, who have spent seven years helping people stop running from what they feel.
Start with one feeling
Topics
- Emotions Guilt, anger, shame, sadness, jealousy. The feelings you were taught to push away – what they are doing in your body, and a simple way to let them move. 15 articles
- States Empty, numb, stuck, too emotional, awake at 3 a.m. When a state takes over and nothing seems to explain it – what it may be asking of you, and what helps tonight. 15 articles
- Body The feelings that come with pain, illness and a body that will not settle. Not medical advice – the emotional side, alongside your doctor. 13 articles
- Life events Losing a mother, a pet, a pregnancy, a future you imagined. The feelings that come after – and how to be with them without drowning. 5 articles
Latest
Body
Spiritual Meaning of Insomnia: What Your Nights May Be Holding
Night is often the first time all day that feelings have room. The spiritual meaning of insomnia, honestly, and a five-minute practice you can do in bed.
Body
Menopause Rage: How to Cope When the Anger Feels Too Big
It can feel like it comes from nowhere. Menopause rage is real: mood swings, broken sleep, and what may be underneath. A way to meet it without exploding.
States
How to Stop People Pleasing: Feel the Fear Behind the Yes
Saying no makes your chest tight. How to stop people pleasing without a script or becoming harder: notice what your body does just before you say yes.
States
How to Heal a Broken Heart: The Ache in Your Chest and What Helps
Heartbreak doesn't mend by being explained, distracted or replaced. How to heal a broken heart when the ache lives in your chest, and a way to feel it.
Emotions
How to Deal With Regret When You Can't Stop Going Back
The same scene replays every night. How to deal with regret by feeling what it carries now, grief, fear or anger, so the mind can stop going back.
Emotions
How to Deal With Envy Without Hating Yourself for Feeling It
Envy is a feeling, not a flaw. Envy vs jealousy, why it hits with people you love, and how to deal with envy without shame, starting with where it sits.
Body
Emotional Meaning of Stomach Problems: What Your Gut May Hold
The gut is one of the first places a feeling shows up. The emotional meaning of stomach problems, honestly, and a practice to try alongside your doctor.
Rytis & Violeta
We are Rytis and Violeta, a married couple from Lithuania. For seven years we have led Feeling Sessions, helping people stop running from what they feel – for a few minutes at a time. We are not therapists, and this is not therapy.
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The Feeling Session
The simple way through the heavy feelings. Read it in an evening, come back to it for years.