Reconnecting

A timely guide to plugging back in to your emotions, your people, and your world—by the popular creator behind @Therapy_to_the_Point

Do you ever feel like you are present in your life but not fully connected to it?

You keep going. You work, respond, show up, take care of responsibilities, and do what is expected of you. From the outside, things may even look fine. But internally, something feels distant. You may feel numb, lonely, burned out, emotionally unavailable, or unsure of when you stopped feeling like yourself.

In Reconnecting, therapist Jeffrey Meltzer explores one of the most overlooked struggles of modern life: emotional disconnection. It often hides beneath symptoms people are already familiar with, such as anxiety, depression, burnout, relationship conflict, chronic loneliness, or the feeling that life has become something to endure rather than something to fully inhabit.

Drawing from clinical experience, current research, and real-world therapeutic tools, Meltzer offers a practical and compassionate guide to rebuilding emotional awareness, understanding your needs, repairing relationships, and creating a life that feels more connected, meaningful, and alive.

Whether you are in therapy, considering therapy, or simply feeling like you’ve drifted from your joy, your relationships, or yourself, Reconnecting offers a path toward understanding what has been missing and beginning the journey back to feeling whole.

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• Priced between €30-€50

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