The Mind-Body Conversation: Understanding the Physical Language of Emotion
Mar 14, 2026
“The body remembers what the mind forgets.” — Bessel van der Kolk
We often navigate our lives treating our minds and bodies as if they were separate entities. We consider ’thoughts’ the domain of the brain and ‘sensations’ the domain of the body. Psychology tells us a very different story: the two are engaged in a non-stop, two-way conversation. Every emotional fluctuation has a corresponding physical vibration, and vice versa.