The Official And Now Love Podcast: www.andnowlove.com Dr. Loren Weiner: www.lorenweinerphd.com We tend to assume that of course everyone has feelings — but Dr. Loren Weiner explains that this simply isn't the case. In this fascinating episode, Cynthia Marks welcomes back Dr. Loren Weiner, a Los Angeles psychotherapist whose work is grounded in the methodology of the late Dr. Bernard Bail, for a deep look at why so many of us quietly shut our feelings down. Beneath the surface, and entirely unconsciously, we are constantly modulating emotion — allowing it, blocking it, sometimes killing it off to survive pain we couldn't tolerate, often beginning very early in life and sometimes passed down by caregivers who couldn't feel either. Following the arc of real healing, Loren walks us through a series of remarkable patient dreams that reveal the whole journey: how the unconscious first signals that feeling has been cut off, what dreams look like as emotion begins to return (a hat lifted, an engagement between the masculine and feminine within), and the resistance that naturally comes with change. She and Cynthia explore why feelings are actually our protection and our guide, how numbing distorts our relationships with partners and children, and why reclaiming our emotions is the essential step toward knowing ourselves, connecting with others, and living fully. It all lands on a beautiful closing dream about a patient who discovers that what looked like a fake name was really a new name — the name of the person who finally has access to feeling. This is And Now Love. Listen to your dreams and live from your heart. Please follow, rate, and share the podcast, and pass this episode along to someone who might need it. Follow our socials: Instagram / / andnowlove.podcast Facebook / / And Now Love Podcast Youtube / / @AndNowLovePodcast TikTok / / and.now.love.podc Timestamps 0:42 — Welcome Back, Dr. Loren Weiner 2:00 — Why People Stop Using Their Feelings 9:30 — How Caregivers Pass It Down 16:00 — Spotting It in Everyday Life and Relationships 26:00 — Dreams When Feeling Is Blocked 35:44 — Dreams as Feeling Returns: The Hat and the Engagement 48:00 — Resistance on the Road Back 54:00 — A New Name: Coming Home to Feeling