Dr. Lena Feygin

“The mind, like a country road, has its own worn-out track.” — Honoré de Balzac Nelly didn’t know that life could be different. The road map of her life had been set for her — first by her parents, then partly by school. Beyond the school doors there was a big black hole called “the future,” and she had no idea what to do with it. Until that moment, every decision had been made by her mom and dad....

“Be careful what you wish for — wishes have a way of coming true.” — Mikhail Bulgakov Desire — such a simple word. Our lives are filled with wishes that we voice every single day. They range from “peace in the world” to very material ones — “money, an apartment, a car.” Every client who begins work in my office receives a first and very important homework task: to answer three questions. What do I...

“Joy in life is like oil in a lamp. As soon as there is too little oil, the wick burns up and, burning up, stops giving light and only smokes with black, foul smoke.” — Lev Tolstoy (All characters and stories are fictional and are composite images rather than anyone’s private life.) When the smoke from her cigarette cleared, you could make out the shape of a fairly young woman. Her eyes were red a...

“Objectively, honor is the opinion others have of our value; subjectively, it is our fear of that opinion.” — Arthur Schopenhauer I am a Doctor of psychotherapy science, with twenty years of experience and practice around the world. These are my stories — stories that can happen anywhere and to anyone. (All characters and stories are fictional and represent composite images rather than anyone’s pr...

Podcast Episode 2 - “There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, the highest tension of vital forces. And paradoxically, this ecstasy is the fullness of sensing life and, at the same time, a complete forgetting of oneself and everything around.” — Jack London, The Call of the Wild I am a Doctor of psychotherapy science, with twenty years of experience and practice around the world. These ar...

Chance as an ephemeral state of sudden luck—and overnight life becomes different: I am noticed, and I will inevitably become a great artist. Chance as a concrete call to action—one more attempt to straighten things out so that life can flow according to a completely different script. I am a doctor of psychotherapy science, a practicing psychologist with twenty years of experience and practice arou...