Mental Oasis

What does it mean to truly accept ourselves? How do we do this genuinely and compassionately? Join Dr. Christine Forte to examine these questions and others in this guided meditation episode.    For more information or to get in touch: www.forteklotz.com

How do we know the unconscious exists? Dr. Forte shares her thoughts on this and guides listeners in a reflection on unconscious conflicts. Mental Oasis is a guided meditation and reflection podcast hosted by psychotherapist Dr. Christine Forte. Learn more about her and her practice at www.forteklotz.com

Mental Oasis is back in 2025!  In today's episode we begin to take a look at the impacts that our unconscious minds have on our choices and behavior. How do we frame the questions of what it is that we want to learn about ourselves? We'll be exploring this theme more in future episodes this winter & spring. Please comment or get in touch on my website to let me know what else you want to hear...

The energetic experience of feeling discouraged or drained is common to all human beings - our energy can feel like a VERY finite resource at times. Take a moment with today's episode to connect to inner reserves of compassion and to the collective emotional experience in order to replenish energy and feel restored.   Christine Forte Klotz, PsyD is a Psychotherapist and podcast host. She can be co...

In today's episode of Mental Oasis we practice mindfulness with eyes open. This is a practice for grounding in the present in a different way from how we might usually with eyes closed. Join us for this expansion of heart and awareness!   Christine Forte Klotz, PsyD is a therapist, coach and podcast host in private practice in New York City. More information can be found at www.forteklotz.com   Pl...

Join Dr. Christine Forte Klotz for this bonus episode to reflect on 2022, meditate on intentions for 2023, and take a moment for centering.    The pdf journal guide that accompanies this episode can be found at www.forteklotz.com   We thank you for being part of this community and look forward to sharing more in 2023!

The fear of making mistakes can be paralyzing - it can result in procrastination, or in us holding back from doing or saying things that otherwise we would want to.  But what if we could let some of this go? Feel a little bit bolder, a little bit less afraid to make ourselves vulnerable.  It has been said that we write the book we ourselves need to read - or in this case record the podcast episode...

Seeking a moment to restore and re-center yourself in a busy day? Join us as we get back to basics of reconnection with the moment in this episode of Mental Oasis.    Please reach out to the host, Dr. Christine Forte Klotz with any questions or suggestions. christine@forteklotz.com . And you can subscribe to our newsletter here. If you want to hear more from Dr. Forte Klotz you can find her new po...

Dr. Christine Forte Klotz will soon be launching a new podcast "Finding the Keys: Conversations on Self-Care," and in this episode of Mental Oasis she explores reflecting on how we define self-care and what it means in our lives.  As always don't hesitate to reach out with any questions or suggestions! christine@forteklotz.com . And please subscribe to our newsletter here. And you can also find th...

In this week's episode we explore how to notice and be present with our discomforts with feeding the stories around them.  Please don't hesitate to share this episode with a friend, or to reach out with your feedback or experiences of this podcast! www.forteklotz.com or christine@forteklotz.com Listener support of this podcast is helpful in order to keep it ad free. Participate now on patreon.com/...

Welcome back for season 2 of Mental Oasis! In this season we will be focusing on how we can know ourselves better and develop a greater love and acceptance for ourselves.   Join Christine today for our first episode in this season, in which we reflect on beginning to truly see and understand ourselves. Please don't hesitate to reach out with your feedback or experiences of this podcast! www.fortek...

In today's episode we spend some time reflecting on and absorbing the ideas that we are already good enough as we are - there's nothing that we have to do, no aim that has to be filled before we can be good enough. Building our acceptance of this can bring a sense of peace.  Thank you for joining us for this moment of community and meditation. Dr. Christine Forte Klotz, the host, can be reached at...

The new year is a natural time to review and reset - with 2020 having been such a challenging year I know that many of us have high hopes for 2021. But as we're perhaps all coming into this year a bit bruised, it can be helpful to bring an attitude of compassion to our perspective on the new year. We reflect on this in today's guided meditation on setting intentions. Thank you for joining us for t...

This guided meditation is focused on deeply and meaningfully experiencing gratitude through smiling to all the parts of ourselves (even perhaps the parts we’re used to judging!) This can help us in staying connected to the present moment and building a greater sense of compassion for ourselves.   Thank you for joining us for this moment of community and meditation. Dr. Christine Forte Klotz, the h...

2020 has been a difficult year around the world - which can mean that giving thanks is the farthest thing from our minds. But it might also mean that it's even more important to our well-being to spend some time in appreciation of those we love and of being alive. In today’s meditation we invite you to spend a moment observing together the experience of gratitude, and of truly opening our hearts a...

In continuing on from last week’s exploration of future knots, we can encounter an objection, either from within ourselves or coming from the inputs of those around us, that wonders if it isn’t somehow a luxury to not get tied up in knots about the future. We explore this idea in today's episode along with a practice of presence together. When we can just be in now, and mindful of what is going on...

In today’s episode we explore the ways we can get ourselves all tied up in knots wondering or worrying about the future. Of course as we’ve covered in previous episodes, some thought about the future is important: its useful for planning or for preventing mistakes. In today's meditation I invite you to join me in bringing our awareness to the knots we may have created within ourselves and to work...

During the development of a meditation practice, we often consider what we hope to cultivate within ourselves. A place to start with this can be how we greet the day. What is the spirit or attitude that we bring to each new day? Reflect on this in today's episode with Christine Forte. If you found this episode helpful, please get in touch christine@forteklotz.com, or share it with a friend! www.fo...

In this episode, we meditate on the topic of having been emotionally hurt by another person. The idea isn't to build up or increase the hurt in our hearts, but rather to work on recognizing, extending our own care and compassion towards what hurts, so that we can move meaningfully towards letting go and healing.  Christine Forte can be contacted at christine@forteklotz.com, or more information abo...

Creativity isn’t just a quality important to artists and performers. It’s something that’s mobilized by anyone who has ever had to do something in an unexpected way, or try to find a new solution to a problem. Expanding our sense of creativity can give us new approaches to all kinds of things. In this episode Christine shares some thoughts on the meaning of creativity and blocks to it, and then gu...

In today’s episode we continue the mini series started a few weeks ago around the states of being alive, being peaceful, being joyful and being loving, with our focus today on being loving. This is perhaps in some ways the most mysterious of all of the states. It requires us to understand and accept ourselves and others, even when we might feel at odds both with self and others. There is a certain...

Joy is something that we'd probably all like to have more of in our lives right now. But how do we get there? In today's episode Christine explores the elements of cultivating joy as well as the obstacles to it.  More information at www.forteklotz.com or please do reach out and get in touch christine@forteklotz.com If you found today's episode meaningful, spread the love and share it with a friend...

In continuing with last episode's teaching from Thich Nhat Hahn, we meditate in this episode on  the next state he teaches about, that of being peaceful.   This guided meditation invites listeners to explore what the word peace means to you, when you apply it not to the greater world around you, but instead to your own internal systems. The host, Christine Forte, an be contacted at christine@forte...

In today's episode we reflect together on a teaching by the Buddhist monk in which he says, “We have a tendency to think in terms of doing and not in terms of being. We think that when we are not doing anything, we are wasting our time. But that is not true. Our time is first of all for us to be. To be what? To be alive, to be peaceful, to be joyful, to be loving. And that is what the world needs...

Judgment of ourselves, of our bodies, can be a painful obstacle to being free to truly be in the present, to be accepting of ourselves, and also be fully open to those around us. And so in today’s episode I invite you to join me in a meditation of gratitude for the body, for all of the ways that it is amazing and strong, for all of the things it can do. And then, to move towards full acceptance of...