Open To Feel

Learn to share your emotions and embrace your sensitivity in a world that still rewards emotional silence and self-restraint

Why do we still hide what we feel when mental health matters more than ever? In Open to Feel, clinical psychologist and emotional educator Dr. Sergi Rufi challenges the cultural conditioning that taught us to suppress fear, disguise sadness, control anger, and dilute joy. Sensitivity, we were told, was a weakness. This book says otherwise.

At once practical, radical, and deeply human, this is a guide for anyone ready to live with emotional honesty. Rufi offers tools to reconnect with our inner world, share emotions without fear, and build more authentic relationships in a society that often rewards emotional silence. With clarity and empathy, he
addresses four core emotions—fear, sadness, anger, and joy— as essential aspects of our lived experience.

Rejecting toxic positivity and superficial self-help, Open to Feel proposes a new emotional culture—one rooted in vulnerability, connection, and the power of being truly seen. A vital book for a generation overwhelmed by anxiety, burnout, and isolation, and longing for something real.

A bold rethinking of emotional health that challenges psychology’s obsession with control—and offers grounded, stigma-free tools to navigate today’s mental health crisis without clichés or quick fixes.