The Mind & Motion Deck
A practical emotional insight resource tool for personal and professional use.
A clinically applicable emotional insight framework that enhances engagement, reduces client resistance, and supports measurable therapeutic progress.
Backed by theories in psychology, neuroscience and emotional regulation, each card offers a prompt (not a prescription) designed to meet clients where they are.

The Reality We Don't Talk About
What goes unexpressed
doesn't disappear.
It goes underground. It shapes how you sleep, how you relate, how you lead. And eventually, how your body speaks for the feelings your words never could.
More than 1 billion people globally live with an unaddressed mental or emotional health concern. Not because they don't feel, but because they don't yet have the language.
1.2B
+
People worldwide with
unaddressed emotional concerns
70
+
Nuanced emotion prompts
in the deck
20
+
Years of clinical &
holistic experience
What Makes This Different
Not a diagnosis.
A discovery.
Built at the intersection of psychology, neuroscience, and embodied wisdom. These cards are prompts, not prescriptions. They meet people exactly where they are.
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Evidence-Based Design
Grounded in psychological frameworks including the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Model and trauma-aware communication principles. Structured across 8 research-based emotional categories, offering depth you can trust in any clinical or educational setting.
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Inclusive & Accessible
Written with sensitivity to diverse identities, cultural backgrounds, and lived experiences. Available in English and Neutral Spanish, designed to serve people across borders and backgrounds.
The Mind & Motion Cards are used by Professionals across the globe because...
Verastile Use
One-on-one, in groups, or in supervision and self-reflection.
Emotionally Intelligent
Offering over 70 nuanced emotional and psychological prompts.
Safe emotional entry points
Designed to honour diverse lived experiences.
Conversational Catalysts
Helping clients articulate complex inner experiences in therapeutic, educational, or group settings.
Inclusive Language
Created with sensitivity to diverse identities and emotional needs.
Practitioner Aligned
Developed to align with contemporary psychology, emotional regulation models (like CERM), and trauma-informed communication.
Simple, Scalable and Engaging
For professionals who want depth without diagnostic overwhelm.
Evidence Informed Design
Based on psychological frameworks like the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Model and trauma-aware communication.
The Mind & Motion Deck are an evidence-informed, language-based resource designed to guide emotional exploration, build emotional literacy, and support client-practitioner dialogue.
The Deck
74 cards. Infinite
conversations.
Each card carries a single emotion: named, held, and gently explored through an open prompt. Not clinical. Not cold. Simply human. Designed to reduce resistance and deepen dialogue between client and practitioner, or simply between you and yourself.
Structured across 8 research-based emotional categories covering anxiety to awe, grief to gratitude, spanning the full spectrum of human experience, thoughtfully mapped and beautifully presented.

Start the conversation
today.
Choose the version that's right for you. Whether you're a practitioner ready to transform your sessions, or an individual ready to transform yourself.
THE DECK and The Quick Guide
Deck | Quick Guide PDF bonus | Entry-level/self-paced option
$87
AUD
+ Shipping & GST
The physical card deck for practitioners, educators, coaches, and individuals. 74 emotion-themed cards with reflective prompts.
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74 evidence-based emotion cards
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8 research-based emotional categories
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English and Neutral Spanish editions
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Use in 1:1, groups and self-reflection
The Mind and Motion Framework
Deck + PDF included | 3-hour live Zoom implementation session
$497
AUD
+ Shipping & GST
The complete toolkit. The physical deck plus the full online training course to master emotional facilitation.
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Everything in the Deck
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Full online training course access
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5 evidence-based learning modules
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Facilitation frameworks & protocols
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Self-practitioner module included
Practitioner Training Program
Full-day workshop/intensive | Higher-touch implementation and strategy support
TBC
AUD
Get In Touch
The online training course for practitioners who already have the deck, or who want the knowledge framework first.
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Face-to-Face Premium Training
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Deck + PDF included
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Full-day workshop/intensive
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Higher-touch implementation and strategy support

Monica Pema
Founder
Meet Monica
I’m Monica Pema—founder of PEMA Mind and Motion, trained in psychology and holistic kinesiology, with over 20 years of experience supporting individuals through lifes opportunities, physically, emotionally and mentally.
The evidence based deck was created in response to a growing global need: more than 1 billion people worldwide experience a mental or emotional health concern, and many find it difficult to express or explore what they’re truly feeling. These cards offer a structured, reflective approach to help individuals and practitioners initiate open conversations.
Grounded in psychological principles and holistic practice, they are designed to support emotional insight and client-led exploration, an empowering addition to therapeutic, coaching, or personal development settings.
Rooted in psychology and practical insight
, this deck helps individuals and professionals navigate 74 emotions with purpose, presence, and precision. Use them to spark honest conversations, guide client breakthroughs, or reconnect with your own inner compass. No fluff, just real, grounded tools for real growth.
✔ Build emotional literacy,
✔ Support meaningful conversations,
✔ Improve self-awareness,
✔ Strengthen therapeutic rapport,
✔ Encourage reflection between sessions, and
✔ Help clients, students and teams articulate emotions
Grounded in psychology, neuroscience and practical behavioural insight, each card offers guided emotional prompts designed for real-life application.


This deck belongs in your hands.
Whether you hold space professionally or you're simply learning to hold space for yourself, these cards meet you there.
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Therapy & Counselling
Help clients articulate complex emotions.
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Coaching Sessions
Create deeper self-awareness and breakthroughs.
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Group Workshops
Facilitate safe emotional discussion.
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Journaling & Reflection
Build emotional intelligence independently.
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Family Conversations
Encourage healthier communication.





