The Deck.
Evidence-based emotional insight for life, conversations, and practice.
The Deck by PEMA Mind and Motion is an evidence-based emotional insight resource tool for personal and professional use.
Designed to help people move beyond “I’m fine” and into clearer emotional language, The Deck supports reflection, conversation, self-awareness, and deeper practitioner-led insight.
Whether you are using it for yourself, your family, your clients, or your professional practice, The Deck gives emotion a language and insight a place to begin.
Evidence-informed - Practitioner-tested -Designed for real conversations.
Available in English and Neutral Spanish
The Truth Most People Miss
Most People Do Not Lack Feelings, They Lack The Language To Understand Them
When everything becomes, “stress” “overwhelm” “I don’t know” clarity disappears.
When emotions are not clearly named, patterns stay hidden, conversations stay shallow, and people can remain disconnected from what is really happening beneath the surface.
The Deck was created to change that.
The Difference?
Naming emotion is not just reflection.
It can become a doorway into clarity.
The Deck supports people to pause, identify, reflect, and explore emotional states in a structured yet gentle way.
It helps bring language to what can often feel confusing, hidden, or hard to express.
This matters because emotional language shapes how we understand ourselves, how we communicate with others, and how we move through life and relationships.
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The Deck gives people a starting point.
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The Framework gives practitioners a deeper method.
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The Training shows professionals how to use it with confidence.
The Mind and Motion approach is built on a simple principle:
When you can name what is happening — precisely — everything shifts
Grounded in psychological frameworks such as Silvan Tomkins’ work on affect, this method separates -
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what you feel
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how you interpret it
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what you do next
So you are not just reflecting…You are moving forward.
The Deck
A practical emotional insight resource tool for personal and professional use.
The Mind & Motion Deck are an evidence-informed, language-based resource designed to guide emotional exploration, build emotional literacy, and support client-practitioner dialogue.
Emotionally Intelligent
Offering over 70 nuanced emotional and psychological prompts.
Practitioner Aligned
Developed to align with contemporary psychology, emotional regulation models (like CERM), and trauma-informed communication.
Conversational Catalysts
Helping clients articulate complex inner experiences in therapeutic, educational, or group settings.
Simple, Scalable and Engaging
For professionals who want depth without diagnostic overwhelm.
Meet Monica.
Monica Pema
Founder
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.
Emotions don't wait. Neither should the conversation.
The Mind and Motion Deck of Informed Discovery
No jargon, No pressure, just real reflection with outcomes.
Created from my 20+ years of experience, with a background in psychology and now as a holistic educator, this deck is used by practitioners, coaches, and conscious humans ready to go deeper.
Supports clients who struggle to verbalise internal states.
Ready to shift the way you work with emotions?
Purchase your deck today and let the real conversations begin.
Available in English and Neutral Spanish
The Mind & Motion Cards are used by Professionals across the globe because...
Evidence Informed Design
Based on psychological frameworks like the Cognitive Emotion Regulation Model and trauma-aware communication.
Strength Based Prompts
Encourages empowerment over diagnosis.
Safe emotional entry points
Designed to honour diverse lived experiences.
Inclusive Language
Created with sensitivity to diverse identities and emotional needs.
Verastile Use
One-on-one, in groups, or in supervision and self-reflection.