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psychology of change
A Spotify Playlist for Every Stage of Change (Yes, Even Relapse)
A Spotify playlist for every stage of change, this blog uses the Transtheoretical Model to explore denial, contemplation, action, maintenance, and relapse with humour,...
criminal tribes act
What the 2026 Transgender Bill Is Really Saying (And Who It's Saying It To)
Parliament passed the 2026 Transgender Amendment Bill in twelve days. The community it was named after stood outside and protested. Clinical psychologist Priyanka Varma...
betrayal trauma
Why Your Body Shuts Down When Nothing "Bad" Is Happening
I noticed my hands before I noticed anything else. I had been sitting with a client for forty minutes, asking the right questions, nodding...
Attachment anxiety
This Is What Friendship Anxiety Actually Looks Like
Friendship anxiety rarely looks dramatic. It looks like delayed replies, spiralling stories, and pulling away before you are left. This personal vignette follows a...
anxiety at work
What Nobody Tells You About Imposter Syndrome (It Doesn't Care How Qualified You Are)
Imposter syndrome does not care how qualified you are. In a supervision room, fear tightens the chest, shrinks the voice, and turns attention inward...
Anxiety and anger
The One Thing Therapists Know About Change That You Don't
Change in therapy rarely feels like a glow-up. Through Mira’s story, this piece shows why old coping patterns feel fused with identity, why confrontation...
ADHD
Does Journaling Change The Way You Live?
There is a certain kind of mental clutter that accumulates without announcement. You are not in crisis. You are not falling apart. But something...
attachment and loneliness
Why the Most Capable People Often Feel the Most Alone
Loneliness can hide inside competence. In this essay, a psychologist traces how the most capable people often feel the most alone, shaped by early...
emotional co regulation
Why Being Around Happy Friends Makes You Feel More Alone
Why being around happy friends makes you feel more alone is not about envy or bitterness, but about how the brain is wired for...
festive season mental health
What Nobody Tells You About Holiday Loneliness
Holiday loneliness often feels heavier than everyday solitude. Festivals amplify our longing for belonging, identity, and emotional safety—especially when we come from small families...
indian parenting parents struggle to apologize parent–child relationships emotional repair and apologies intergenerational trauma inner child healing boundaries and self-worth adult children of indian parents
Sorry, But Not Sorry: Why Parents Struggle to Apologize
This piece explores why parents struggle to apologize, how silent hurt and throwaway comments shape our self-worth, and what an honest sorry could change....