You Don’t Have to Stay With the First Therapist You Find
A guide to therapist shopping and why finding the right fit might be the most important part of your healing journey. Let me start with something nobody told me before I began therapy: a therapist is not a one-size-fits-all solution. For a long time, I assumed that if therapy wasn’t working, the problem was me […]
AI, Identity, and the Fear of No Longer Mattering
Stress Awareness Month: The Existential Weight of AI April was Stress Awareness Month. And while we often talk about stress in familiar terms like deadlines, workloads, the relentless pace of modern life, there’s a form of stress that’s harder to name. It doesn’t announce itself with panic attacks or sleepless nights. It sits underneath everything, […]
When the Law Stops Protecting: A Therapist’s Reflection on the 2026 Trans Amendment
I grew up believing that laws protect us. That’s how the world was explained to me. There are structures that hold us- first family, then community, and eventually, the law. As children, we’re told that parents protect us because they know better, because they’re responsible for us, because they can hold what we cannot yet […]
Rejection, Resentment & Redemption : Insight into Incel Culture
There is a particular kind of loneliness that simmers under the surface in many young people’s lives, a feeling of being unwanted, invisible and perpetually left behind in the world of dating. It is the ache of being perceived as a failure, of watching others experience affection, intimacy or companionship while you remain stuck in […]
‘The Plate as the Comfort Zone’ by Ereckaa
The Thing About the 2 AM Comfort Food It’s 2 AM and I’m making instant noodles for the third time this week. Not because I’m hungry. Not because they’re particularly good. I’m making them because I just had a fight with my best friend and I don’t know how to fix it, and somewhere between […]
ADHD in Today’s Indian Schools_ A Practitioner’s Perspective
ADHD in Today’s Indian Schools: A Practitioner’s Perspective In recent years, there has been a noticeable rise in the number of children being identified with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Indian schools. My understanding of this shift has been shaped by working across therapeutic and educational settings, first as an ABA therapist and later […]
Feminist Therapy in the Indian Context by Dharini
What if the Weight Was Never Only Yours? What if the exhaustion you carry isn’t just your own? What if your fatigue echoes generations of women who were told to be strong, silent, and selfless? In that realization, something shifts. The pain that once felt personal begins to make sense in the larger context of […]
ACE OF HEARTS : DATING ON ACE SPECTRUM
Connection beyond convention Dating is fun. Finding new people, texting all day, and fantasizing about a sunday brunch with “your person” is a cool concept. But it is not always so flowery, for us on the ace spectrum or what you call the asexual spectrum. We want intimacy, emotional closeness but when it comes to […]
The Dating Dilemma: A Therapist’s Rant
As a therapist, you often spend your days helping others navigate love. Attachment styles, boundaries, identifying all colours of flags, emotional availability, love languages—you’ve unpacked it all. But your own dating life? Oh, that’s a whole different kind of chaos. First of all, What Even Is Love? Apart from how Sternberg defines it in his […]
Dating Apps in 2024: The Real Impact of Swipe Culture
Playing My Way Through Gamified Dating Apps The introduction of dating apps in the 21st century has completely changed how we view and experience love. Love is now a game, one with swiping, liking and paying for a better chance at a reward. I’ll admit it—I’ve fallen into the trap of signing up and mindlessly […]