Gardening and the Meaning of Life
byGardening is one activity where we can witness the full life cycle and learn to have a different relationship with uncertainty, loss, and the sense…
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Digitizing The Right Balance: Health and Wealth
byPersonal finance books often advocate for cutting small spending that, in the long term, contribute significantly to savings. While the concept is correct, it has…
The Importance of Emotion Regulation
byWe all have moments where our emotions might get the best of us. However, we need to permit ourselves to thoroughly experience them without allowing…
Is Therapy Only for People Diagnosed with a Mental Health Disorder?
byNot everything that is challenging in the human condition qualifies for a mental health diagnosis or needs to be described through one. A common question…
The Body & Mind Hurt Together
byWhy discussing mental health is important in responding to physical pain. People everywhere who struggle with chronic pain face personal and societal barriers that limit…
What Happens When We Label People as Toxic?
byLabeling people as toxic, rather than their behaviors and the societal narratives they internalize, does more individual and collective harm than good. As a therapist…
Chaos Systems and Predictions – Can We Alter The Future?
byAn explanation of Chaos Systems Levels and how they relate to our current situation with Covid-19. What is a chaos system? It is a system…
Socializing in Times of COVID19’s Social Distancing
byWhen the dark force took over the skies and enwrapped its wings around the globe, spreading its evil essence of fear into the air –…
The Indirect Peer Pressure of the Rising Number of Marriages in COVID19
byThe tempting allure of getting married in COVID19, are we missing out? There’s been a sense of insecurity surrounding jobs worldwide since the onset of…
You Don’t Have to be Present All the Time
byPracticing mindfulness needs to be balanced with allowing your mind to wander, reflect, and take action to achieve optimal mental wellbeing, creativity, and meaningful community…
The Sadness that Can Come with Breastfeeding
byMothers often feel a pang of emptiness and frustration when they start breastfeeding; this situation has a medical term that many are unaware of and…
I’m Burnt Out: The Story of a Generation
byExploring how the youth keep feeling burnout as a result of internalizing the pressures to over-achieve. Meet Ahmad Marwan, a man of many hats. Working…
The Emergence of Mental Health Awareness in The Wake of COVID-19
byAs the world deals with the disastrous repercussions of COVID-19, there has been a global rise in awareness of mental health and its importance. The…
Do Not Ask What the World Needs
byDo you recall a time in your childhood when you were not afraid to ask the so called stupid questions? “Don’t ask what the world…
Allowing Ourselves to Feel: Why Do You Need to Give Up Comparative Suffering
byWe have become accustomed to comparing our problems to those of others. Yet, what if this comparative suffering approach is not as beneficial to you…
Love in The Times of COVID-19
byWith conflict rising when couples are working from home together, how can they survive? WhatsApp blinked. It was a message in the group chat. “Guess…
Working within Limitations – A Memoir of Schizophrenia
byAlthough limiting, there’s room to live life with mental illness. The aliens are imposters and have taken over her best friend Steve. A terrifying figure…
How Does COVID-19 Impact Gulf Economies?
byThe traditionally oil-backed economies of the Gulf have experienced a growth stunt after the COVID-19 pandemic, but in what way does the rentier state theory…
COVID-19 Redefining our New Normal
byAnticipating what the world will look like after the pandemic. Everyone is in agreement that the pandemic has introduced many changes to our lives and…
You Need Craft Now More Than Ever
byExploring how textile crafts are essential to mental health and creativity. Crafts had found their way into my hands long before I was faced with…