Self-talk is, I believe, the most important aspect of a person’s relationship with themselves. The way you talk to yourself inside your head. Especially when no one is listening. It’s so scary how much self-talk can literally ruin lives. And yet it’s so beautiful how learning to take more control of it can also magnificently […]

My favorite kind of validation is that which comes from inside. When I start feeling a certain feeling then watch myself allowing me to just feel it. Without trying to swallow it in. Without trying to rationalize things. It doesn’t come easy to me on most days. But when it does, it totally warms my […]

When opening up about their feelings, most people aren’t looking for: a) sympathy and confirmation that their struggle is the worst out there, or b) theoretical advices and reminders that they still have it better than others. There’s a grey area in-between; one we often tend to miss. An area of simply allowing others to […]

Just like you deserve to name and feel every emotion that comes your way, it’s important to allow others the safe space to experience and express how they feel too. Therapy introduced a new word for that in the dictionary of my mind: Validation. Human experiences and emotions are extremely complex. No two people can […]

Feelings have names. Each one of them. And it’s extremely important to learn and practice how to call each of the things we feel by their actual real ones. I remember the first couple of times when my therapist would ask me “how do you feel?” towards the end of our conversations and my mind […]

It’s okay. The magic of assuring yourself that it’s okay. Things can go wrong, life can take unexpected turns, but as long as you remember to remind yourself that it’s okay, it’ll be okay. As I started understanding more about the voices inside my head, I decided to make it a habit to say “it’s […]

Talking heals. Even if you’re not talking about your actual pain. Simply talking and knowing you are heard, truly heals. Feeling heard is a basic human necessity that we will all always need, no matter how much we continue taking pride in our own listening skills. I personally thought I had a problem opening up […]

You don’t need to be depressed to start therapy. You don’t need to be suicidal to start therapy. You don’t need to be carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders, crying yourself to sleep every night, or going through a dark traumatizing experience, to start therapy. You only need to be a human […]

19 December 2017. A day that completely broke me from the inside, yet a day that was a major reason behind all my earlier broken pieces finally coming together and helping me heal. It was the day I failed for the first time in my life. On an exam I had literally given my all. […]