It’s Okay, I’m Okay: What High-Functioning Anxiety Actually Looks Like for Ambitious South Asian Students
A personal essay by Nysa Lilani — published in partnership with Shakti Therapy & Healing Services, Los Angeles Written by: Nysa Lilani | Publisher: Shakti Therapy & Healing Services Key Takeaways When Ambition and Anxiety Look the Same from the Outside For a long time, I believed that feeling overwhelmed was simply part of being […]
The Gap Between Your Parents’ Survival and Your Happiness: What South Asian Couples Therapy Actually Treats
Most South Asian couples don’t come to therapy because their relationship is broken; they come because it keeps hitting the same wall. And the wall has a name. Written by: Ektha Aggarwal | Medically Reviewed by: Dr. Matthew Torrington, MD Key Takeaways I want to tell you what I actually hear in the therapy room […]
What Is Spiritual Bypassing? The Difference Between Spirit Work and Spiritual Escape
Going around the fire is not the same as going through it. And your nervous system knows the difference. Written by: Ektha Aggarwal | Medically Reviewed by: Dr. Matthew Torrington, MD Key Takeaways There is a kind of pain that looks like peace that many people do not connect with due to the business of […]
Breaking the Silence: Why We Hide Our Pain
Have you heard of the phrase suffering in silence? Well, surviving in silence is even worse. In a wo…
The Story We Inherit: Understanding Intergenerational Trauma – SHAKTI
Here is an image that reflects the concept of intergenerational trauma. It portrays a family tree wi…
Why Are You So Dark? Colorism and the Impact on Mental Health – SHAKTI
Colorism, also known as “shadeism,” is defined as the practice of favoring a lighter skin color
The Good Daughter Trap: Breaking the Savior Complex – SHAKTI
The desire for women to deeply support and help someone they love is biologically instinctual. Thoug…
Unraveling the South Asian Mental Health Stigma
In recent times, emotional well-being has arisen as a crucial problem impacting individuals globally…