bhavkotecha

When I tell people that I’ve come a long way with dealing with my own anxiety, I can feel the curiosity in their minds and the longing for any wisdom that may come their way. Let’s face it, so many of us have battled with anxiety from time to time. For some like myself, it has represented a long-standing issue that has come in the way of truly engaging with whatever was going on at the time. Outwardly okay, but inwardly asking myself all sorts of questions that were driven by the unnecessary...

You might not describe yourself as someone who is struggling. In fact, you might take pride in showing others you have your sh#& together. From the outside, things may look relatively steady. You’re managing work, keeping up with responsibilities, showing up for the people around you. On paper, everything might even look… fine. And yet, underneath, there’s a constant sense of pressure and unease. It's relentless. Your mind doesn’t quite switch off when you need it to. Small things feel bigger...

As a therapist who has navigated both the corporate world and the therapeutic space, I’ve often reflected on the layers people carry into the rooms they enter — layers that are shaped by culture, family, community, lived experience and more. We don’t arrive into therapy with a set of malleable principles that can be easily erased and reformed. We arrive as people formed by a complex interplay of values, beliefs, expectations, and unspoken rules — many of which are deeply cultural and rooted...