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Last week, someone called me and told me that they had contemplated taking their own life. They had reached a point where they had made preparations and were sitting in their room contemplating whether they should go through with it. And then, while looking around the room, they noticed something on their small altar.…

In the first part of this series, we explored what narcissism actually is and why the word has become so misunderstood. In Part 2, we looked at how narcissistic patterns can show up in everyday behaviour, and why they aren’t always as obvious as the stereotype suggests. But understanding the pattern is only the…

Part two of a three-part series on narcissism. Narcissism has become one of the internet’s favorite insults. We throw the word around to describe selfish people, difficult bosses, arrogant celebrities, or toxic ex-partners. But somewhere along the way, the real meaning of the term got lost. A year into studying psychology, I realised just…

Part one of a three-part series on narcissism.  Say the word “narcissist” out loud and watch what happens. A face comes to mind. An ex, a boss,a  manipulative friend, a parent, maybe. It’s become a label we place on people who have hurt us, a way of drawing a line between them and us.…

There’s a particular kind of silence that lives in the body of someone who grew up in an unsafe home. It isn’t the absence of feeling, it’s the absence of permission to show it. And long after the home is gone, the silence often stays. If you’ve ever found yourself unable to say what…

There’s a particular kind of poverty nobody talks about. It doesn’t show up on a balance sheet. You can have the house, the car, the label on your bag, and still be living in it. I’m talking about being a poor person who happens to have a lot of possessions. You’ve met this person.…

There is a difference between being present and being available. Presence is a state. Availability is a posture, an open hand held out before anything has been asked for. And it is this distinction, almost invisible in daily life, that quietly determines whether Grace moves through a person or simply moves past them.Most people…

When we ask, “Does the body conquer the fears that the mind perceives?” The first truth we must recognize is that the body itself does not fear. The body is neutral, a vessel. Fear comes from the mind. The mind, when clouded by ignorance, creates and collects fears. The cause of fear is ignorance.…

After speaking with nearly a thousand people over the last decade, I discovered something quietly profound: beneath all our different stories, different wounds, different dreams, everyone is searching for the same thing. To be seen. To be accepted. To be loved, not for who they were, or who they could become, but for who…

After many, many years, I finally did it. I started my own space, Yaspired. And along with it, I created The Mind Journal, a blog dedicated to understanding the human mind in a simple, practical, and relatable way. It explores how our thoughts, emotions, and behaviour shape our relationships, decisions, productivity, and overall quality…