Writing
Thoughts on therapy, patterns, and the quiet work of understanding yourself.
27 October 2026
Think therapy won't work for you? Explore common misconceptions about therapy, why it sometimes doesn't help, and how to know whether it's worth trying.
Read →26 October 2026
Do you justify every decision to your parents? Explore overexplaining, guilt, family expectations and learning to trust your own choices.
Read →26 October 2026
Do you get attached quickly, overthink their messages or feel anxious when they pull away? Understand the possible reasons and what can help.
Read →26 October 2026
You can want attraction, emotional availability, independence and shared responsibility in an arranged marriage. Here's what you're allowed to want.
Read →26 October 2026
Considering an arranged marriage? Evidence-informed questions about readiness, autonomy and whether you genuinely want to get married.
Read →26 October 2026
Considering an arranged marriage? Questions to discuss values, family boundaries, money, careers, children and conflict before saying yes.
Read →26 October 2026
In an arranged marriage, are you choosing a partner or someone who fits your family? Explore compatibility, adjustment, family roles and consent.
Read →26 October 2026
Do you feel guilty for disappointing your parents after everything they've done for you? Explore family obligation, guilt, boundaries, and adult identity.
Read →26 October 2026
What should you discuss about mental health before marriage? Therapy, medication, emotional needs, privacy and family expectations, without shame.
Read →26 October 2026
Getting married in an Indian family? Explore living arrangements, in-laws, finances, family obligations and boundaries to discuss before saying yes.
Read →26 October 2026
Good wife, good husband: whose job description is it? Explore inherited expectations, adjustment and what a fair partnership means to you.
Read →26 October 2026
Growing up with family expectations can make it hard to know what you want. Here is what psychology says about identity, autonomy and conditional approval.
Read →26 October 2026
What do family values actually ask of the people inside a family? A look at familism research, healthy family functioning and Indian women's autonomy.
Read →26 October 2026
Your family approves of the match, but are you ready to say yes? Explore family pressure, personal choice, compatibility and consent in arranged marriage.
Read →1 June 2026
Not sad, exactly. Not happy either. Just flat. Like something that should be there isn't. If that sounds familiar, this is for you.
Read →20 May 2026
If you've always been 'the easy one' or 'the one who doesn't ask for much' — that might not just be who you are. It might be something that made sense once.
Read →15 May 2026
Find out why your thoughts feel louder at night, how worry and rumination affect sleep, and what may help you break the cycle.
Read →9 May 2026
A lot of people delay reaching out because they don't know what to expect. This is what the first session actually looks like — no script, no pressure.
Read →28 April 2026
Feeling exhausted all the time? Understand the difference between everyday tiredness, work-related burnout and other reasons you may not feel like yourself.
Read →18 April 2026
Progress in therapy rarely looks like a straight line. Here's why that's not only normal — it might actually be the point.
Read →6 April 2026
I think I've always been a little bit obsessed with love. Not even in a cute way. In a slightly concerning, this-feels-too-important kind of way.
Read →5 April 2026
If you've ever felt relief flood in at a text reply, or noticed the floor drop out of your stomach when someone goes quiet — this might be worth understanding.
Read →27 March 2026
Some of what we carry wasn't handed to us deliberately. It was absorbed — quietly, over years, through the people who raised us.
Read →23 March 2026
I've always been the kind of person who extends herself a little more than she should. Not in obvious ways. In really small ones.
Read →22 March 2026
I think about the kind of room I would have. A small one. Just enough for me.
Read →20 March 2026
One of the most uncomfortable questions you can sit with is this: Who am I if I'm not chosen?
Read →17 March 2026
There is a certain kind of conflict that develops inside of you when the environment around you is very certain about who you should be, while you are still trying to figure out who you actually are.
Read →17 March 2026
Decentering men is not just a mindset shift — at least not in a culture like ours.
Read →