Zaid Ismail
@zaidie@zaidismail.com
Author, life coach, and mental health activist. We need to change the narrative from disorders, illnesses, and survival to accountability, understanding, and thriving.
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Are you sure you’re not enough?
I often see people needing to remind themselves that they’re enough. Some even print out posters proclaiming “I am enough” and place it on their fridge or at their workplace, or on their mirror. Enough for what? For whom? In what? To achieve what? We have to convince ourselves that we’re not good enough before…
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A bitter end
Holding on to bitterness for a past betrayal is like drinking poison and hoping that your betrayer will die. Bitterness eats away at your peace while you hope that the intensity of your bitterness will somehow influence the karma of the person who treated you poorly. If you had that much power, you’d have been…
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Dreamer or doer?
The absence of balance is stress. Emotional duress. Lack of joy. And so much more. The fear of not having, not coping, not achieving, or not thriving is what drives most people to exert themselves in what they think is a good effort towards a fulfilling life. Unfortunately, fear never inspires sustainable outcomes. The craziness…
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Home, is a feeling
I was never convinced that home is a place. It’s a feeling. I say this because I’ve had many places to call my own, but none of them felt like home. I’ve had many places that felt homely, most often when visiting the homes of others, but none that felt like my home. Home, in…
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Are you owning it?
This is a painful truth for many. One of the most prominent trends in people’s lives when things go wrong, is that they surround themselves with those who make them feel better about where they’re at, rather than those who push them to step up and own their life. You won’t ever grow beyond your…
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The path to peace is gratitude
The path to peace, internal peace, is to see yourself clearly through the muck and the mire of the world around you. Peace is found in being true to who you are in the midst of a maddening crowd. It’s found in knowing that we can only ever choose how we respond to life, and…
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Feeling triggered?
⚠️ Trigger warning ⚠️ archive post. Blaming chemicals for your emotional state is like blaming the overflowing rivers for the rain. Smile, and you generate feel good hormones even if you don’t have a good reason to smile. That’s science, not conjecture. If you don’t believe me, Google the science of a smile. And while…
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Stop looking in that mirror
We rarely look in the mirror to see ourselves. Most often, we look to see what we think others see when they look at us. This focus on how we appear distracts us from who we want to be. Reflection on the events of our lives that have shaped our expectations and aspirations don’t happen…