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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Reclaiming Peace: A Rabbit Hole of Reflection
Reclaiming yourself in a vacuum of support is probably the most challenging part of mindfulness. I say mindfulness because it demands a focus on what is, rather than what should be, or could be, or must be. That, I have found, to be the most deflating distraction of all. The thoughts and the lamentations of…
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Find your peace
Gratitude lays the foundation of the home.Respect builds its walls.Love and compassion provides the roof that protects you from the storm.And passion gives you the windows to allow your soul to breathe.As for faith…faith is the door that opens the path to all of it. Virtues have limited effect or value if practiced in isolation.…
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Save your sanity
Here are a few highlights from my long overdue pilot episode of my podcast titled Tough Discussions. If you don’t question what you take from the mainstream mental health mill, you could lose your sanity thinking that you’re trying to find it. If the mainstream approach to mental health was so effective, why is it…
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Mental health myth – Social contracts
People will have no reason to remind you about what they’ve done for you if they felt appreciated by you. This popular meme encourages a selfish view of life and convinces us that we’re victims of manipulation rather than giving us reason to question if/how we may have wronged someone, or taken them for granted.…
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The Illusion of Control: Unraveling the Quest for Peace
Peace is not the absence of drama, nor is it the avoidance of life. Yet, I find myself bemused by so many who believe that avoidance is a sustainable way to find peace, or happiness. It isn’t. Avoidance is merely a delay of the inevitable. Inevitability has always been such a complicated subject. Otherwise seen…
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Struggles and Triumphs: A Personal Journey to Finding Joy and Fulfillment
Life. With each passing moment, I question more than before about ever experiencing true joy. A fulfilling joy. One that is shared, not just fleeting. Joy that isn’t prompted nor courted, but spontaneously spawned in moments that I choose. Not the joy that I choose. The moments that I choose because those moments matter. Such…
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Beware the ego of prayer
Worship, if contemplated against that which we subscribe to, is bound to feed our ego. Worship is not worship because of its rituals. Nor is worship submission if performed as a transaction. That transaction could be an expectation of reward or blessing from the divine, or an alleviation of the struggles of one’s material state.…
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Respect is not earned
The old saying of ‘respect is earned’ robs you of self respect and replaces it with entitlement. How we treat others is a reflection of who we are, not who they are. Our ability to self regulate our offering of respect to those who may treat us badly is a reflection of how much we…