Amirah Ahmad ShahMay 93 minHave you experienced Posttraumatic Growth from COVID-19?The COVID-19 pandemic has presented various threats, traumas, and grievances for most people across the globe. Naturally, traumatic...
Amirah Ahmad ShahApr 55 minHow to Deal with My Childhood Trauma?Did you grow up with Adverse Childhood experiences (ACEs)? And what does this have to do with childhood trauma and toxic stress? Now, if...
Amirah Ahmad ShahFeb 48 minWhy Do I Feel Lost in My Grief?Grief and Trauma is never neat or easily understood. We have various models that attempt to describe, understand, and treat complicated...
Amirah Ahmad ShahDec 5, 20214 minWhy Do I Feel Stuck?Feeling stuck is a common human experience. So you are not alone. You can feel stuck at some point in your life, whether in your career,...
Amirah Ahmad ShahJul 14, 20216 minOnline Learning: Poor Concentration & Distractedness. Why & How to Fix it.Do you struggle with online learning? Do you find yourself getting distracted when listening/ watching lectures on the computer...? Maybe...
Amirah Ahmad ShahMay 26, 20213 minCALD Family Matters in a Western Society: Women's PerspectiveABC News journalist, Christina Zhou, published a story on Australia Talks about What Australians think about Marriage and Children. She...
Amirah Ahmad ShahMay 18, 20214 minCounselling VS PsychotherapyWhat's the difference between Counselling and Psychotherapy? These two terms are often used interchangeably, but... Is there really a...
Amirah Ahmad ShahMar 19, 20212 minYour Therapist is Your CheerleaderNOT in the way that strokes your ego, but in the way that he/she is silently cheering you on towards your goals. In a way that also...
Amirah Ahmad ShahMar 1, 20212 minDo You Have Your Five Freedoms in Your Culture? Do you have the freedom to experience, think, desire, feel and imagine, in your family? Does the rest of your family have these freedoms?...
Amirah Ahmad ShahFeb 28, 20215 minHow to understand the Science of Grief and Find Meaning in Your LossDo you want to go through grief alone? It's such a personal experience. but you don’t need to go through grief and bereavement alone....
Amirah Ahmad ShahFeb 9, 20211 minEQ vs IQ?It's not one or the other. You can cultivate EQ. You are more aware about yourself, you can articulate and express yourself well, and you...
Amirah Ahmad ShahFeb 1, 20211 minWhat Trauma Looks LikeThe effects of Trauma are sometimes more obvious that you think. The wheel shows us what trauma can actually LOOK like. If you happen to...
Amirah Ahmad ShahJan 27, 20212 minReminders, Appointments & Showing UpClients sometimes ask me why I do not send them reminder texts or emails for their appointments. My answer to this is that therapy...
Amirah Ahmad ShahJan 25, 20212 minShit Happens. Such is Life. Question is: What can YOU do about it?How we cope with major stressors in life can determine: whether we succumb to psychologically negative effects, or experience...
Amirah Ahmad ShahJan 23, 20212 minDo you live a Psychologically Rich Life? Do you think you experience more intense positive and negative emotions? Are you hardly jaded with the day-to-day life and activities? Do...
Amirah Ahmad ShahJan 19, 20211 minNew Years' Resolutions!We are a few weeks into the new year, and I am sure a number of us have had some Resolutions for 2021 scribbled somewhere. Given the year...
Amirah Ahmad ShahJan 19, 20212 minChit-ChatOver the course of the decade, social networking has evolved to be our default form of maintaining relationships. The pandemic has...
Amirah Ahmad ShahJun 25, 20202 minMoney Money Money, It's so Funny, In a Rich Man's World...I found a post on LinkedIn by Matt Shewbridge, a job coach. I would like to complement this post with a mental health perspective. He...
Amirah Ahmad ShahJun 15, 20201 minMental Health & the Pandemic: That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is GriefMost of us know the 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression & acceptance. But there's a 6th one now- MEANING. The...
Amirah Ahmad ShahJun 8, 20201 minIntroducing a Mental Health Discussion Platform: Rediscovering Minds.Catch myself, and Will Chan on the Youtube Channel, Rediscovering Minds where we discuss current issues around mental health.