Yaseen Dadabhay

🎓PhD Psychology. ⚖️JD. 🥋Black Belt.
Built a 9-fig biz. Still woke up hollow.
🌿Jungian ecotherapist.
⚒️SoulForge — for men done pretending.

[Yaseen Dadabhay @yaseend]

Leaders Live On The Edge - The Art of Achieving Breakthrough Success https://t.co/vz2ytSgK8q

[Béa Gonzalez (sophiacycles) @SophiaCycles]

When Jung once said that “a neurosis is an offended god,” he meant, metaphorically, that the neglect of a deep, instinctual energy ultimately revenges itself in our somatic discords, compulsions, addictions, or projections onto others.~James Hollis, What Matters Most

[Dr. Carl Hindy @DrCarlHindy]

A geriatric psychiatrist who has spent decades listening to older men in crisis says the risk isn't depression — it's the slow, quiet erosion of the four things that made their lives feel like something worth showing up to: autonomy, belonging, dignity … https://t.co/u0zAEwM2MP

[Yaseen Dadabhay @yaseend]

@Ndi_Muvenda_ #fakenews nonsense. This didn’t happen. Not in the Kruger and not anywhere else in this or any other galaxy.

[Yaseen Dadabhay @yaseend]

@Acyn @ruivelosomx So as Canadians, the Canadian forces didn’t come to your aid after 911?

As a reservist, it’s great to know what American politicians think of our service and sacrifice during americas war.

[Yaseen Dadabhay @yaseend]

@JonathanShedler I find we are now the modern equivalent of the bible and Quran. When people want to get more legitimacy for their crappy content , they preface it with “this is what a therapist/psychologist told me.” It gives their content the perception of scientific credibility and clout.

[Dr. Arthur Brooks @arthurbrooks]

Work-life balance sounds reasonable. It isn't.

The moment you talk about balancing work against your life, you've already conceded something: That your work isn't part of your life. That it's a cost you pay to get to the time that actually matters. That's not a balance problem; that's a meaning problem.

Now: this isn't about grinding harder. Workaholism is real. So is workism—where work becomes your whole personality, a substitute for genuine human depth. Neither of those is the goal. The goal is integration.

Balance treats work and life as opposing forces to keep in check. Integration treats them as parts of a whole that make each other better. One asks: how much of my life should work take? The other: Does my work belong in my life?

During the Great Resignation, an entire generation quit their jobs. The conversation was almost entirely about balance: protecting life from work. By the end of 2022, a lot of those same people were struggling. The Great Resignation became the Great Regret. Not because quitting is wrong, but because balance without meaning just moves the emptiness somewhere else.

When work belongs in your life, the hours stop feeling like extraction. You're not drained by it: you're fed by it—even on hard days. And what you do outside work—relationships, rest, spiritual life—stops being “recovery from work” and becomes simply the rest of a full life. And it makes the work better, too.

If work feels like something you endure so your real life can happen somewhere else, no amount of boundary-setting fixes that. You can leave at five o'clock every day and still feel hollowed out. The boundary protects the time… but it doesn't fill it.

You're not looking for a better ratio. You're looking for a life where the question of ratio barely comes up—because what you do and who you are have stopped feeling like separate things.

Stop balancing work against your life. Start building a life your work belongs to.

[Yaseen Dadabhay @yaseend]

Martin Seligman discovered that resilience isn't about intelligence or resources. It's about how you explain events to yourself.

When something goes wrong, optimists see it as temporary and specific. Pessimists see it as permanent and pervasive. This pattern is self-fulfilling. Your internal narration shapes your outcomes.

The powerful finding: explanatory style is learned. You can change the habit.

[Béa Gonzalez (sophiacycles) @SophiaCycles]

You're trained as doctor & healer & yet I can't remember talking about the soul in medical school or residency. There's always going to be a need to address things of meaning. Patients don't come w/ a bunch of symptoms, they come in with their stories.~Sumit Anand [link below]

[Béa Gonzalez (sophiacycles) @SophiaCycles]

Here is the first episode of the revamped Gatherings podcast -- which is now 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘧 -- where the psychiatrist Dr. Sumit Anand explores why we must bring soul into the conversation.

Find it wherever you download your podcasts.

[Yaseen Dadabhay @yaseend]

Every month, more than a million people lose their jobs. 50 employees lose their jobs because the business faded away, for every one who gets singled out for being remarkable.

50:1.

Your company knows who’s on the layoff list long before you do.

They won’t tell you.
They’re afraid of lawsuits.

So they spin it.
“Reorganizing.”
“Can’t afford.”
“Different direction.”

The truth?
They lost interest in you.

Every company has two lists.
A layoff list.
And an indispensable list.

Which one are you on?

[Béa Gonzalez (sophiacycles) @SophiaCycles]

The body lives in the present. The body exists right now. But an addict is not in the body,so the body suffers. Uninhabited. And there's where that terrible sense of starvation comes from. To be in the now is to be full.~Marion Woodman

[Yaseen Dadabhay @yaseend]

Most men respond to midlife unease by doubling down on the old strategies. They work harder, change jobs, chase a new relationship, buy distractions, or drink more. Anything to avoid facing the real question: who am I when I stop performing the role I built my identity around?

[Yaseen Dadabhay @yaseend]

At fifty, if you’re healthy, you’re probably less than halfway through your adult life. The idea that it’s too late is fiction.
Neuroscience shows brain cells regenerate constantly. When you create new habits of thought, you literally rewire your brain. This is neuroplasticity. The change becomes structural.
Most people believe the pattern is set. The science says otherwise. Change is always possible.

[Yung Pueblo @YungPueblo]

If your nervous system could talk, it would tell you that deep breaths, sunlight, and staying hydrated can really support your peace.

[Yaseen Dadabhay @yaseend]

Jung called midlife the Middle Passage, the death of the first adulthood. The identity you constructed out of duty, achievements, and other people’s expectations must actually die so the person you were meant to be all along can finally be

[Yaseen Dadabhay @yaseend]

Most men spend the first half of life trying to become something the world demands.
This quote reminds us we arrived as a seed of potential, not a finished product.
The real work is returning to that original self and allowing it to unfold, instead of forcing it into someone else’s mold.

[Yaseen Dadabhay @yaseend]

Jung warned that “the spirit of evil is fear negating the life force.”

Only boldness delivers us.

If you never take the risk?
Then the meaning of life itself is violated.

Your gremlins know exactly how to keep you safe and empty.

[Yaseen Dadabhay @yaseend]

Every morning fear and lethargy sit at the foot of your bed. Fear asks what if you fail. Lethargy whispers deal with it later.

Jung said if the risk is not taken, the meaning of life is violated.

Your father played it safe. You watched him die slowly while his body kept moving. Now you're doing the same thing and calling it responsibility.

Which is worse: the anxiety of the unknown, or the slow death of staying put?

[Yaseen Dadabhay @yaseend]

Some thoughts while I watched the stunning 🌅 this evening....

One of my favourite quotes is from Rumi:

"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am
changing myself.”

Way too many fucking men unfortunately are just passengers.

They are constantly in the passenger’s seat.

They are always waiting.

Waiting on life.

Waiting on God.

Waiting on the universe.

Waiting on someone or something to bring them success.

That's a dangerous mindset.

Why?!?

Because because when we believe this then it robs us of our power.

And it robs us of agency to create success.

For me personally I have always believed that success resides within me.

I am in control.

Only I can create the life I want.

[Yaseen Dadabhay @yaseend]

Saturday Night Live doesn't go on at 11:30 because it's ready. It goes on because it's 11:30.

We don't ship because we're creative. We're creative because we ship.

Amateurs wait for inspiration.
Professionals have a system.

Shipping is a practice, not an event. It's something you do because you committed to doing it.

Pick a schedule.
Tuesday. Every Tuesday.

Then ship.

Not when it's perfect.
When it's time.

Trust the process, not the results.