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ɴɪsʜᴀ ᴛʀɪᴠᴇᴅɪ - ᴛʜᴇʀᴀᴘɪsᴛ & ᴛʀᴀᴜᴍᴀ-sᴇɴsɪᴛɪᴠᴇ ʏᴏɢᴀ

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● ᴄᴜʟᴛᴜʀᴀʟʟʏ ʜᴜᴍʙʟᴇ
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30/07/2026

It is often easier to notice a person’s behaviour or attitudes than to recognise the history of wounds and wisdom that has shaped what they learned about relationships, protection and belonging for themselves.

What becomes visible may be anger, withdrawal, over-responsibility, silence, difficulty asking for help, or the pressure to keep everyone connected.

Less visible are the family roles, cultural expectations, intergenerational trauma and ongoing effects of colonisation that may have shaped these responses over time.

Not everything passed down is harmful. Alongside pain, there may also be care, cultural knowledge, resilience and ways of surviving that helped people remain connected through difficult circumstances.

Seeing the wider context is not about blaming earlier generations or overlooking the impact of harmful behaviour. It is about making room for the fuller story.

That fuller understanding can bring grief for what was inherited and endured, while leaving open the possibilities of choosing what can continue and what may need to change.

29/07/2026

Pausing with tonight’s full moon. 🌕

Feeling grateful for the teachers, mentors and spaces that have allowed me to slow down, notice what feels true, and move at a pace that does not require overriding my own experience.

Guidance and care can support us, but no one else can know our experiences from the inside in quite the same way.



16/07/2026

Some conversations become difficult not because anyone is trying to defend themselves, but because a familiar sentence seems to bring everything to a close.

"I did my best."

"They did their best."

Those words can hold truth, effort, limitation and care.

They can also leave someone quietly wondering whether there is still room to speak about what the experience was like for them.

Understanding another person's circumstances and acknowledging the impact those circumstances had on us are not always the same conversation.

Sometimes both deserve space.

As an online trauma-informed counsellor and somatic therapist, I often see how people carry compassion for others while finding it much harder to include their own experience in the story. One does not have to replace the other.

The conversations that stay with us are often the ones where more than one truth can exist at the same time.

Understanding why you are exhausted doesn't automatically help with recovery from it. Sustainable recovery from high-fun...
12/07/2026

Understanding why you are exhausted doesn't automatically help with recovery from it. Sustainable recovery from high-functioning burnout requires working at the level of both the mind and, importantly, the body.

If you are navigating a phase where you feel wired and more depleted than usual, I have shared aspects of a blog article I wrote earlier this year.

💬 The invitation here is to pause overriding these signals, allowing yourself the permission and the pathways to safely return to stability.

Tap my profile and head to the "Blog" Highlight to read the full piece.

09/07/2026

Why can it be so hard to stop trying when something keeps hurting?

Sometimes trying may have meaning...

▪︎ One more conversation may hold the hope of being understood.
▪︎ One more explanation could contain the hope of being met differently.
▪︎ One more careful version of patience can hold the hope that time might change what has not changed yet.

And when the trying slows down, the feelings associated with grief could become harder to avoid.

Grief for how much effort has gone into being patient.
Grief for what was hoped for.
Grief for the possibility that trying more may not make it different.

This isn’t about giving up.

Sometimes, it is about recognising the extent to which the efforts have been sustained.

02/07/2026

There are times when tiredness is not only about needing more sleep.

It can come from carrying on after a conversation, disappointment, responsibility, or expectation that still had an impact, while the day kept moving and there was little room to respond to what it cost.

Anger can begin to make more sense in those softer moments. It may not feel loud or easy to name at first. It may be noticed through impatience, withdrawal, resentment, emotional exhaustion, or feeling less able to absorb what you used to absorb.

Important note: Understanding anger is not the same as excusing harm, threats, intimidation, coercion, or behaviour that leaves others feeling unsafe. Safety and accountability still matter.

It can make room for a more honest question about what has been carried for longer than it had room to be acknowledged.

I have written more in my latest blog, Why Am I So Angry All the Time?

Link in bio.

28/06/2026

Mount Coo-tha walking trail was wet and slippery today.

The kind of path where you cannot really rush. I had to notice where my foot was going and could only focus on what was actually in front of me rather looking at the path forward.

Sunday evening can feel similar when you are already tired.

The mind can start trying to walk over the whole week before Monday has even arrived: work, messages, family needs, appointments, unfinished things, and all the small decisions waiting.

Planning is helpful. But trying to mentally carry the whole week at once can also become another form of pressure.

Sometimes the more useful starting point is not:
“How do I get through all of this?”

It could be: “What is the next part of the track?”
Much like the experiences I had on my walk today!

This could bring your attention back to the part you can actually meet first.


25/06/2026

I notice some people become so known for being reliable that others stop wondering how they are doing.

Reliability is usually seen as a good thing.

People trust it, rely on it and look for it. However, over time, something else can happen.

The person who is reliable becomes "the reliable one".

The person who organises becomes "the organiser".

The person who supports everyone becomes "the strong one".

The role becomes so familiar that it can start to feel like the 'whole person.'

In reality, the roles we fulfill do not hold the capacity to tell us everything about someone's life.

A person can be dependable and exhausted; capable and overwhelmed; strong and in need of support.

The difficulty is that once a story becomes established, people often stop looking beyond it.

What we become known for can sometimes makes it harder for others to see what is changing, what is costing us, or what we might need now. 🤍





18/06/2026

I have noticed that some people can identify their limits quite clearly.

They might often know when they are tired, need space, have taken on too much or something no longer feels sustainable.

Perhaps, knowing the limit they are unable to respect their limit(s). Because, knowing and honouring are very different.

Some human beings tend to treat their own limits as though they require evidence.

▪︎ A reason that feels convincing enough.

▪︎ An explanation that will be accepted.

▪︎ A justification that will satisfy everyone involved.

Until then, the limit remains negotiable.

Other people's expectations, needs, disappointment, reactions, or opinions can begin to feel more real than the experience happening inside them.

And, over time, this can create a quiet habit of looking outward before looking inward.

Because somewhere along the way they learned that their limits were not enough on their own. And, that they needed: a better reason, a stronger reason or a reason other people would agree with.

💭 There are times when the limit itself is the reason. And, recognising that can change more than we realise.
with.nisha





11/06/2026

Not all losses in life are recognised. And, the grief remains unseen and unacknowledged too.

Sometimes people grieve a relationship they hoped would be different.

▪︎ The parent they needed but never truly had.

▪︎ The child they imagined.

▪︎ The sense of belonging they spent years searching for.

▪︎The version of themselves they thought life would allow them to become.... and many more.

These experiences can be difficult to name because there is often no funeral, no public acknowledgement, and no shared language around what has been lost.

Instead, people are sometimes met with confusion.

"You never really had it."

"At least..."

"Maybe it's time to move on."

The absence of recognition does not make the loss any less real.

In many cases, it becomes part of the grief itself and stays...

As a trauma-informed counsellor and somatic practitioner, I often witness that healing feels possible when we no longer feel the need to convince ourselves that the loss mattered to others.

What is something you have grieved that others may not have recognised as a loss?





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