Unwind with Anu
Honest writing on what it really takes to come back to yourself.
Procrastination · 6 min read
Research treats procrastination as short-term mood repair, not poor time management. Anu Taksali on why productivity systems fail against it, and what sits underneath.
Read more →Overthinking · 6 min read
Rumination research shows overthinking is passive and repetitive, and actively impairs problem-solving. Anu Taksali on why the extra thinking never resolves it, and what it is protecting.
Read more →Anxiety · 7 min read
Where ordinary anxiety ends and an anxiety disorder begins, why India's treatment gap is 82.9%, and what identity coaching can and cannot do with it. By Anu Taksali, counselling psychologist.
Read more →Stress · 6 min read
Allostatic load is the measurable cost of coping — a panel of blood markers, not a feeling. Anu Taksali on why 'I've adapted' is the least reliable thing you can say about your stress.
Read more →Doomscrolling · 6 min read
Research links doomscrolling to anxiety, intolerance of uncertainty and passive social media use — not weak self-control. Anu Taksali on what the behaviour is actually attempting.
Read more →Identity · 6 min read
A 2025 meta-analysis of 13,340 people found habit and identity are strongly related but do different jobs. What that means for anything you have started and stopped.
Read more →Emotional Intelligence · 6 min read
The research question that matters is not what emotional intelligence is, but whether it can be taught. Recent meta-analyses answer it, and are honest about what they cannot yet say.
Read more →Parenting · 6 min read
A 2025 longitudinal study observed parents and children at seven points from infancy to age six. What it found about emotion regulation is not a parenting technique.
Read more →Stress & the body · 6 min read
Allostatic load is the physiological cost of coping, measured in blood markers rather than self-report. What three decades of research on it says, and what it cannot say.
Read more →Identity · 8 min read
Identity coaching goes deeper than habits or goals. Here's what it actually is, who it's for, and how to know if you're ready to change at the root instead of managing the symptoms.
Read more →NLP · 10 min read
NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) is one of the most practical tools for changing how you think, feel, and behave. A plain-English guide — no jargon, no mystique.
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