Nikhil VinodhBad TherapistEver since I began the practice of psychotherapy, I have felt that there has been a loss of at least some of my vitality. As I started to…Jan 6, 20221Jan 6, 20221
Nikhil VinodhExiting the MatrixThe Matrix was an iconic movie for me growing up. Certainly not because I understood the deeper themes the movie was trying to communicate…Jan 6, 2022Jan 6, 2022
Nikhil VinodhThe CafeThis photograph is of a wall at a café I was at yesterday. A few famous entertainers, with mugs of coffee in their hand- the café’s logo…Jan 6, 2022Jan 6, 2022
Nikhil VinodhSmall TalkI’m too good for small talk, I think. Too intelligent, too sensitive, too deep, to bother with pointless pleasantries and dead-end…Nov 14, 20211Nov 14, 20211
Nikhil VinodhThe Decolonization of my BeingWith the concept of decolonization becoming a staple within discourse in social justice, activism, and psychotherapeutic work, it is…Nov 14, 2021Nov 14, 2021
Nikhil VinodhA Case for MediocrityAmbition, defined as a strong desire to do or achieve something, is an unsettling if not terrifying state of being for me. What I want to…Nov 14, 2021Nov 14, 2021
Nikhil VinodhMaybe I Will Get MarriedFor long, I have so fashionably dismissed marriage as a patriarchal institution that has bureaucratized love itself. A flawed ideal which…Nov 14, 2021Nov 14, 2021
Nikhil VinodhWe are all Human Beings“But at the end of the day, we are all human beings. Why do we need to make everything about race, or sex, or gender?”Nov 14, 2021Nov 14, 2021
Nikhil VinodhOn the Practice of Land AcknowledgementsI’m curious about the accuracy of the land acknowledgments which seem to have become fairly common practice at the beginning of meetings…Nov 14, 2021Nov 14, 2021
Nikhil VinodhThe cause and the individual who fights for the causeI can support a cause and yet be completely put off by a person who is fighting for the cause. The cause itself is an ideal, isn’t it? The…Nov 14, 2021Nov 14, 2021