By Dr. Preeti Mistry When it comes to relationships, one buzzword I hear constantly, especially on social media, is " emotionally unavailable" . It has become one of the most common explanations for why relationships stall, why intimacy feels one-sided, and why someone can seem close one moment and distant the next. And to be clear, emotional unavailability is absolutely a real phenomenon. There are people who struggle to show up consistently in their most intimate relations

By Dr. Preeti Mistry As human beings, we tend to value what we can’t get easily . It’s almost instinctive. The moment something feels rare, hard to access, or slightly out of reach, our minds attach meaning to it. We assume it must be special. We assume it must be important. We assume that if it’s not readily available, it must be worth chasing. And in so many areas of life, that conditioning makes sense. Scarcity drives desire. Scarcity drives urgency. Scarcity drives motiv

By Dr. Preeti Mistry Ghosting has a very specific way of getting under someone’s skin because it doesn’t just end a connection; it ends it without clarity, without context, and without closure. And when human beings are left without closure, the mind does what it naturally does. It tries to fill in the blanks. It tries to make meaning out of silence. It tries to understand what happened, what shifted, and most importantly, what it supposedly says about you. And that’s why gho

by Dr. Preeti Mistry Relationships, whether romantic, friendships, or otherwise, can be complicated. Especially when conflict arises. In those moments, it’s easy for each person to become locked into their own perspective. What they felt. What they meant. What they think the other person did wrong. And before we know it, we’re pointing fingers, keeping score, and defending our side of the story. But here’s a deeper truth most of us don’t pause long enough to see. In almost ev

By Dr. Preeti Mistry Someone recently asked me: “When was a turning point in your life where you started to change how you showed up?” That question took me back to my days working as a clinical dentist in a corporate setting, long before coaching, when I was navigating a challenging and emotionally demanding work environment. I found myself constantly people-pleasing, thinking that if I was friendlier and more accommodating, others would treat me better with respect, refrai

By Dr. Preeti Mistry For the longest time, I believed leadership meant being at the top position. The one hosting the meeting. The extrovert. The person who is loudest, who talks the most, the one who naturally commands attention. And don’t get me wrong. Sometimes leadership does look like that. But over time, I began to recognize a different dimension of leadership, one that has far less to do with performance or visibility and far more to do with who we are being in each