I had the opportunity to sit down with Muneer Alobeidli in Abu Dhabi today. Mr. Alobeidi is a driving force in the UAE’s wellbeing sector, and it is so encouraging to see how mental health and wellbeing not only embraced but prioritised at the highest governmental levels in the UAE. Our exchange today brought home just how important it is for the private mental health sector to do its part and contribute to these efforts in order to create real and sustainable change. All too often, the private ...

Paracelsus Recovery - Swiss Clinic

What are you really controlling: your life or your fear?For most of my life, I thought they were the same thing. Every outcome managed. Every risk anticipated. Every detail planned. I called it discipline. Precision. Leadership.In truth, it was fear dressed up as professionalism. Here's what nobody tells you about control: it's never about perfection; it's about protection. We control because we once felt powerless, and we manage because we once felt unseen. In that sense, control became my armo ...

Paracelsus Recovery - Swiss Clinic

Last weekend I went hiking with my son. We spent the night in a tent at the top of a mountain: cold, slightly uncomfortable, but incredibly special.There was this one moment: sunset breaking through the fog. Absolutely stunning. And like most of us would, I reached for my phone.Not because I needed to, but because I felt I should.And that’s when the guilt kicked in.I caught myself halfway through filming, realising I was watching a once-in-a-lifetime view… through a screen. I felt distracted. Th ...

Paracelsus Recovery - Swiss Clinic