Dr Gia

07/04/2026

With GCSEs, A Levels, University exams and so many other end of year exams coming up, you’re not alone if you are finding it hard to focus. Here’s my tip.

Save for the rest of the series.

05/04/2026

Everyone’s been asking how my niece got 11 x 9s in her GCSEs. This is one of the tips on focus I gave as a consultant psychiatrist. Part 1 - save so you don’t miss the rest of the series.

04/04/2026

If you can’t revise right now, there’s a reason - here’s the fix from a Consultant Psychiatrist.

For educational purposes only, always check with your own clinician.

03/04/2026

Struggling to focus? This is how I went from failing at medical school to getting my Masters. Save so you don’t miss the rest of the series all about focus, revision and ADHD.

02/04/2026

This is why I’m still using my light box in April … my reasons may surprise you ☀️

I had the opportunity to speak with Sophie Beresiner for her piece in the Telegraph - you can read it from the link in my bio.


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26/03/2026

24/03/2026

I’m trying to remind myself that I get to move my body today, not that I have to, because that small shift turns pressure into privilege and changes the whole emotional tone of the experience. When something feels like an obligation it quietly drains energy before you even begin, but when it feels like a choice it creates a sense of ownership that makes showing up easier and more meaningful. There’s something powerful about recognizing that the ability to exercise is not guaranteed, and framing it as an opportunity taps into motivation that comes from gratitude instead of guilt. Psychologically, this shift moves the brain away from resistance and toward willingness, which makes consistency feel less like a battle and more like a rhythm you actually want to keep returning to.

23/03/2026

Some people feel quick hunger and can still stay calm enough to wait or make a meal. My husband can do it. My cousin can do it too. And my cousin has ADHD too, which shows that hunger is not only about biology or neurodivergence. It is also about what your body learned through experience.

Quick hunger is not the same as longer hunger. It feels intense and urgent. It can hijack your focus and make everything else disappear. It can feel like you cannot wait even a few minutes. This often happens when the nervous system has learned that hunger might mean danger or loss of control.

People who grew up with predictable meals and a sense of safety learn that hunger is manageable. People who grew up with stress, inconsistency, emotional overwhelm or a body that stayed in alert mode learn that hunger needs to be fixed immediately.

ADHD can make this stronger because of blood sugar shifts, fast emotional reactions and difficulty sensing early body signals.

Even with ADHD, the hunger response can be relearned. It does not have to stay urgent forever.

Helpful things in the moment

-Pause and take one slow breath out. Long exhales calm the alert system.

-Drink a few mouthfuls of water to soften the physical spike.

-Name what is happening by saying I feel quick hunger but I am safe.

Start preparing something simple to eat so your mind sees action rather than threat.

Eg taking out the cottage cheese and berries while you prep dinner.

Keep small easy foods available so the body does not feel abandoned.

Over time the nervous system learns that hunger is not an emergency. This is the beauty of neuroadaption.



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22/03/2026

One of the challenges we face as humans is recognising and accepting the natural range of our emotions.

I notice on social media, how many people appear to use medication in a way that softens emotional experience, almost as if sadness or discomfort should not be felt at all. This belief seems to have grown from wider Western ideas in medicine and culture, where difficult feelings are often treated as symptoms to eliminate rather than experiences to understand.

It is completely human to experience a wide spectrum of emotions.

It is human to feel:
• Frustruated
• Sad
• Rejected
• Embarrassed
All of these feelings are part of everyday emotional life.

Thoughts, Feelings and Awareness

Thoughts and feelings flow through us constantly in the same way that water moves through a river. Emotional awareness involves learning to observe this river without being carried by it.

Psychosynthesis teaches a simple but powerful mantra:

These are my thoughts. I am more than my thoughts.

These are my feelings. I am more than my feelings.

This is my body. I am more than my body.

This creates a gentle separation between who we are and what we are experiencing.

It encourages us to step onto the riverbank rather than being swept along by the current.

Feeling Deeply
A Psychiatrist who mentored me during my training once said that I feel things so deeply that I end up swimming alongside other people’s emotions. At the time this felt true.

I often found myself immersed in the emotional atmosphere around me.

Emotional awareness involves learning to step outside that flow and to notice.

The Experience of Being Human
There is something transformative about the human emotional experience. The range of emotions we feel is part of our inner richness, the alchemy of life.

Emotional awareness does not remove discomfort but helps us navigate it with self-compassion.

To feel is part of being human.

To be aware is to recognise that we are more than the feelings that pass through us.

Wishing you a lovely Sunday.

21/03/2026

Ey Iran is a 1944 nationalistic song about love for Iran not for any حکومت (government) but for the land its culture and its people.

It was written during the Anglo-Soviet occupation when foreign forces controlled the country a time of uncertainty and fear and became a way for Iranians to preserve identity continuity and a sense of home.

As a psychiatrist and someone born in Tehran I see that belonging runs deeper than birthplace it lives in memory in culture and in the connections that shape who we are.

When my preschool daughter asked for an Iranian flag for her birthday I was reminded how these attachments of heritage love and identity are carried across generations.

In the diaspora the echoes of bombing displacement and exile leave their mark shaping a complex fragile but enduring sense of belonging.

Around Nou rouz for me the song still resonates because it reminds us that home is not only a place on a map but something we inhabit within ourselves through memory story and shared experience.

20/03/2026

As the Iranian year turns from ۱۴۰۴ to ۱۴۰۵, the new year arrives here in the UK at ۱۴:۴۶.

A quiet hinge in the day.

نوروز ۱۴۰۵ خجسته باد
May Nou-rouz 1405 be blessed

And in the middle of it all, the haft sin trail at Lauderdale House, curated by Mehrdad Aref-Adib, still my children’s favourite ritual, small moments of wonder woven into the day.

As a psychiatrist, I often ask
what has brought you here, and where do you want to go next?

So today I ask myself, and you

What am I letting go of?
What intentions am I carrying into ۱۴۰۵?

May this new year remind us that pain and possibility can coexist

نوروز نو دل نو راه نو
New day, new heart, new path

19/03/2026

Idoli Idoli Idoli



Tutti alla première di Idoli non stavano solo guardando il film… ne stavano creando uno.

Ho adorato osservare questa generazione costruire una nuova visione.

Outfit. Angolazione. Luce. Ripresa.
E poi, all’improvviso… magia.

Nonostante fossi abbastanza grande da poter essere loro madre,
ci hanno introdotto con pazienza a un mondo nuovo! 💚 🤍 ❤️ Ovviamente.

Idoli è ora al cinema in tutta Italia, ed è uno di quei film da vedere davvero sul grande schermo ✨

motogp idolos