Dr Naeem Dalal

12/10/2025

Silelo tayamba bakamaba… When ZNBC Today Calls, I don’t ask questions... I show up!

Back then, I’d ring people up like, “Take a picture, quick!” A year later, they were sending them before I could say anything. Now they’re like, “Are you a doctor or an entertainer?” I smile. I am both.

Thank you ALL for being part of my journey. I am because You are.


I even have a 📸 where I had a "pala", no hair... I'll share soon, but first let me share a picture from inside the Ndekeeeee ✈️ before someone says ni A I....

12/10/2025

Chasing The W I N D....

Are you absolutely exhausted from being told to "just be happy"? We all want it, but the harder you try to force it, the more miserable you feel. It's the cruelest trick our minds play, promising a destination you can never reach.

Here is the simple, grounded truth: Happiness is not a place you arrive at. It is not something you catch like a bus. When you stop chasing the wind, you find the solid ground. It’s a gift you receive only after you put in the honest effort.

This quiet satisfaction is the byproduct of three tangible actions:

1 Meaningful Effort (Work): Doing something that helps your family, your community, or simply makes you feel useful. Whether you're in the chitemene, selling tomatoes at the market, or teaching in a class—the true joy is in the useful work.

2 Good Relationships: Staying connected to your people. Sharing burdens and small victories. Community is the strongest shield we have.

3 Personal Growth: Learning, failing, and trying again. Being better today than you were yesterday.

The Conflict
If you are just running after "being happy," you miss the good things happening right now. You are always pushing the satisfaction into the future by saying, "I will be happy later, when I get a promotion... when I get the money..." This desperate chase keeps you perpetually unhappy.

STOP CHASING THE W I N D. Start looking for meaning.
The new question is not: "Am I happy today?"
The new question is: "What good, meaningful thing did I do today?"

When you focus on what you can give rather than what you can get, that inner peace is happiness finding you exactly where you are.

10/10/2025

Its okay to take a break.

10/10/2025

When disaster hits, families are the first responders.

10/10/2025

"Mental Health is a strategy , not stigma"

10/10/2025

Check in: One in five people affected by a disaster will experience a mental health condition. That includes you, since COVID-19, the drought, the power cuts... YOU are not immune. Your assumption is a deadly stigma that keeps you from seeking the necessary support to recover and rebuild. Stop neglecting your mental health! HAPPY WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY!

09/10/2025

Check in: Re-examine your self-proclaimed identity as a "survivor." If your past trauma is still the main source of your conversational identity and your current motivation, you're not past it; you're still using it as a permission slip for dysfunction.

08/10/2025

08/10/2025

Check in: Stop telling yourself the lie that you can only be productive under immense pressure. You're confusing an adrenaline addiction with optimal performance. Your body and your decisions are paying the price for that false urgency.

07/10/2025

What an incredible day of mental health mentorship in Lusaka! 🇿🇲
A powerful collaboration as we commemorate World Mental Health Week bringing vital mental health literacy to the youth at Munali Girls Secondary School and Kabulonga Boys Secondary School.

A massive shout-out to the Lusaka City Council Public Health Department and the Department of Housing and Social Services for leading this essential initiative! I am glad to have shared space with Visionary Students Initiative (VSI), Learnteract Mind Games, REPSI, and Chainama Hospital to make this happen.

The Topics Youth Asked For:
The conversations were real, focusing on what matters most to them:
🧠 Understanding Mental Health and the brain.
⚖️ Managing Stress and Exam Pressure.
📚 Smart Studying vs. just Studying.
🆘 Coping with difficult thoughts and Su***de Prevention.
🛑 Handling unhelpful coping habits like social media overload, drugs/alcohol, gambling, and po*******hy in safe spaces.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family environment, pressure and adverse experiences.

The Message to parents and guardians:
Let's believe in our youth: The YOUTH are NOT the problem! This work reminds us all: I am because we are. It's always a learning experience on my end which I am grateful for.

Your National NCDs, Injuries and Mental Health Specialist from ZNPHI


📸 Thank you to Lungu for capturing the moments.

07/10/2025

Check in: You're proud of how quickly you move on from failure, but you never analyze the why. Bouncing back without reflection means you've learned zero lessons. You're simply restarting the same pattern at a different altitude. That's a guaranteed repeat performance.

06/10/2025

Check in: You're obsessed with being right, not with being effective. When you prioritize winning an argument over achieving a successful outcome for everyone involved, you've chosen ego over partnership. That's short-term victory for long-term relational issues.