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Dr Naeem Dalal

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Dr Naeem Dalal

Zambian, Medical Doctor,
Mental Health Specialist, Public Health Educator,
Researcher, Mentor and Changemaker.

Dedicated to reshaping wellness, advancing community care, and reimagining mental health through a culture-driven lens rooted in neuroscience. Dr. Naeem Dalal, MD, BScHB, MBChB, MMED Psychiatry.
• Naeem is leading grassroots to system level change around preventive health. He has a track record of impact as a Zambian youth mentor and mental health specialist, psychiatrist at University Teaching Hospitals, and public health chairperson of the Zambia Medical Association. Dr. Dalal has a 9 year record with mentoring and carrying grassroots support on overcoming self stigma for people living with Mental health specifically tailored to Youth. Dr. Dalal has been recognized globally and locally by Zambia’s Ministry of Health for his innovation for strengthening mental health and psychiatry service in the country. He is currently serving as an interim board member of the Healthy Global Brain Initiative whose mission is to improve the lives of people affected by neurological and mental health problems by incorporating lived experience and driving a new global model of collaborative research. Dr. Dalal serves in multiple key advisory roles in the public health promotion sector where he shapes public opinions and promotes healthy wellbeing lifestyles. Naeem believes the best advocates are people with lived experience and hence his passion for inclusion.

07/12/2025

E N V Y...

Here's a thought to reflect on: That little punch in your gut when you see someone winning or showing off? That's just envy, and we all get it. But here’s the truth: the person you're watching is living a life just as messy, complicated, and anxiety-filled as yours. They just showed you the 5% that looks easy. Seriously, stop comparing your tough, behind-the-scenes life to their perfect, edited moment. That comparison drains your best energy. Use the desire you feel as a sign to focus on your own work. The moment you realize everyone is on a different, impossible timeline, you get to understand. Life isn’t a highlight reel; it’s the day to day effort you repeat. Focus on that today.

06/12/2025

Check in: Maintain your commitment and smile. That smile is not optimism; it is the confidence that your effort is already mathematically guaranteed to succeed

05/12/2025

Check-in: That small annoyance you are delaying is the precise source of your stress. Stop underestimating the destructive power of minor friction. The stress of avoidance is always worse than the effort of doing it. Putting off the "awkward" phone call guarantees anxiety festers for three days. Pay the price of the five-minute effort, not the tax of the five-week delay.

04/12/2025

Check-in: The true test isn't what you survived; it's that you are now more difficult to break. Embrace the quiet change that nobody saw you fight. You don't need applause; you just need to realize how far you've grown. The lack of breakage is your victory.

03/12/2025

Check in: D E C E M B E R. We are all linked together in many different ways. Let's make a conscious effort to build on this, using the strength that comes from our shared need for community. I am because WE are.

30/11/2025

Check in: You are standing right on the edge of a choice. The true future is wide open.

29/11/2025

Check-in: Stop believing the lie that your actions don't matter. Your impact on others is always bigger than you think. The small kindnesses, that joke, that compliment, the advice...are still active in someone else's memory. You are not insignificant. Your existence makes a difference, even if you can't see it. Use that truth as a mandate: be aware of your own positive power.

28/11/2025

Check-in: Every day is a silent, brutal war between your Current Self and your Future Self. The Current Self only wants comfort, ease, and distraction. The Future Self demands discipline, delayed gratification, and difficult choices. The moment you choose to put off the hard thing, you are actively siding with the Current Self, ensuring the Future Self suffers. The true measure of love is which one you consistently serve. Stop betraying the person you are becoming. Decide who wins the war today.

27/11/2025

Check-in: Stop letting your day start with the chaos of other people's emergencies. How you start your day is not just how you live your day it's how you lose your power. If the first thing you touch is your phone, you are surrendering control to noise, comparison, and stress. The morning routine is a non-negotiable act of self-defence.

26/11/2025

Check-in: Stop believing that time will "heal" the wound. That's a myth. Time doesn't erase pain, it only numbs it, giving you distance to operate. The pain will linger. It remains a part of your story. The goal isn't to make the pain vanish; it is to learn to build your life and your future around the scar. The lingering pain is a reminder of how far you've built.

25/11/2025

Check-in: Stop allowing people who know exactly what they are doing to drain you dry. Your kindness is not an endless invitation to be played with. Some people get validation from hurting those who have what they want. Stop trying to find "the best" in people whose intention is to drag you down to their level. Self-preservation is not cruelty.

24/11/2025

Check in: Constantly dwelling on what happened is not healing you; it is actively distracting you from your present state. The power is in acceptance. Sit with it. Feel it. Name it. Own the mess, and stop fighting reality. In time, the pain you sit in now will become the strength you stand on.

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