Ashwin Kananthoor

As a therapist, I find inspiration in the supportive, comforting, and healing power of language. It is our primary means of addressing the universal human yearning for love and acceptance, the verbal hand reaching out to say, "You've got a friend in me”. Yet, after working in this field for some time, I’ve become increasingly concerned with a critical question: Are we using language to build connection, or are we using it to create distance by overlaying it with rigid moral and political...

If you know me well, you already know that The Lion King holds a special place in my heart. It's more than just an animated classic —...

The story of the Ugly Duckling is timeless - a tale of transformation, of feeling out of place, and eventually discovering one’s true...