Dr. Sarah Rasmi

Dr. Sarah Rasmi Licensed Psychologist
Founder & Director of facebook.com/ThriveWellbeingCentre

My version. 🤍(Slide 7 is the first office. Some of you will remember that chair.)
10/08/2026

My version. 🤍
(Slide 7 is the first office. Some of you will remember that chair.)

My latest piece for Psychology Today blog “Bridging the Gulf” is now featured as an Essential Read on their site.“We Won...
09/07/2026

My latest piece for Psychology Today blog “Bridging the Gulf” is now featured as an Essential Read on their site.

“We Won, They Lost” explores why we say “we” when our team wins but “they” when they lose - and what that reveals about how we borrow self-worth from groups we have no control over.

Link in stories to read.

07/07/2026

New series coming your way this week…. The World Cup in Your Head

I could’ve supported six different teams this tournament. I chose one. All week I’m breaking down the psychology of why we feel so much over a game we’re not even playing - the belonging, the heartbreak, the identity, all of it.

Starts this week. Oh, and… GO EGYPT 🇪🇬 يلا مصر

It’s been a lot, hasn’t it?We’ve been through a long stretch of uncertainty, adjusting, and trying to keep things moving...
03/06/2026

It’s been a lot, hasn’t it?

We’ve been through a long stretch of uncertainty, adjusting, and trying to keep things moving. But we are resilient - like this beautiful country 🇦🇪 - and here we are, still standing, with summer just around the corner.

You’re not alone if you came back from the break feeling more tired than rested. The mind and body tend to hold it together through the hard parts and only start to process once things feel steadier. That tiredness often means you’re finally exhaling.

Be gentle with yourself. 🤍

24/04/2026

It’s been a lot lately. Here’s what I do to zone out.
Working out, and actually taking recovery seriously for the first time. Normatec + a show is my current combination.

Currently in the rotation: Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Trust Me: False Prophet, The Pitt, and 27 Dresses on a loop because sometimes you just need a rom-com.

What are you watching? Always taking recommendations.

Some of the things that make me feel most like me…•On my way to talk psychology on the radio. I love what I studied, and...
23/04/2026

Some of the things that make me feel most like me…

•On my way to talk psychology on the radio. I love what I studied, and I love how it shows up in everyday life.
•Taking care of myself. Especially my hair… my crown, my confidence.
•Being in this beautiful, busy city that holds all the pieces of me together.

A note I sent to our newsletter today…These last months have asked a lot of us. Whether you traveled or stayed, whether ...
22/04/2026

A note I sent to our newsletter today…

These last months have asked a lot of us. Whether you traveled or stayed, whether you wanted to be where you were or somewhere else entirely, something shifted. The pace was different. The shape of your day was different.
And now we’re moving back into the full version of life. Schools open, calendars filling up, the rhythm picking up speed.

If you’re back and feeling like you should be further along by now, you’re not behind. If you’re still away and dreading the return, that makes sense too. If you’re here and it still feels off, that’s real.

Transitions don’t move in straight lines, especially when the ground underneath has been shifting for a while.
We’re here if you need us.

08/04/2026

Dubai is the only place where I feel all parts of myself come together.
I’ve lived in nine countries. And somewhere along the way, home stopped meaning the place I was born and started meaning the place where I actually make sense.
That doesn’t mean the last few weeks have been easy. We’ve all been in a bit of a holding pattern. We’re not quite sure what’s coming next, running contingency plans in our heads… it is exhausting.
But for me, there’s never been a question of where I belong.
This clip is from my recent interview on with talking about repatriation, identity, and the psychology of calling a country home when it wasn’t the one you were born in.

I used to be really fit. Then life happened (the kind that piles up quietly until you realize you’ve put yourself last f...
30/03/2026

I used to be really fit. Then life happened (the kind that piles up quietly until you realize you’ve put yourself last for longer than you’d like to admit).

Getting back is harder than starting was. But at this point in my life, with everything I’m holding, physical health isn’t a luxury. It’s what makes everything else possible. I also have a daughter watching how I take care of myself, and that matters more than any other reason.

The first step is always the hardest. Today mine was a stair climber. Not glamorous, but it counts.

Eight years ago I turned the key to our first office feeling equal parts excited, proud, and quietly terrified. Two year...
29/03/2026

Eight years ago I turned the key to our first office feeling equal parts excited, proud, and quietly terrified. Two years in, Covid hit. I had just expanded, sent my team home before it was required, and did whatever it took to keep the place alive for the people who had built it with me. I survived that, and somewhere in it I found out what I was actually made of.

Right now feels familiar in ways I didn’t expect, but I am not the same person I was in 2020 and neither is this place. The UAE came back from Covid bigger and stronger. I watched it happen and believed in it completely. I feel exactly the same way now, about this country, about Thrive, and about myself.

That’s not optimism. That’s eight years of showing up.

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