Mielenlaulu – Mindsong

Nature is diverse, and no two brains are alike.

Some people’s nature may be even more colorful. Whether or not you have diagnoses on the neurodivergent spectrum, your abilities, rhythm, and ways of processing information and emotions are individual. If your traits are at conflict with societal norms, it can feel really painful, but it doesn’t mean you are abnormal or alone. There is not just one correct way to perceive, communicate, and live.

Acknowledging and understanding your traits is important both in life and at the psychologist’s, because they create the framework for meaningful interaction and work.

Art is not just a profession; it can be a way of life. An artist’s creative ability to communicate meanings and experiences is an enormous resource for both the artist and others.

As a career, art can be profoundly meaningful, inspiring, and rewarding, but it can also be exhausting in many ways. Creating your own path and persistently walking it, the pressures of communal and societal positions, and the personal nature of the work can bring about psychological challenges, uncertainty, and loneliness.

Mielenlaulu supports artists in navigating the challenges of their professional and inner life. Creativity is a vital force that carries us through life. We need to cherish it.

Consciousness means the capacity to experience. It’s like a space where thoughts, feelings, and sensory information meet and rub against each other, creating the subjective perception of the self and the world.

Examining consciousness gives room to move when the mind takes over.

For example, psychoactive substances and medicines, intense meditation and other spiritual practices, as well as shocking events, extreme stress or emotion, can involve altered states of consciousness. These states may be startling and feel like turning points. Sometimes they throw us off balance. All kinds of experiences can be processed so that they are integrated, supporting stability, and ideally, growth and self-awareness.

If your consciousness intrigues or worries you, Mielenlaulu offers confidential, professional support without fear of stigma.

You can turn to Mielenlaulu with all kinds of concerns and reflections, big or small. There are no taboos and nothing to be ashamed of. Matters of, e.g., emotional life, personality, sex, addictive behaviors, or body image are explored with you confidentially and with respect.