Maya Raghunathan

Writer, Cabin

Maya writes for Cabin about overthinking, decision fatigue and the small everyday choices that take up more room than they should. She writes from ordinary experience rather than clinical training, and nothing she writes is therapy or medical advice.

Most of what she covers starts from a small, recognisable moment: standing in front of the fridge for ten minutes, retyping the same reply four times, closing six browser tabs having chosen nothing. The aim of a piece under this byline is always the same: name what is actually happening in a moment like that, and leave the reader with something concrete enough to try, not a slogan to repeat.

Every article credited to Maya is written for Cabin, the calm, judgment-free place to think things through that this site exists to describe. That is not a disclosed sponsorship bolted on afterward; it is the reason the writing exists at all, and it means this page is not neutral about the product.

What she will not do

Maya is not a therapist, psychologist, counsellor or doctor. She does not diagnose, prescribe, or offer clinical guidance of any kind, and nothing published under this name pretends to be a substitute for care from a qualified professional. If a piece would need a kind of authority she does not have to be honest, it says so plainly, or it does not get published.

About the byline

"Maya Raghunathan" is a pen name used by the Cabin team, not an independent outside contributor. Writing under a consistent name, rather than crediting the Cabin team on everything or shuffling initials around, makes it easy to see who is responsible for a given piece and hold that person accountable for it. The full reasoning, including how pieces are actually drafted and edited, is on the editorial policy page, and it is worth reading before you take anything here on faith.

Get in touch

If something in a piece is wrong, out of date, or worth asking about, contact us and it reaches the person responsible for what gets published under this name.