Conflicts During Lockdown?
It has been over a year and counting since India went into lockdown. For all, this has been an unexpected change, some like it but most struggle with being confined to their homes. Working from home, sharing space with family/friends…
Locked Out: Extroverts in Lockdown
For someone who is an extrovert and loves interacting with people, this lockdown has been hard. Even if it is something as trivial as missing physical interactions, hugs, the sound of a room buzzing with conversations and laughter. If lockdowns…
Just A Wave
Most of us have been able to sense the anxiety around us. Sneezing, coughing, no masks or no sanitizers are making us uneasy all over again. March and April seem to be the months of doom. If you’re saying “Stop!…
Learned Helplessness
Have you ever said to yourself “ugh not this again, I suck at this!”? Personally I’ve felt like that with a lot of situations in my life – from dealing with something as small as math to other bigger, more…
Neutrality Can Take The Pressure Off
Have you ever looked at a weight loss advert which says “love yourself #bodypositivity” and thought to yourself “of course it’s easy to love yourself when you fit into an ideal, how does this help me accept my weight? Should…
Self Care with Cats
Do you have cat best friends at home? Or, do you see a few cats on your way to work or the grocery store everyday? A lot of us do believe that cats are emotionless or don’t express love much.…
The Mammoth (AKA Stress)
Have you ever been stuck in traffic? Or been late for an appointment and are travelling by a really slow train? Or had a lot of things piled up to do in a really small timeframe? How have those times…
Negotiate Your Mammoth
In her book “well stressed” Sonia Lupien describes our stressors as mammoths. This is a reference to the evolutionary flight or flight response we have to perceived threats. In essence it implies that a minor but frustrating event (like a…
When A Loved one Comes Out To You
How to find the right way to respond?
Use Your Imagination
Tackle the trauma of 2020 with childlike glee The last year has been nothing short of a roller coaster ride where the fall just never seemed to end. We were all forced to battle isolation and loneliness due to…
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