Are millennial memes the road to mental health conversations?
Neeti Pherwani The perfect fluffiness made me a proud baking mama. I was standing in the kitchen at 4 pm, having just baked a bunch of cinnamon rolls in between several work calls, holding a half-eaten piece in my hand and admiring the perfection of flavour and texture in my first attempt with it. What […]
Conversation with self has the power to heal
Through her conversations with self, the writer discovered that no extraneous element can help her in overcoming the loss of being alone. The shift in focus enabled her to find the inherent power within. This positivity empowered her to rediscover herself. Anshu Arora Once while I was standing in a queue to buy my nth […]
Letting go of stress consciously can work wonders
Sucheta Das Mohapatra We often expect others to sympathise and empathise with us, ignorant of the fact that they are perhaps undergoing their own struggle and may not be aware of our problem. Although work-induced stress cannot be discounted, it helps to do a reality check and not have unrealistic expectations of ourselves. A cousin […]
How an acting workshop helped me uncover my own ‘truth’
An impulsive decision to join ‘Actor’s Truth’ helped this writer in discovering acting tools that turned into ‘grief-healing tools’ for her Nandini Kumar The past few years have been a roller-coaster ride for me – personally and professionally. Finding the right therapist helped me in identifying what life was throwing at me. Consistent talk therapy […]
Spinning words during lockdown
How my pen emerged mightier than….well, Fawad Khan Mimmy Jain There wasn’t enough Fawad Khan to go around. Around the pandemic, that is. And that was the problem. I scoured Netflix, Amazon, YouTube. Even some seriously questionable streaming sites. But no more Fawad than I’d already consumed. How else do you survive a lockdown that […]
A caregiver never has it easy
A caregiver is perhaps the least celebrated person in a family with someone suffering age-related problems or a debilitating disease. The caregiver’s mental and physical health is overlooked in the run-up to caring for the ailing person. So, what should the caregiver do? Succumb to the pressure or find ways to cope with it. Seema […]