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Mindfulness in Everyday Life 10 Oct 2016

Mindfulness in Everyday Life

Written By Sonali Patnaik‘We can make our minds so like still water that beings gather about us, that they may see, it may be, their own images, and so live for a moment with a clearer, perhaps even with a fiercer life because of our quiet’ – William Butler Yeats         &n...

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Managing Substance Abuse 10 Oct 2016

Managing Substance Abuse

Written by Michelle ManassehSubstance abuse seems to be a distant concept until someone you know suffers from it. For me, it was a distant cousin, a college student  who was being treated for drug and alcohol abuse. It was heart wrenching to see this young boy go through intensive mental h...

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Depression Is Not a Stigma: 5 Famous People Who Spoke Up About It 10 Oct 2016

Depression Is Not a Stigma: 5 Famous People Who Spoke Up About It

1 in 10 people in India suffer from some degree of depression. It does not help that the Indian society at large still sees depression as a stigma. It is quickly equaled to an untreatable manic disorder that has to be brushed under the carpet. The fact that signs of depression can often be more...

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Decoding ADHD 10 Oct 2016

Decoding ADHD

‘ADHD’, ‘brain disorder’, ‘no cure’. Put all of these terms together and you have a pretty scary-sounding diagnosis. Add to this the fact that we live in a society that prefers to avoid and ignore all mention of mental illness, considering it something to be ashamed of. However, what we ...

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What Exactly Is Counselling? 10 Oct 2016

What Exactly Is Counselling?

Written by Rupalim PatgiriIt is a myth that counselling is only for people who are suffering from serious mental health issues. Every one of us has problems that begin as minor concerns and irritations, nonetheless causing some amount of discontentment on a regular basis. If not dealt with at the in...

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Life Lessons from Carrie Fisher: Beyond Drug Abuse 03 Jan 2017

Life Lessons from Carrie Fisher: Beyond Drug Abuse

                                   Drugs made me feel more normal.                                        &nbs...

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Developing a Sense of Self Worth 27 Dec 2016

Developing a Sense of Self Worth

Over time, the boundaries between the definitions of self-esteem and self-worth have blurred. Dictionaries tend to lump the both the terms together. They sound the similar, but are inherently different. While self-esteem, much like confidence, stems from the positive reinforcement offered by pe...

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The Connection between College and Depression 10 Oct 2016

The Connection between College and Depression

Written by Sanhita VatsaCollege can be thought of as a fresh start after schooling. Many of us tend to remember it as the most exciting period of our lives. As we leave school and join a new institution, we are exposed to more knowledge, different kinds of people, a myriad of opinions, different tea...

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