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Insights As A (2 Week) Working Mum |Challenges Of Being A Stay-At-Home Parent|
This excerpt delves into the challenges of being a stay-at-home parent. The author, accustomed to a work-from-home routine, faced a reality check when their...
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The Pursuit of Happiness
Happiness is a key part of well-being, and studies show it's more contagious than you think! This excerpt explores how happiness spreads through social...
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Speak Before You (Over)think |Learning How To Be Present In The Moment|
This excerpt tackles overthinking and offers tips for staying present. Overthinking, excessive and unproductive thought, manifests as dwelling on the past or catastrophizing the...
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Gargi's Mental Health Journey | Overcoming Loneliness
This excerpt tackles overcoming loneliness. As a single child, the author felt misunderstood and built walls to avoid getting hurt. A toxic relationship at...
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TAG-You're it! | Practicing Empathy In Daily Life |
This excerpt argues for practicing empathy in daily life. We claim to be a moral society yet judge others for looks, behavior, and mistakes...
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Are Serial Killers Born Or Made? | Mental Health And Serial Killers |
This excerpt examines Mental Health And Serial Killers. The Macdonald triad (animal cruelty, arson, bedwetting) was tied to childhood neglect and crime, but wasn't...
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Let's fail at fearing failure | Finding Self-Compassion After Failure
This excerpt tackles self-comfort after failure. "Failure is a stepping stone" might sound good, but it stings in the moment. The effort feels pointless....
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Desensitisation To (And In) The Pandemic
Do you remember the time when the Covid-19 pandemic started? Remember when the daily death toll would actually frighten us? When going out for groceries felt...
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The Lipstick Under Our Burkhas
The plot line of Lipstick Under My Burkha (directed by Alankrita Shrivastava) revolves around 4 women, each from a different age group and each leading very...
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Neutrality Can Take 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...
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Things We (Didn't Realise That We) Learnt In 2020
Let’s say it out loud already, 2020 was hard! Our phones kept pinging with anxiety inducing news, it would not end and it just...
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Dementia 101
“Dementia” is it the same thing as Alzheimer’s and does it mean forgetfulness? Is it something only for the elderly or can someone in...