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Is Our Free Time Really 'Free'? |Understanding The Pressure To Be Productive|
This excerpt critiques the pressure to be productive in free time. Early beliefs about maximizing everything led the author to limit reading for enjoyment....

Travel Anxiety Tips For A Socially Anxious Mind
Pre-pandemic vacations were a breeze, but now travel anxiety casts a shadow. This excerpt offers tips to manage it. Acknowledge your worries about hygiene...

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...

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...

Mental Health Journey with Covid-19 |Coping With Grief|
This excerpt recounts the author's harrowing experience with COVID's impact on their family. They detail their father's hospitalization and the heartbreaking loss of their...

Paritosh's Mental Health Journey And On Finding The Right Therapist
This excerpt explores the challenges of finding the right therapist. The author, a restaurant owner, battled mental health issues after a brutal attack and...

Mental Health Journey with Therapy |Overcoming Stigma About Therapy|
This excerpt challenges the stigma around therapy. Social media opened the author's eyes to therapy's broader role in mental health. Group workshops on body...

Social Media and Mental Health
This excerpt explores social media's impact on mental health. During the pandemic, social media initially connected us, fostering a sense of community through shared...

Mental Health Journeys: Astha Anand |Benefits Of Therapy For Mental Health|
This excerpt explores the benefits of therapy for mental health. Once a skeptic, the author, now a therapist themself, describes their personal journey. Negative...

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...

Mental Health Journeys: Oh no! Could I have A, Disorder? |Raising Awareness About OCD|
This excerpt aims to raise awareness about OCD. Childhood rituals seen as harmless were actually OCD, but dismissed as "quirks." Though self-diagnosis explained the...

Suicide Prevention: Warning Signs and Helplines Across India
September 10th is world suicide prevention day. This post talks about how you can identify that someone you know might be having thoughts of...