Thoughts

Make your mental health a priority in this busy corporate life “Life is a race, if you don’t run fast, you will be like a broken andaa”  - Viru Sahastrabuddhe, aka Virus from 3 Idiots  The famous dialogue dictates the competition we have been taught to strive for especially in an South Asian context. We are told we must be at the top of the class, and must get that promotion but what for?  What does top of the class or that promotion bring to us and mean to us. What impact does it have on our lives both in...

In the past two years, the lockdown has meant working from home. We have managed to make our own spaces, figure out our boundaries and work at maximum productivity. Now with offices opening up, the stress of going back to work has taken over us again.  Whether that’s the environment, excessive workloads, team conflicts or monotonous work, we all stand at the junction of work stress sometimes. While some amount of stress is okay to move ahead, a lot of it can have a debilitating impact on us. Stress can lead to low performance, high blood pressure, substance abuse, anxiety,...

Our daily experiences have a huge impact on our mental health. Social media was always a huge part of our daily experiences but the Pandemic increased the influence to a much larger scale. For most of us in the beginning, it was a saviour so we could be in touch with each other and support each other through the biggest crisis most of us have experienced in our lifetime. From Dalgona coffee to banana bread to TikTok dances - we all shared so much without any physical contact with each other. While social media created a sense of connection for...

Psychotherapist Zahra Diwan answers questions about how one can retain their self confidence amidst criticism, how we can stop comparing ourselves to others and how we might be able to deal better with the feeling of stagnancy.