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Essays, stories and reflections on mental health and everyday life in India, written by psychologists.
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avoidance at work
Why We Start New Things Instead of Fixing the Old One (What Sugar Cosmetics Teaches Us About Avoidance)
Sugar Cosmetics ran four brands while its core business shrank 20 per cent. Adding is the socially rewarded form of avoidance. What is the...
corporate wellness India
'Are You Okay?' Is Not a Wellness Programme
Every office has the poster now. An opinion piece on why teaching managers to ask "are you okay?" without building anything behind the question...
EAP India
When Should a Manager Refer Someone to Professional Support? (And to Whom?)
Support becomes a referral at three thresholds: it has lasted, it is not responding to what you can change, or it was never yours...
EAP
What Not to Say When Someone Discloses at Work (The Mistakes Managers Make in the Moment)
The disclosure took them weeks. Your response takes thirty seconds. The five ways managers close the door while trying to be kind.
colleague struggling
How to Talk to a Colleague Who Is Struggling (When You're Not Their Boss, and Not Their Therapist)
We say a colleague is "managing" when her hands are full of something large and alive. What to do once you have seen her...
entrepreneur burnout
What Happens to a Founder After the Company Fails?
It has been three weeks. The Slack is archived and he has answered the same message eleven times. He also cannot explain why he...
DPDP employee data
How to Measure Whether Your Team Is Actually Recovering?
Most companies already run a wellbeing survey. Almost none can answer whether their team gets to switch off. The instruments are free and the...
burnout
Is It Burnout, or Have You Stopped Recovering?
Almost nobody who says "burnout" has read what it officially means. What it means is stranger, and it puts the problem somewhere most companies...
co-founder strain
Why Don't Founders Tell Their Investors They're Struggling?
The board update goes out Sunday night and says focused execution. What it does not say is that you have not slept properly since...
burnout
Why Can't I Switch Off From Work? What Actually Causes It
It is 11:40pm and you are holding your phone without opening it. There is a name for what is happening, and it has less...
Do Corporate Wellness Programmes Work in India?
A slide with a participation number on it is not an answer. What the biggest study of workplace wellness actually found, and why nobody...