MENTAL HEALTH GUIDES, WRITTEN BY PSYCHOLOGISTS
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Essays, stories and reflections
Essays, stories and reflections on mental health and everyday life in India, written by psychologists.
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employee silence
Can You Have Psychological Safety in a Hierarchical Workplace?
She had the reason. She had watched it fail before. She said nothing, and told a colleague in the corridor exactly what she should...
HR
What Counts as a Psychosocial Hazard at Work?
Your induction covered the fire exits. It did not cover the review process, the two managers giving contradictory instructions, or the promotion nobody explained.
evidence
What Happens After a Low Psychological Safety Score?
The heat map is up and two teams are in red. Everyone understands something has to happen and nobody knows what. This is where...
EAP India
How to Choose an EAP Provider in India: 9 Questions to Ask Before You Sign
Nine questions that separate serious EAP providers from glossy decks: real utilisation, who the therapists are, the 2am protocol, and what they refuse to...
EAP contract
You're Buying Coverage, Not Usage: The EAP Pricing Trap
The per head retainer prices the entitlement, not the help. The cost per employee actually helped runs 22 to 28 times the sticker price....
first time managers
First Time Managers Are Your Biggest Mental Health Risk Surface
Promoted for output, handed eight people's daily experience, trained for none of it. The absorb, avoid, escalate pattern and the rehearsal that replaces it.
first HR hire
Your First HR Hire Will Inherit More Than You Think
The JD says payroll and culture. The job is disclosures, POSH, and the company's pastoral load, held alone. What to build before the hire,...
HR
After the Layoff: What Happens to the Team That Stayed
The people who stayed watched how you treated the people who left. Survivor syndrome named, the leaner and stronger trap, and the scripts for...