MENTAL HEALTH GUIDES, WRITTEN BY PSYCHOLOGISTS

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Essays, stories and reflections on mental health and everyday life in India, written by psychologists.

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The disclosure took them weeks. Your response takes thirty seconds. The five ways managers close the door while trying to be kind.

Translation missing: en.by The Thought Co. ·Aug 8, 2026 ·9 min read

employee silence

She had the reason. She had watched it fail before. She said nothing, and told a colleague in the corridor exactly what she should...

Jun 20, 2026 ·10 min

evidence

The heat map is up and two teams are in red. Everyone understands something has to happen and nobody knows what. This is where...

May 16, 2026 ·10 min

Edmondson

Seven statements circulate on dozens of sites with no source and no instructions. Before you paste them into a form and send them to...

May 9, 2026 ·11 min

EAP India

Managers in India notice a struggling team member weeks before they say anything. The scripts, the boundary, and what to do when the conversation...

Apr 25, 2026 ·10 min

early stage India

Culture is what gets rewarded, tolerated, and repeated under pressure, and it hardens before employee 50. The three decisions that set it, made on...

Apr 4, 2026 ·7 min