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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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...
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...
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...
EAP India
How to Have the Conversation When Someone on Your Team Is Struggling
Managers in India notice a struggling team member weeks before they say anything. The scripts, the boundary, and what to do when the conversation...
EAP India
What's a Good EAP Utilisation Rate? (And How to Get the Real Number From Your Provider)
The published utilisation benchmarks, why most quoted numbers cannot be compared, and the three-line email that gets the real figure out of your EAP...
burnout symptoms
Founder Burnout in India: What It Looks Like Before It Looks Like Burnout
The early signs clinicians see before anyone says burnout, why Indian founders present a year late, and what treating it means when a sabbatical...
early stage India
The Culture You Set at 30 People Is the One You Scale
Culture is what gets rewarded, tolerated, and repeated under pressure, and it hardens before employee 50. The three decisions that set it, made on...
EAP for startups
Your Startup Is Too Small for an EAP. Here's What It's Not Too Small For.
Why a retainer EAP fails under 50 heads, the three things that work at a small size, and the one purchase to skip. From...
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...