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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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...
phased return
How Do You Go Back to Work After Mental Health Leave?
You go back on Monday. You have been rehearsing the first conversation for a week, and you are also wondering whether you are ready,...
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...
after hours contact
Does India Have a Right to Disconnect?
Someone has read that France banned work emails after 6pm and asked whether India is next. That is false, and the truth is more...
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.
manager mental health
What Do You Say to a Team Member Who Is Struggling?
Someone on your team is not okay and you have been meaning to say something for two weeks. Here is the sentence, and here...
Emotional Labour
Who Looks After HR?
You ran the layoffs and the wellbeing week. You know which manager is the problem and cannot say so. Nobody has asked how you...
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...