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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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...
corporate wellness India
Why Is EAP Utilisation So Low in India?
The counselling line exists and nobody calls it. A psychologist led look at what an employee weighs before dialling, and why a silent EAP...
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...
founder loneliness
Founder Loneliness Is Not a Personality Trait
You cannot vent down, cannot show doubt up, and your one peer shares the cap table. The architecture of founder loneliness, from the therapy...