Human life has different aspects like work, family, self, relational, community and so on. Life is an integration and balance of all these aspects. The work from the home mode of working merges two different aspects of our life, both…
Self-care Does Not Have To Be Exorbitant, Extensive or Extreme
Self-care means taking care of your physical, psychological, social and emotional well-being. It is important to practice self-care for your health and well-being; it can range from taking a few deep breaths between the meetings/classes to reaching out for support.…
Online Graduation and Students’ Mental Health
The new normal way of functioning and shifting things on online mode or the virtual world has impacted the student’s life in terms of learning, interacting, exploring, experimenting and their well-being. The student is undergoing the same experience of losses,…
How to comfort someone who’s just lost the loved one
Bereavement is associated with the loss of a loved one through death. The response of this loss is typically grief which includes a sense of sorrow, burden, heaviness, mourning, and association of loss with the feeling of longing for the…
Learning About Different Sexual Orientations
Sexual orientation refers to your pattern of emotional, romantic and sexual attraction. It means how you are attracted romantically and sexually to other people. It is different from gender identity as gender identity is about who you are whereas sexual…
How to be good ally for people dealing with mental health issues?
Life is full of ups and downs, obstacles, success and failure, happiness and sadness. Everyone’s reactions to changes and events of life are different. That’s what makes each one of us unique. We came across a situation which we don’t…
Importance of Using Proper Pronouns when Addressing People with Different Gender Affiliations
Sex refers to differences in biological and physiological characteristic of the person whereas gender is socially constructed based on the social norms and roles for particular gender by society. This leads to misconceptions; stereotypes, discrimination towards them and people might…
Caregiver Fatigue During the Pandemic
Caregivers are people who tend to be concerned about a person who is dealing with short term or long term limitations due to illness, injury or disability. The pandemic leads to an increase of responsibilities for the caregivers. Caregivers are…
Whom do I talk to if the COVID situation is stressing me out?
The Second wave of COVID in India is impacting the lives of people in different sectors of their life such as health, financial, social, education and many more. It leads to the fear of the virus, losing loved ones, losing…
5 Ways To Improve Your Self-esteem
Self-esteem refers to an individual’s sense of his or her value or worth or the extent to which a person values, approves of, appreciates, prizes, or likes himself or herself (Blascovich & Tomaka, 1991). According to Rosenberg’s (1965), it is…