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A few questions for this time of the year

India, Dec. 30 -- At the end of the year, I like to reflect on the key events of the year, the feelings they evoked, and about the people who had an impact on my life. As I have grown older, I have le... Read More


Questions for this time of the year

India, Dec. 30 -- At the end of the year, I like to reflect on the key events of the year, the feelings they evoked, and about the people who had an impact on my life. As I have grown older, I have le... Read More


What ragebait tells us about our emotional landscape

India, Dec. 16 -- A couple of weeks ago, the Oxford English Dictionary declared rage bait as the word of the year. It defined rage bait as "online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outr... Read More


What rage bait tells us about our emotional landscape

India, Dec. 16 -- A couple of weeks ago, the Oxford English Dictionary declared rage bait as the word of the year. It defined rage bait as "online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outr... Read More


The friendship recession: Are we losing the art of connection?

New Delhi, Dec. 3 -- A 45-year-old female client says she's becoming increasingly disillusioned with friendships. "Despite having many friends, in the last two years there is this subtle, consistent f... Read More


When jaded, cultivate the beginner's mindset

India, Dec. 2 -- A forty-nine-year-old male client in therapy tells me, "Sometimes I hear my own thoughts and feel uneasy because I'm already bracing for people to let me down, even when nothing has h... Read More


When jaded, cultivate the beginner's mindset

India, Dec. 2 -- A 49-year-old male client in therapy tells me, "Sometimes I hear my own thoughts and feel uneasy because I'm already bracing for people to let me down, even when nothing has happened.... Read More


The challenges of being a caregiver

India, Nov. 18 -- Most of my clients in therapy are largely between the ages of thirty-five and eighty years and many of them are caregivers to either a parent, their in-laws or their partner. I too h... Read More


The challenges of being a caregiver

India, Nov. 18 -- Most of my clients in therapy are largely between the ages of 35 and 80 and many of them are caregivers to either a parent, their in-laws or their partner. I too have been a caregive... Read More


Too many options? The hidden fatigue of decision-making in daily life

New Delhi, Nov. 16 -- Last month, when I visited Kasauli for a literature festival, it brought back memories of childhood trips-annual visits to my maternal grandparents in Punjab and Chandigarh, when... Read More