New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- One of my clients, a week before his 30th birthday, asked me, "In the last two years, I feel I have gotten better at managing my stressors and learning techniques when it comes to managing overwhelming situations. As I'm going to step in to my 30s, I find myself at this junction where I want to consciously work towards developing skills that will allow me better mental health interpersonally and professionally. Is there a specific skill that adds to good life and our ability to stay resilient?"

I have often thought of this question and one of the qualities that is a predictor of our life satisfaction, capacity to engage with life, and our over all well-being is psychological flexibility. This skill offers us a lens ...