They say, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade! Only if it were as easy as that. Most of us find it hard to source the missing ingredient–positivity. Here is a healthy dose of some to keep you charged and going. Read this inspiring piece by Sangeeta Relan for more.
Category: Mindpower
7 Life Lessons From Bollywood
We all feel kicked down by life sometimes. It happens to the best of us! In these moments, it makes a whole lot of difference to look at our problems from a different perspective. Here’s some wholesome advice to keep in your backpocket, from none other than our favourite Bollywood dialogues.
To Calm Your Mind, Listen To The Yogis
It has long been claimed by Yogis and Buddhists that meditation and ancient breath-focused practices, such as pranayama, strengthen our ability to focus on tasks.
Poor Sleep Quality Linked To Mental Health Disorders
Anxiety, autism, schizophrenia and Tourette syndrome each have their own distinguishing characteristics, but one factor bridging these and most other mental disorders is circadian rhythm disruption.
Don’t Hurry The Healing
Everything suddenly halted in a sense with me still doing the the essential work painfully and slowly. But my current healing differed significantly.
The Art Of Not Overthinking
From a tin with PCOS to a young woman with fibromyalgia, Aradhna Chhachhi pens down her struggles with overthinking and simple ways that work for her to overcome this. For all the girls out there doing the same – and there are so many of us – below is what you really need to overthink about!
Feeling Low? Get Chirpy With Them
New research from King’s College London has found that seeing or hearing birds is associated with an improvement in mental wellbeing that can last up to eight hours.
The Journey Of Buddhism
Millions of thoughts – desirable and undesirable keep running through our mind. Like a non-stop radio. We often believe that this is the natural state of our mind, and this can’t change. However, the first step to change is to Stop. How to stop?
How Service Dogs Reduce PTSD Symptoms
Research suggests that pairing a veteran with a service dog is associated with lower severity of PTSD.
Interview Of The Week: Mental Health Is Like Breathing
Arouba Kabir worked with media-in different media houses in India for almost 2 years including the internships. It was during that time, she got diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis, a life changing moment which made her lose her job, relationship, and kind of identity.
5 Tips To Heal From The “Good Child” Syndrome.
Growing up to be the good child seemed like the perfect way to be loved and adored. Hearing your parents, teachers and other significant adults label you as a good boy or good girl meant the world until it was the very thing that started to be a problem.
Just 9 Minutes Of Daily Movement Improves Your Memory As You Age
Exploring the associations of daily movement behaviours and mid-life cognition.
Evidence of a “Christmas Spirit” network in the brain
The network showed a series of cerebral regions that are more active in people who celebrate Christmas with positive associations compared with people with no Christmas traditions and neutral associations.
HOW I HEALED MY ROSACEA
Reversing rosacea is a ray of hope amidst the message of doom that spells – “rosacea has no cure” and this statement needs to be understood in the right context.
10 Minutes Of Massage Or Rest Will Help You Fight Stress
Study suggests that, ten minutes of resting or receiving either massage resulted in psychological and physiological reduction in stress.