I tried to smoke away my feelings of lethargy and disinterest. Continue reading…
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“The only way love can last a lifetime is if it’s unconditional. The truth is this: love is not determined by the one being loved but rather by the one choosing to love.” ― Stephen Kendrick, The Love Dare Just in case you’re wondering, this is not about a dramatic Shakespearean love story and how I’ve analysed it. Continue reading…
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Gone are the days where watching something hot was a steal and a thrill. With the advent of internet, watching pornography is no different than having a Netflix account for movies. Continue reading…
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A husband is always considered to be the man of the house and the breadwinner while the while wife is expected to do the house chores and look after the welfare of their children. Continue reading…
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Like spoken in the earlier article, our attachment patterns can say a lot about us and about our relationship, and in this article,I will discuss this in detail. Continue reading…
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“Sometimes you don’t feel the weight of something you have been carrying until you feel the weight of its release” Anonymous. She sat there thinking of him. Continue reading…
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This was my third session with him and we had come a long way from understanding what he was doing. His goal was to become happier by himself. Continue reading…
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Are you ready for marriage? How do I know that I’m ready for a life ahead with someone in a knot of commitment? Most young men and women will be unlikely to have a confident answer to this vital question. Continue reading…
Aruna Arumugam
Down the busy road on a cool summer evening, Joanne and Peter were taking a stroll in the park. The birds announced their retreat as they fluttered over the sun, which was already halfway down the horizon. Continue reading…
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India is going through a transitional phase where socialism is moving towards individualism. This in turn has affected the values attached to family, relationships and marriage. Continue reading…
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It is not new to have been in situations where you are trying to convey something to your partner and put across what you really feel and ends up like this excerpt from Pride and Prejudice: “Mr. Continue reading…
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Just like a lot of other people who are in relationships or who were in relationships, I too thought that I was in one where I was completely happy or where I was completely in love with my partner. Continue reading…
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“I am confused. I do not know what to do,” she said. Rahila is caught up in a relationship where she does not know if it is a romantic relationship or just friendship. Continue reading…
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This is part two of our interview with Rohini. Click here to read the first part. How trapped are men about speaking up due to social stigma and image? Continue reading…
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The basis of every healthy romantic relationship is love, kindness, mutual respect, acceptance, friendship, ease in communication, trust, dependability, security and healthy intimacy. And to this if you can add playfulness, lasting mutual attraction, laughter, finding joy together and celebration of each other then you’ve got yourself a winner! Continue reading…
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A few years ago, human connections were about spending more time together in person. With the advent of social media, there has been a tremendous difference in the way we live our lives. Continue reading…
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Dear Best Friend, I want to thank you for being an amazing friend to me. You are one of the most important people in my life. Continue reading…
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She took a deep breath and said, “I want you to be with me, whatever I am, however I want to be. I am tired of people telling me what to do.” I had met her after a long time after her numerous refusals to step out of the house. Continue reading…
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Humans are made up of patterns. Patterns that can shift, change and improve. These patterns can be harmful if these patterns are unhealthy, especially in a relationship. Continue reading…
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Anxiety is fast becoming a key cause of reduced functioning affecting work, personal and social life. Various studies have noted that anxiety is the most commonly prevalent syndrome worldwide. Continue reading…
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Have you ever wondered why it feels so special to be in a relationship? We have this one person in our lives with whom we want to share everything with, but sometimes we don’t realise how our world revolves around them. Continue reading…
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“I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love” – St. Teresa On the event of the canonisation of Mother Teresa, there were innumerable posts, news feeds, status updates, and pictures not just on the social networking platforms but on every possible form of media. Continue reading…
Anthony Aravind
A break up can be quite intense and probably the most difficult part of a relationship. There is a loss that one feels and we go through denial, anger, bargaining, depression and then acceptance. Continue reading…
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“Don’t worry when I fight with you, worry when I stop because it means there’s nothing left for us to fight for” – Unknown Tiffs in a relationship have always been a mental dilemma trying to figure out; whether it is needed or not, if it is good or bad, if good then to what extent and if bad then how to avoid them. Continue reading…
Anthony Aravind
Movies are a great way to unwind and relax over the weekend and have a favorite to keep watching over and over again. What do we like about movies? Continue reading…
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Avinash and Ruhi sat quietly in the counsellor’s room. Only one question revolved in their minds. “Did I make a mistake by marrying for the second time?” Avinash’s irritability and snapping had increased in last three months. Continue reading…
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“Absence makes the heart grow fonder”, says William Shakespeare. And there is research to prove the same! A new study reveals that couples in a long distance relationship when compared to geographically closer couples, experienced more intimacy, communication and satisfaction overall. Continue reading…
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Are you communicating in the same love language? Some marriages resemble ‘war zones’. Couples forget that when they said “I do”, they were essentially agreeing to work on common goals in life, and to build a loving marriage together. Continue reading…
Aakriti Joanna
“When you believe in what you’re doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference” – Samuel Dash ‘The Other Pair’, an award winning short movie was screened at Cairo Film Festival. Continue reading…
Anthony Aravind
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” – George Bernard Shaw For those who misunderstand communication with language: Language is merely a mode of communication, now try to imagine a world without communication. Continue reading…
Aakriti Joanna
“The mother, now more certain of the stance is convinced that her daughter, more than being abnormal in her orientation, is also a criminal.” A 21-year-old from Kolkata. Continue reading…
Aakriti Joanna
It was the usual story of girl meets boy, they fall in love, and get married. Only with him, the marriage turned to ruins after a few months and he could do nothing about it. Continue reading…
Aakriti Joanna
We have all come across one in our days. It may be that overbearing boss or an overpowering friend. They can be found everywhere and they are often all over our business. Continue reading…
Aakriti Joanna
Fifteen years ago Diana called her brother and sister in law to her house and told them that she wanted a divorce. She told them that she couldn’t live with a man who’d verbally abuse her in front of their son, one who didn’t know his responsibilities as a father. Continue reading…
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About 9 years ago, I really liked this one guy who was my brothers band mate and would come home very frequently, we spoke a lot, hung out, had lots of fun together, jammed together and what not, little did both of us realise that our friendship was rising to the next level and neither of us wanted to talk about it because we didn’t know how it might affect us later, we didn’t want to lose our friendship but also certainly wanted to verbally communicate that we liked each other. Continue reading…
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Mohit slit his wrist because he was worn-out of the constant struggle going on in his mind of wanting to support his erratic natured wife or choose peace of mind by opting for a divorce. Continue reading…
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Every human being has an inherent need or desire to be in a relationship. There could be different reasons why one would want to be in one, but irrespective of what the reason is, there are various kinds of relations that we come across in our daily lives. Continue reading…
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“When a man opens a car door for his wife, it’s either a new car or a new wife” – Prince Philip For a long time it has been debated as to what is a man’s first love; His car or his wife? Continue reading…
Anthony Aravind
This time last year, I was holding Isha’s hand who came in crying and devastated. In our first session she only sobbed. Isha was in love with a man who she was going to get married to and her world was perfect till one morning when she received e-mails and text messages from girls whom her boyfriend had been cheating on her with. Continue reading…
Aakriti Joanna
Relationships evolve and grow over time. Relationships between parents and children, especially as the latter enters adulthood, undergo many changes. In a conversation with HealthEminds, psychotherapist Smita Chimmanda talks about the relationship between a mother and her adult children. Continue reading…
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When 34-year-old Maitreyi first came into therapy, she was angry. She had worked hard to build a life with Rohit, her now ex-husband. Rohit and Maitreyi had met at work; become friends first, dated for over a year, gently brought their respective parents into the picture, and with their blessings over a destination wedding in Mauritius, embarked on their life of wedded bliss…for five years. Continue reading…
Krithika Akkaraju
Mona – a 26 year old teacher – has strongly negative feelings about marriage. She attributes it to her parents’ turbulent relationship and subsequent divorce almost ten years ago. Continue reading…
Aditi Kulkarni
Pre-marital counselling program Every person has certain expectations about what their wedding will look like. Weeks and months are spent planning every little detail for the big day and the ones that precede it. Continue reading…
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Marriage in trouble? If your mind has been riddled with thoughts of divorce lately, if you have been wondering if this is the only way out, do not be overwhelmed. Continue reading…
Aditi Kulkarni
Often we think that relationships, especially, love relationships, intimate and romantic one’s, would nurture and nourish us and in turn boost our self-confidence. However, sometimes, this is not the case, if we have inadvertently spiralled off into a destructive or passionless or simply dead and boring relationship quagmire. Continue reading…
Dr. Sonera Jhaveri
Priyanka stood up and shared how she had gained so much confidence in the past six weeks. She is a young girl studying at Delhi’s Women Technical Institute, which she joined after class XII. Continue reading…
JP Singh
Premarital Counselling (PA) is a type of therapy that helps couples get ready for marriage, ensures that they have a sturdy, “in the pink” relationship — giving them an enhanced opportunity for a positive and gratifying marriage. Continue reading…
Padmaja S. Kumar
The Japanese have a concept called Amae – Amae is simply defined as the feeling of pleasurable dependence on another person which loosely translated means the delicious experience of interdependence. Continue reading…
Padmaja S. Kumar
Do you know someone who is struggling with a mental health issue? Have you ever wondered how you can be there for them without offending them? Continue reading…
Aditi Kulkarni
Valentine’s Day is round the corner. It’s that time of the year when words like ‘love’ ‘romance’ and ‘relationships’ are on the minds of most people, irrespective of whether you are in a relationship, contemplating getting into one or reminiscing about the past. Continue reading…
Aditi Kulkarni
The mere thought of being separated from that one’s partner in life often brings up feelings of helplessness, hopeless and a large deal of emotional pain, with feelings of rejection, guilt, anger and failure. Continue reading…
Anchal Sood