Food and mood are closely related at all levels. We eat not only to satisfy our hunger but also to satiate our emotions on several occasions. Many people, during the times of stress, boredom, loneliness, frustration, and similar negative emotions,…
How to cope with trauma ?
In medicine, the word trauma means physical injury or wounds. Some wounds are apparent while some are invisible. In today’s article, we will discuss about the hidden wounds: a hurt, loss, defeat, betrayal, pain, in short, not so apparent mental…
Caregiving for Dementia Patients
Dementia is a chronic, progressive and debilitating mental condition that affects the ability to think, remember and behave normally. It slowly affects a person’s cognitive skills such as memory, thinking, orientation, comprehension, calculation, learning capacity, language, and judgement and eventually…
All About Mindfulness
“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude towards what happens to you.” —Brian Tracy Does it ever happen to you that you sat in a car and drove home without being aware of how…
Being Assertive: What it really means
Assertiveness is a communication skill to create better understanding, lesser confusion, and more confidence in people around us, including ourselves. It not only proactively avoids conflicts, but also resolves the same in a much cordial manner if, at all, it…
All About Grief
“Grief is really just love. It is all the love you want to give but cannot. Grief is just love with no place to go.” Grief is an intense emotional and physical reaction due to death of a loved one.…
Self Assessment Tools
Anxiety Tracker – Meant to be taken for those who have been facing anxiety in their day to day life. Anxiety can manifest as worries, apprehensions and fears about situations, objects, places or everyday affairs. The bodily symptoms of anxiety…
All About Sleep
Sleep is one of the most significant human behaviors, occupying roughly one third of any human’s life. A good sleep is an important component of staying physically and mentally healthy as it is only during the sleep that some of…
Tips for fighting Depression and Anxiety
Do you feel terrible at the smallest things? Are you always on the edge? Do you have trouble relaxing or keeping yourself calm? Do you feel guilty at the tiniest of conflicts? Do you have problem sleeping at the right…
All about Migraine
Headaches affect 80 percent of the population at least once in their lifetime. Migraine is one of the most common primary headaches. Its prevalence is about 18 percent in women and 6 percent in men. Most of the sufferers will…