• Unlock your happiness quotient

    Have you witnessed street children merrily dancing in the puddles during the rains or happily playing with a broken cricket bat? Wondering how they  can they be happy in spite of their circumstances? Aruna Joshi, a happiness coach and author of The Happiness Manual helps you unlock your happiness quotient. Read on for tips on...

  • How to avoid burnout while working from home

    The current pandemic and lockdown has our day-to-day routines. Most of us have had to learn how to adapt to working from home. Given the added stress of these times and unpredictable situations, working from home can leave us open to fatigue and feeling burnout. Psychologist Kanika Shah of Nimai Healthcare shares a few simple...

  • Journaling: Your key to happiness and mental well-being

    In times of uncertainty and upheaval, you have to look within to find happiness. Each one of us needs someone who can hear us out or in whose presence we can be ourselves. However, that someone may not always be there when we need them. That’s where maintaining a happiness manual can help. Aruna Joshi,...

  • Try this mindfulness technique to improve your mind body connection

    As more and more people work from home, they are increasingly experiencing work from home stress.  Lack of focus is a problem area for both adults and kids. The latter is finding it increasingly difficult to concentrate because of all the uncertainty  and the new normal that’s different from what they were used to. For...

  • Try this breathing exercise to beat anxiety

    Many of us are experiencing heightened anxiousness in our daily lives. When we get anxious, we may experience different bodily symptoms such as our heartbeat rising, tightness in the chest and a shallowness of breath. This is when a breathing exercise can help. Psychologist Kanika Shah at Nimai healthcare shares that regulating your breathing can...

  • Beat anxiety with this mind exercise

    Due to the pandemic many are battling anxiety.  Often, when one experiences anxiety, it’s followed by negative thoughts and emotions. We feel like we are not in control of the situation. We feel like we are experiencing different physical reactions. These include sweaty palms, a racing heart, sensations in the stomach and chest, headaches and...

  • Guided Visual Imagery for mind relaxation

    Daily stressors and the pandemic is taking a toll on a lot of people. It’s important to take a few minutes in the middle of the day to calm and relax your mind. Psychiatrist Dr Sagar Mundada shows you how with the help of a Guided Visual Imagery exercise. A Guided Visual Imagery exercise that...

  • Try this technique to improve work productivity

    As more and more people are working from home. They are trying to figure how to improve work productivity and efficiency. Counselling psychologist Ishita Pateria recommends the Pomodoro technique to address this concern. Improve work productivity by taking breaks While many people see working hours on end as a sign of productivity. Ishita believes that...

  • Beat stress while you work from home

    Working from home has taken a toll on many people. Even as they struggle to strike a work-life balance, the immediate fallout of this is a complete burnout. You can avoid this, by simply taking some time out during your work day to practice a mindfulness exercise. Psychiatrist Dr Sagar Mundada suggests ways to beat...

  • 3 Steps to a POSITIVE YOU

    Staying positive is a conscious move, and a work-in-progress. It’s about acknowledging what you are feeling, and gaining clarity to help you be in the moment. Once you make peace with your situation (no matter how bleak it seems) it helps you open doors to new opportunities. Stay connected with your emotions It’s okay to...