MOVIE REVIEW- DEAR ZINDAGI

Dear zindagi- movie review

Hello, today I am doing something which I haven’t done before- a movie review. But this movie review would not be about its direction, screenplay, acting, or cinematography. Rather it is about the main theme of the movie ‘Dear Zindagi’, i.e the stigma attached to mental health and misconceptions about therapy. I had watched the […]

THE NEED FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION

The need for special education

Okay…so I have been attending a workshop series on special education for the past few days.  Having known what special education is I thought it would be a nice opportunity to brush up the theoretical concepts. But to my surprise the workshops turned out to be eye opener in the sense that it gave me […]

BANDWAGON EFFECT: A SOCIAL CONFORMITY PIT THAT EVERYONE FALLS INTO

BANDWAGON EFFECT

How many of you have followed the theme of the party you were going to? How many of you have ‘accepted the challenge’ on social media and also nominated others? How many of you have listened to a music or watched a particular movie just because it was trendy? If your answers to the question […]

5 LEADERSHIP STYLES THAT FICTIONAL CHARACTERS SHOWED US

5 leadership styles that fictional characters showed us

Think about a person that comes to your mind when you read the word ‘leader’. That person could be a celebrity or even a person in your environment that you work with. What is that particular characteristic that you admire the most about that person? May be he or she is very disciplined, or is […]

9 SIMPLE WAYS TO MOTIVATE YOURSELF

9 simple ways to motivate yourself

Monica: Phoebe, do you have a plan? Phoebe: I don’t even have a pla..! Are you in the same space as Phoebe, not having a plan and lack the motivation to actually get up and make one? If yes, welcome to the club – ones who have a lot amount of dreams but lack the […]

5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT ATTACHMENT STYLES

Attachment styles at minds healer

What would be the five things that you would take with you on a deserted island? This rapid fire question always has Wi-Fi or a mobile phone as one of the answers. This might be because we want to share what we are doing with the people we know, on social media.   Man being a […]

10 SPECIALIZATION FIELDS IN PSYCHOLOGY

Psychology is one of the most interesting as well as the most misunderstood field of humanities out there. (To be honest the entire field of humanities is misunderstood with people thinking that students of ‘arts’ are only painters or artists. There are people who take that up as their professions but it’s a sub-division of […]

GENDER SOCIALIZATION

GENDER SOCIALIZATION

Today’s blog is about something that I have been fighting for since the past few years. In the process I have upset people, had arguments, and sometimes have cried, not because they proved me wrong but because I was not able to communicate my thoughts about it clearly to them. But me being me, I […]

THE POTENTIAL OF A HUMAN TOUCH

The potential of a human touch

How many of you want to just go and hug your friends tightly? How many of you want to go to the local trains and get that free massage at peak hours of traveling? How many of you are tired of touching the mouse and talking on the screen? How many of you have not […]

THE POWER OF EMOTIONS

‘How are you feeling?’ -‘Fine’ -‘Normal’ -‘Good’  Are you guys confused as to what am I trying to say? Okay….just think about the question for a second. ‘How are you feeling?’. The answer should be an emotion right? Joyful, sad, angry, excited, disgusted, scared, amused, proud, hopeful, loved etc. But we often say the above […]