Health Collective Affirmations Title page

On Loneliness and our Need for Love and Support

What is an Affirmation that can help us combat and vocalise some of the loneliness we might be feeling during this pandemic?

Loneliness and parent

A New Parent’s New Discomfort with Loneliness

As part of our special series on Loneliness during #Covid19, Keya Madhvani Singh shares some of her journey as a new parent during the pandemic and lockdown.

Art as Therapy for Mental health

Your Stories: What makes Art such a Therapeutic Tool?

How does art help us express ourselves, can it work as a therapeutic tool? A social anthropolgist turns to the canvas to explore, and share more in this special post.

Self Care by Raw Pixel

Happy Fifth Birthday to Us: A Colouring Sheet for You

Artist Solo shares a Colouring Sheet for The Health Collective readers, contributors and tribe, as we turn 5! Feel free to screenshot or download this Colouring Sheet brought to us by the wonderful Solo. Instructions: 1. Download here 2. Print…

Young Mental Health India

Regulate Your Digital Screen Time for the Best Results

Digital screen time has gone up during COVID-19, across the board. While there are positives to the privilege of unlimited internet access, why do we need to regulate the amount of time we spend on our screens?

Journals

Grief is not Linear: Cumulative Grief Even More Complex

By Sartaj Singh I stepped out of my house for the first time in 36 days to buy some new notebooks. I got one with a pink hard top, a blue hard top and 2 packs of ball pens with…

Art for Mental Health: Social Distancing and ‘Skin Hunger’

Touch Deprivation or Skin Hunger is a very real phenomenon which can cause you to feel stressed or anxious. Artist Shoili Kanungo shares her art work and video to depict what 100 d

Loneliness Series

The Pandemic is still Going Strong: Are you Suffering from Loneliness?

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns and physical distancing has led to an increase in isolation and loneliness. How can you learn to cope if you or your loved ones are feeling loneliness and other triggers?

Book Shelves for Mental health books

Let’s Talk Anxiety: In conversation with Karuna Ezara Parikh

The Blue Tokai Huddle with Simon & Schuster featured Kamna Chhibber and Amrita Tripathi, co-authors of The Age of Anxiety in conversation with writer Karuna Ezara Parikh ALSO READ

Loneliness Series

COVID19: Redefining Loneliness, One Story at a Time

Writer and Poet Jayshree Misra Tripathi talks about redefining loneliness and the need to cope with being solitary, during COVID-19 lockdowns and more, as a senior citizen.