This World Mental Health Day, the theme is Suicide Prevention. On this day — and on every day — let us remind you that *you are important, *you matter, and your life is valuable. Reach out to someone if you…
Category: Wellness
Affirmations: Goodbye Anxiety
By Adwaita Das Words are powerful. Hence songs are popular. But one can listen to instrumental music and affirm to oneself of loving peace. Let the affirmations be lyrics. Even when surrounded by cacophony, one can plug…
Affirmations: I am Doing Enough
By Adwaita Das Life can feel like such a constant competition, leaving one exhausted. And yet. Each one of us is unique. We are not comparable. We can take our time, do what we are doing. It is…
Affirmations: Bye, Bye Anxiety
By Adwaita Das Remember, breathing is the key – the key to channelising the universe within us and around us. Breathing is the key to everything we want to let go of and everything we wish to have.…
Affirmations: I Am Safe
By Adwaita Das Fear can cause extreme distress in daily life. And the news is full of fear. But remember, things are getting better. Each of us is making the world a more loving place. Each act of self…
Affirmations: I Let Go of Guilt and Doubt
By Adwaita Das Doubt and guilt are so deeply ingrained in social systems; they can hound us and disrupt our entire lives. It is time to let go of doubt and guilt. It is time to truly step…
Affirmations: Life is on My Side
By Adwaita Das There are times when everything seems to be going wrong. Things feel awful, with no respite in sight. Affirm the above to release the painful patterns and align with all the support that life has to…
Wellness by any Name: Of Language and Expression
By Scherezade Siobhan I must start with a confession― I used to detest those listicles that courted the allure of ‘untranslatable’ words from ‘foreign’ languages. Partly because a lot of them were poorly structured, also because I found them teetering…
Affirmations: The Power of Self-Love
By Adwaita Das Self doubt can be a real super villain – cackling about our shortcomings, putting us down, bringing up crippling guilt and fear. Repeat the above affirmations to tune into the super power of self-love! Check…
Solo’s Sadventures 09: The Art of Self-Care
Check out more Sadventures by Solo About the Artist: Solo is a writer and cartoonist from Bangalore. She likes reading, playing video games and binge-watching Netflix. Her life would have been rather unremarkable had it not been for her BPD fuelled…