Here is part two of Tsuki’s journey. Many of us deal with cognitive distortions that affect usfrom time to time. Artist and designer Shoili Kanungo explores more in this original artwork, a comic strip for The Health Collective
Category: Your Stories
Parenting in the Time of a Pandemic
The pandemic has been tough on everyone – what have been some of the challenges and the impact on parents and kids? Take a closer look, with some tips for parents.
Dealing with Life during COVID-19: My Journey Through Depression
Depression can leave you feeling wrecked, worthless and entirely alone – an invisible illness, it can be hard for loved ones to pick up on what you are going through. In this post, a university student shares some of her journey on dealing with Depression during Covid-19.
Living with Anxiety and Learning how to Cope
Sartaj Singh It’s not just the discomfort (thanks to the racing heart and expeditiously working lungs that resemble Titanic’s pistons) that I brave every day, but also the shame that comes along when people stare at my dancing limbs. It’s…
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.
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.
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
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.
Why You Might Want to Try Dance Movement Therapy
The third part in the Mind-Body Connection series looks at Dance Movement Therapy and how dance, in the form of unstructured movements, when stripped of its ornamental and performative elements, has surprising healing effects. By Somi Das I have always been…