Caring Matters
A recent study reveals that Meditation DOESN’T make you a calmer person: Buddhist practice leaves people just as aggressive and prejudiced. I think it is high time we stop slavishly following the western trend to pick [Read More]
I hate exercising. The thought of setting aside 30 minutes of my time for working out is boring. Through trial and error, I have stumbled upon one exercise that is super easy, quick and works [Read More]
All of us are born with an instinctive self-protective mechanism called neuroception. Without thinking, we can quickly access a situation/ person and decide if it is safe to engage or not. However, this natural ability [Read More]
The most significant change one feels when one is on the road to recovery is the feeling of being in present. The ability to live in the present without being overwhelmed by the thoughts and [Read More]
I’ve spent most of my life in a numbed state. Too grief-stricken to feel anything. Mourning for losses that have no names. The deep sadness of losing my mother was literally like a black cloud [Read More]
The first step to recovery from childhood abuse is acknowledging the hurts and feeling the pain. Being emotionally, physically or sexually abused is unbearable for a child. When there is no restitution in sight, the [Read More]
I’m so lonely (so lonely) I’m Mr. Lonely (Mr. Lonely) I have nobody (I have nobody) To call my own (to call my own) Akon’s song so aptly expresses the anguish of the feeling. The [Read More]
Groping, touching, brushing, lewd comments, unwanted glances, and attention is not something women have to only deal with on the street, at school/college, at their jobs or in the park. Sadly, for many of us, [Read More]
The pain is so intense that you can actually feel a knife in your heart. You feel like pulling out your hair. You want to stab into something. Many a time to release the pain [Read More]
Being sexually abused is being violated in the most private part of our bodies and psyche. Something which is so personal and precious has been forcefully taken by a bully who knows he can get [Read More]