musings and moments
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World Mental Health Month : “Surviving the near-death experience of someone we love does not end when they begin to recover”

Our second essay in the “Living With It” series for World Mental Health Month comes from Clinical Psychologist Gayathri Arunkumar Continue reading
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World Mental Health Month : “Perhaps the only virtue of a loveless home is the longing it creates for God’s love”

For our World Mental Health Month series, guest writer Melanie Lobo dives into navigating love, trauma and faith, framed by her complicated childhood and her long-term healthy relationship. Continue reading
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National Grief Awareness Month : “Grief is never overwhelming for me, it rests in the unsuspecting lulls, waiting to remind me of everything I never got to have”

To mark the end of National Grief Awareness Month, observed every August to break the silence and stigma around loss, editor Malvika Padin dives into how her grief manifests in the “what ifs.” When one thinks of grief they often think of the overwhelming moments – a gaping void where there was once comfort we… Continue reading
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Disability Pride Month : “My movements have slowed down, but I did not give up on being physically active”

Our fifth essay in the Disability Pride Month series comes from Chennai-based lawyer and writer Preethi Narayanan Continue reading