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11/04/2023

All work and no play would make Team TMD dull and grey.
Bonding at the Food Mood lab at VIMHANS.

05/04/2023

Sometimes a road trip isn't just that. Read about a father and daughter's soul stirring road trip. What is your special road trip?

https://www.theminddiaries.com/post/road-trip-to-solace

Looking through Forbes's elaborate list of "Five Reasons Why Travel Is Good For Your Mental Health", my eyes waited to come across the words 'It helps you forget your pain', but sadly, amongst the many notions of why one should travel, my reasons never quite topped the charts. "Take me somewhere wit...

02/04/2023

Autism comes with its share of challenges. But don’t forget to remember, you can give your child the best only if you are at your mental and physical best. Neeti Pherwani, Communication Therapist and Remedial Educator working in disability and inclusion , tells us how.

https://www.theminddiaries.com/post/mental-health-and-support-for-parents-of-children-with-autism

So, your child has been diagnosed with autism/ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder), and you have been trying to rationalise, get intervention and also trying to help your child? You want to enjoy watching your child grow, explore and learn, but knowing the challenges they may face also creates a fear with...

27/03/2023

What does it take to for men to seek help? We ask an award-winning stunt rider. And we loved what he said. What are your thoughts?

Mohit Singh, popular as Monty Stunts in the biking circle, is considered a legend of sorts in freestyle stunt riding. Following his passion for 17 years, he takes the credit for being the first rider in India to do a Snake Stoppie. His Kangaroo Stoppie has its share of fans, too. But what is Monty l...

07/01/2023

How does one pick one's life and rebuild it after a huge personal loss? We have Mandira Bedi and Shahnaz Gill speaking their hearts about love, longing and living after the death of a dear one.
https://www.theminddiaries.com/post/love-longing-and-living-after-death

Finding purpose after the death of a loved one may seem impossible but lifting yourself up and taking baby steps towards a new beginning in your life is what is needed to cope with the loss In his book, Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief, David Kessler, bereavement expert discusses finding me...

30/12/2022

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15/12/2022

Are you at a crossroad in life – after a huge personal loss, feeling a vacuum due to a major change in life or just want a change and are unsure whether to embrace that change? You know what? We all hit that crossroad at some point in life. But starting afresh is always an option, no matter where you are in your journey. Read stories of hope and new beginnings in our year end special issue of The Mind Diaries, themed New Beginnings (December 2022-January 2023). Have you subscribed yet?
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06/12/2022

From helping them to concentrate better, to developing resilience and channelising energies well, there is so much sport does for children to get them back on track.

From helping them to concentrate better, to developing resilience and channelising energies well, there is so much sport does for children Photo: RODNAE Production/pexels.com As a child coming to grips with the delights of sport, there’s little more satisfying than pitching the perfect leg-break o...

26/11/2022

While parents complain about slipping scores after regular school began, children have their own struggles fitting back into school and social life, again. A child speaks...

https://www.theminddiaries.com/post/how-online-classes-got-us-off-track

I still remember the first time I heard about Covid. I was in Class 5, and we were enjoying the last few days of the semester, after our finals were over. The teachers wanted to keep us quiet, and so they told us to write about ‘Covid’ and what precautions to take against it. After travelling fr...

12/11/2022

When divorce becomes the only option for both parties to be happy, you sign it away. But how do you do it without hurting the child?
A parent and a child- now a matured woman, speak for themselves in two engaging personal accounts for our Children’s Special edition.
https://www.theminddiaries.com/post/riding-two-boats
https://www.theminddiaries.com/post/i-did-not-divorce-my-daughter

How does a child deal with a parent’s divorce? Is there a better way of helping the child ease into it? Of course, there is. My parents’ divorce came through when I had just passed out of school and taken admission in first year of college. I didn’t even know that my mother had filed for divor...

09/11/2022

8 ways for parents to wean children off gadget addiction, straight from an expert.

https://www.theminddiaries.com/post/helping-parents-deal-with-gadget-stress

It is a well-documented fact that the pandemic left numerous issues in its wake, due to the various problems that were faced at the personal, health and mental health, educational, professional, societal as well as global level. Looking back one remembers that the educational institutions and teache...