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Health Motivation

Body Image Matters: What Paralympians Teach Us About Self-Acceptance

When people think about elite sport, they often imagine a single “ideal” athletic body, strong, symmetrical, fast, and visually impressive. Paralympic competitors challenge this idea every day. Their bodies may include limb differences, paralysis, sensory impairment, or chronic conditions, yet

Awareness Parenting Self Help

How to Develop Empathy Among Adolescents: Psychological Importance

The teenage period is a highly emotional and rapid one. Adolescents are finding their identity and place in the world and in relationship management. At this stage, the misunderstandings and conflicts often increase. Empathy helps in reducing these struggles. It

Awareness

Psychodermatology: Understanding Itch, Acne, and Skin Picking Through Psychology

Have you ever seen your skin breaking out exactly before some important life events? Most of us have experienced skin issues during exams or some stressful life event. Skin problems, including itches and breakouts, are often seen as a result

Awareness Social

Attention Seeking vs Emotional Need: Understanding the Root Cause

Have you ever noticed a kid in a park getting jealous of another one? Just because their mother says a kind word to them or gives some praise? If not, then remember the kind of expression you see on your best

Positive Social

Community-Based Healing Circles and Culturally Grounded Interventions

Sanjay, A Shopkeeper (33 years), never thought of himself as someone who had experienced” trauma”. But years of growing up in a household filled with yelling, control, and emotional neglect had quietly shaped his adult life. He struggled to trust

Self Help Social

Forgiveness, Justice, and Healing: A Psychological Perspective on Emotional Recovery

“In the famous Indian epic Mahabharata, one of the most moving and powerful journeys of forgiveness and justice unfolds between Yudhishthira and Duryodhana. After years of dishonesty, humiliation and violent clash, all provoked by Duryodhana’s thirst for dominance. Yudhishthira, the

Parenting

“You’re Not Listening!” What Toddler Hitting Is Really a Communication

A small hand suddenly waves. A startled parent jumps back in shock. In an instant, a toddler has left their imprint literally and even figuratively. The untrained observer may witness legitimate toddler striking as simply and solely a tantrum, or

Life Style Social

Emotional Authenticity vs Melodrama: Why Indian Viewers Are Turning to Foreign Dramas

Ankita, a 29-year-old schoolteacher from Bengaluru, often feels heavy in the evening. Between management of family responsibilities, Work stress and the pain of a recent breakup, she rarely found space for her emotions. Indian soaps playing in the background only added

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How Age Shapes a Child’s Understanding of Death and Grief

All of us have seen the deaths of our dear ones at some point in our lives (American  Psychological Association, 2020). Some might have seen their family members dying, some may have seen their close friends, and others may have seen

Motivation

The Gendered Psyche of Power: Why Oppression of Women  Strengthens Extremist Rule

Before an extremist regime rewrites laws, it rewrites women. The first cracks in freedom often appear in dress codes, curfews, marriages and classrooms, small shifts that signal a larger project of control. Throughout history and in today’s conflicts, the subjugation