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Parenting

What Does It Mean to Have a Favourite Child? 

Do Parents Really Have a Favourite Child?  “I love all my children equally.” Over time, generations of parents have repeated this same phrase. But according to recent studies, favouritism might be far more prevalent than most parents are aware of. Based on

Education

Psychology behind Conformity and Obedience

Do you think everyone in a group has the same ideologies and interests? If not, how do they follow the same interests of the group? Do you often agree with your boss or other authority figures? Maybe not. But still,

Self Help

Optimism Bias: Why We Ignore Risks and Overestimate Success

Optimism bias refers to a cognitive phenomenon where people think bad things are less likely to happen to them and good things are more likely to come their way compared to others. This bias runs deep in how our minds

Awareness Positive

What Brought So Many People to Kumbh Mela?

The Kumbh Mela, a grand confluence of spirituality, ritual, and community, provides an ideal lens through which we can study the complex dynamics of psychological and societal consciousness. From an Indian psychological perspective, it represents a synthesis of ancient traditions

Awareness

The Psychological Aftermath of the Maha Kumbh Stampede 

Recently, tragic events have occurred at the Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world. A devastating stampede at the 2025 Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj highlights the risks posed by poor crowd control management, claiming the lives

Therapy

Resolving Inner Conflicts with the Empty Chair Technique

If I say talking to an empty chair make you feel better. Would you believe it? might seem hilarious right! Let’s learn how it works. Did you ever felt hard to express what you feel? Have you ever felt so relaxed after

Positive

How to practice Random act of Kindness? 

Being nice to someone is an effortless way of enhancing the world. An act of kindness is when a person does something good for someone else without expecting anything in return and is taken by surprise. Such deeds do not

News

NIMHANS Workshop on Psychosocial care of the elderly during disasters 

The Department of Psychosocial Support in Disaster  Management (DPSSDM) & National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences  (NIMHANS), with the National Institute of Social Defence (NISD) as part of the Ministry  of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, conducts

Awareness Self Help

Happiness and Stoicism

The core of Stoicism is the belief that moral excellence is the highest good and the ultimate purpose of life. The Stoics defined virtue as four cardinal qualities: wisdom, courage, justice, and temperance. Wisdom sets people right about good and

Parenting

The Science of Adolescent Egocentrism

Adolescence is a time of major changes in the body, feelings and thinking. Self-focus is often taken to an extreme during this age, something Elkind deduced in 1967 as Adolescent  Egocentrism. Such a concept may shed light on why teenagers