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More Than a Game: Cricketer Jemimah Rodrigues Opens Up About Battling Anxiety

On 2nd November 2025, the world witnessed the Women’s Indian cricket team winning the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025. Before the semi-finals against Australia, Jemimah Rodrigues, a rising cricket star who won the “Player of the match” in the semi-final,

Parenting

The Psychology of Parentification: The Hidden Cost of Growing Up Too Soon

Childhood is often seen as a time of innocence, play and carefree exploration. Yet for many children, this reality is far from true. Often, children have to become adults way before their time and have to assume responsibilities that exceed

Social

The Existential Shift: How Gen Z Is Redefining Success, Purpose, and Work-Life Balance

A new generation is now changing the meaning of success. For many Gen Z individuals, earning a large salary is no longer the main goal. They now prioritise purpose, balance, and authenticity in their lives. This change moves away from

Awareness

Why We Laugh at Things That Should Offend Us: Laughter as a Defence Mechanism

Laughter is rarely as innocent as it appears. Quite often it slips out of us in those moments of contradiction when the situation feels too tense, too absurd, or that is just too true, painfully true. There is a simple act

Relationship

Surrounded Yet Lonely: The Hidden Cost of Being Friends with Everyone

In today’s hyper-connected world, being popular is often mistaken by friends, flooded with messages, tagged in every group photo, and assumed they be living a socially rich life. But behind the smiles and endless conversations, there’s a silent truth many people

Education Industrial

Psychological Toll of Value-Misaligned Careers: Why Success Feels Empty

You can turn off the alarm clock, but you cannot shake the quiet dread that follows you into work. It’s not that the work is too hard or due yesterday; it is the dull pain of feeling that what you

Awareness Technology

How the Dopamine Economy Creates Digital Fatigue

In our constantly connected world, every notification and social media scroll offers a quick pleasure hit. This feeling is driven by dopamine, a brain chemical for motivation. However, digital platforms now use this system to capture our attention. Experts call

Awareness

The Compassion–Capitalism Conflict: Navigating Humanity in a Monetised Helping Profession

There exists an unassuming tug-of-war between compassion and capitalism. Helping others is viewed as innate to humanity, but in various professions: therapy, medicine, education, and social work, it is also regarded as a business. Every act of care has a

Relationship

The Psychology Behind Mood Swings in Romantic Relationships

Riya is confused about her partner. One moment they are affectionate and happy, the other moment they are completely distant. Was it because something happened? Did she say something she wasn’t supposed to? Or is she just thinking too much

Industrial

Strategies for Boundary-Setting, Self-Care & Resilience in Leadership

Priya, an HR in a start-up tech company called xoxo. She usually starts her days early and ends late. She attends calls from home, relatives and even replies to their messages on weekends, and rarely gives time for herself. Her