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Awareness Health

Food and Feelings: How Diet Influences Stress, Anxiety, and Mood in Growing Children

We often understand food as something that keeps the body active and healthy, but we rarely pause to think about how deeply it affects the mind. For children and adolescents, this connection becomes even more important because their brains are

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The Psychology of Social Rituals: Why Shared Substance Use Feels Like Belonging

It was a winter evening in Delhi. Archie, new to the city and her workplace, found herself invited to “ Chai with the team”. At first hesitant, she followed along. Sitting on the coffee terrace, sipping cutting chai in paper

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Reframing Social Rejection Through Cognitive Behavioral Techniques

Most people face social rejection at various points in their lives. A friend may ignore a message. A colleague may leave someone out of a plan. A group may not respond to the way a person expects. These moments often bring

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How Meaningful Conversation Works: The Science Behind Deep Connection

On a crowded evening of a metro ride, a girl sat quietly, earbuds in her ears, but no music was playing. She had just come from a long, emotionally draining day. A stranger next to her noticed her pale face

Awareness Education

Are We Still Confused About the Role of a Special Educator and a Counsellor?

It takes a village to raise a child, but only when every villager knows their role.  It is the story of a 9-year-old student named Zara who was facing challenges at her primary school. Her teachers thought she needed therapy

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How Teaching Neurodiversity Shapes Children’s Emotional Intelligence 

Childhood can be described as a world of small wonders, such as first friendships, first arguments, and first efforts to unravel what another person may be thinking or feeling. Beneath these commonplace instances is more. A deeper, slower transformation of the

Research

Sex Differences in Neurobiology: Risk and Impulsive Studies 

A new study was conducted to understand impulsivity and risk-taking through specific reward-related neural circuits. These two were associated with timings and biological sex in complex ways. During the learning phase of the rat Gambling Task (rGT), the circuits were

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The Psychological Benefits of Having the Right Health Insurance for You and Your Loved Ones

Mental health was never given its due, and the issues surrounding mental wellness were mostly addressed in hushed tones for a long time. But the stigma attached to these issues is slowly being dismantled. There is more awareness now than

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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,

Awareness Parenting

Why Childhood Trauma Can Lead to Obsessive Thinking and Perfectionism

To live with an obsessive mind is to live in constant vigilance, a quiet and tiring attempt to create a form of stability in an unpredictable world. Obsessive thoughts and beliefs are intrusive, repetitive and inflexible ideas that contain uncertainty and ultimately