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Self Help

How Your Emotional World Shapes Your Reality: Why Perception Varies

The world is not perceived similarly by people. Their interpretations usually vary even when they are in a similar situation. This is the case since emotion silently directs attention, memory and judgment that influence the understanding of events (Zadra and

Technology

Will AI Change the World for Everybody? An Inclusive Perspective

“Just imagine a city where a new AI app promises to make daily life easier, from helping with job searches to booking appointments. But for some people, especially those who don’t speak the dominant language or don’t have good internet

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Why Solitude Recharges but Social Anxiety Suffocates

On a quiet evening, Aadhya, a 21-year-old, comes up with a cup of tea and a sketchbook in her hand. She sighs in relief as this is her favourite day of the week. No noise. No interaction. Just silence, creativity

Positive

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

Awareness

Power of the Mic: How Misleading Podcasts Shape Public Perception

The rise of social media has provided everyone with not only the chance to be on screen but also an audience that validates them. But simply carrying a mic doesn’t necessarily show knowledge or credibility.  What initially came out as

Social

Why Social Conditioning Makes Us Fear Being Called Radical

Family, school, and society always teach us what is right in thinking, acting, or behaving since we are young. These rules are entrenched in us to the extent that we act on them without even being conscious of it. To

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Empathy through Exposure: The Emotional Impact of an Inclusive Visual Campaign

“A 13-year-old girl, A student from Delhi, when she first saw the ‘It’s okay to Talk’ Mental health campaign featuring Indian Cricket Star Robin Uthappa, she was struck by his honesty. The visuals showed him vulnerable, speaking about depression and

Research

Why Kids Struggle With Capitalisation: Insights From New Child Development Research

A recent research conducted on English-speaking children reveals that even after passing early grades, they struggle with capitalisation skills. Overall, two studies found that children from grades 3-6 make more errors compared to older students. They are mainly dependent on

Awareness

Mastering Emotional Regulation: Techniques to Manage Stress and Improve Mental Health

Stress can be brought on by a variety of important factors, or stressors. The stress response is the result of the human brain using information gathered from previous or new behaviours in response to a perceived threat in the environment

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When Resilience Backfires: When Constantly ‘Bouncing Back’ Leads to Burnout

In contemporary psychology, resilience has become synonymous with strength—the celebrated capacity to recover from adversity and preserve mental equilibrium in the face of disruption. Defined as the process of adapting well to significant stress, trauma or adversity  (American Psychological Association, 2020),