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Book Review: Matt Haig’s The Life Impossible

December 12, 2024December 12, 2024 Health Collective Asma G, Books, Matt Haig, Mental health and books, Mental Health Books

By Asma G “Eating watermelon in the sun was such a wonderful feeling I wondered why I hadn’t spent more

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Navigating Grief, Loss, Ageing: Join our Circles

November 17, 2024December 12, 2024 Health Collective ask the experts, mental health, Understanding mental health

We’ve been hearing from some of you over the years and launched our pilot a good while ago. Here is

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Unpacking Love and Life: A Review of Red, Green, and Sometimes Beige

November 16, 2024March 21, 2025 Health Collective Asma G, Books, Mental health and books, Mental Health Books, Understanding Relationships

By Asma G “It feels like whiplash; for 20 years, my parents forbade me from dating and pushed me to

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Fed Up: A Book that Unpacks Emotional Labour

November 2, 2024December 12, 2024 Health Collective Asma G, Books, Health Collective Book Club, Long Read, Mental health and books

By Asma G “Stop being such a nag,” my cousin says to his wife when she reminds him to go

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Red, Green and Sometimes Beige: Excerpt from Kasturi Mahanta’s New Book on Healthy Relationships

October 17, 2024October 17, 2024 Health Collective Mental health and books, Mental Health Books

[The following is excerpted from Red, Green and Sometimes Beige: The Ins and Outs of a Healthy Relationship by Kasturi Mahanta,

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New link, New posts, New Members!

May 13, 2024May 13, 2024 Health Collective Health Collective

We are committed to keeping as much credible, informative, easy-to-access content around Mental Health and Mental illness free and not

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Affirmation Poetry: Fall into Sleep

December 23, 2023December 23, 2023 Health Collective Adwaita Das, Art for Mental Health

By Adwaita Das This is the final poem in the series. Check out more in the Beloved Poetry for Mental Health series by

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Affirmation Poetry: Soothe Senses

December 16, 2023December 16, 2023 Health Collective Adwaita Das, Art for Mental Health

By Adwaita Das This is the second-last poem in this series. Check out more in the Beloved Poetry for Mental Health series by

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Exam Stress and Mental Health
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Young Voices: Exam Stress is Getting Out of Hand and How to Cope

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 Health Collective Exam Stress, Young India, Young Mental Health, YOUR STORIES

By Vera Povaiah The onset of summer means the end of exams – a time nearly everyone associates with immense

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Self Love Looks Like This: Talk to Yourself with Kindness

March 19, 2023March 19, 2023 Health Collective Adwaita Das, Affirmations, Poetry, Poetry for Mental Health

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Mental Health Resources

  • The World Health Organization’s Fact Sheet on Depression 
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The Health Collective is not in the business of nor intends to provide counselling service. The professionals, the website of the professionals and helpline numbers listed on the The Health Collective are not employed, associated or endorsed by The Health Collective. The professionals and the organisations behind the listed websites and helpline numbers, on The Health Collective website, are independent third parties and there is no relationship of principal-agent, employer-employee, partnership of any nature with The Health Collective. The Health Collective does not make any recommendation or guarantee service or quality of any professional or helpline number or website listed herein. The Health Collective does not make any representations, warranties or guarantees as to, and is in no manner responsible for, the services provided by the professionals or their websites or the helpline services. The stories and comics set out by The Health Collective are intended purely for reference purposes. Advice or stories set out herein are by no means intended to malign or defame any person, organisation, caste or community. Advice or stories set out herein are views of the concerned author only, The Health Collective does not claim copyright or endorse or recommend or represent on veracity of the advice contained in the articles or stories (including the comics) on this website. Additionally, the articles and stories set out herein should not in any manner be considered as substitute for professional help. All experiences are personal, hence advice and suggestions contained in the articles and stories may not apply to a reader’s specific facts or situations, and it is recommended that professional help is sought for such matters. The Health Collective disclaims all liability of all nature arising out of reliance placed on the advice set out in the articles and stories or arising out of meetings with professionals or calls with the professionals or helpline numbers mentioned on the website of The Health Collective.