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Emotional Health

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Affirmations: I Will Sleep Easy

June 16, 2019July 14, 2019 Health Collective Adwaita Das, Affirmations, Art for Mental Health, Emotional Health, Mental Health Comics

By Adwaita Das     Also Check Out More Affirmations by Adwaita Das About the artist: Adwaita is an author-filmmaker-artist.

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Ask the Experts Sukanya Sharma 

Anger Management: Tips to Deal

May 14, 2019 Health Collective anger management, Dealing with Stress, Emotional Health, healing, self care

By Sukanya Sharma This is part two of an interview with Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Hozefa A Bhinderwala.  Read Part One: Anger and

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Rainbow Pride
Articles Mental Health Sukanya Sharma 

Pride and Love: How to Navigate Intimacy and Emotional Health

February 2, 2019February 2, 2019 Health Collective Emotional Health, Freedom Series, LGBTQ+, mental health, Relationships

This article is part of our FREEDOM SERIES; in the run-up to Valentine’s Day and as we aim to upend

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Healing Flowers
Articles Ask the Experts Health Collective 

Emotional Abuse: Move Past Commentary to Compassion

October 27, 2018October 27, 2018 Health Collective ask the experts, Emotional Abuse, Emotional Health, healing, Scherezade Siobhan, Understanding Therapy

By Scherezade Siobhan My client H is a bright-eyed software engineer with an envious fountain of noodle curls for hair.

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Articles Mental Health Reporter's Diary Sukanya Sharma 

Loneliness and Us

July 13, 2018July 13, 2018 Health Collective anxiety, Depression, Emotional Health, getting help, Loneliness, reporter's diary, Wellbeing

By Sukanya Sharma Britain made headlines earlier this year when the government appointed a Minister of Loneliness, and while India

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Gaslighting: Getting Help and Healing

June 2, 2018 Health Collective Abuse and Relationships, ask the experts, Emotional Health, Gaslighting, getting help, mental health, Relationships

By Scherezade Siobhan This is Part 2 of a Series on Gaslighting. Read Part One, GASLIGHTING: RED FLAGS  The logical

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Gaslighting: Red Flags

June 2, 2018June 2, 2018 Health Collective Abuse and Relationships, ask the experts, Emotional Health, Gaslighting, getting help, Understanding mental health

By Scherezade Siobhan In recent times, we have all observed widespread and complicit attempts at gaslighting women in public and personal

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Reporter's Diary Sukanya Sharma Voices Wellness 

Food, Nutrition, Well-Being and…You

May 8, 2018 Health Collective Diet, Emotional Health, mental health, Nutrition, wellness

By Sukanya Sharma You are what you eat… is increasingly you are how you eat. Many of us have a

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What is Love?

January 15, 2018April 30, 2018 Health Collective ask the experts, Blog, Emotional Health, mental health, Mental Health Awareness, Relationships, therapy, Understanding Therapy, What is love?

  Relationships 101 with Dr Achal Bhagat  One of the commonest questions I’m asked is: What is this thing called

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Guest Contributors Kishore Mohan Your Stories 

The World is My Mirror

December 28, 2017January 19, 2019 Health Collective anxiety, Depression, Emotional Health, getting help, Happiness, Health Collective, mental health, Mental Health Awareness, Self Harm, Self-Destruction, suicide, YOUR STORIES

By Unnati Sethi It’s such a cliche but it’s true — I’ve always been my daddy’s girl and I’ve known

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