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Affirmations: The Power of Self-Love

August 7, 2019 Health Collective Adwaita Das, Affirmations, Art for, Art for Mental Health, self care, Self-love, wellness

By Adwaita Das     Self doubt can be a real super villain – cackling about our shortcomings, putting us

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Affirmations: I’m Always Kind to My Inner Child

June 5, 2019June 3, 2019 Health Collective Adwaita Das, Affirmations, Art for Mental Health, Positive Mental Health, self care

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

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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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Affirmations: I See Myself With Love

May 11, 2019May 28, 2019 Health Collective Adwaita Das, Affirmations, Art for Mental Health, Love, self care

By Adwaita Das     I see with love. I see myself with love. I choose to see with love.

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Talking about Art, Poetry and the importance of Self Care
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PAINT ME A CANVAS: ON ART, POETRY AND SELF-CARE

April 6, 2019April 6, 2019 Health Collective Art for Mental Health, healing, self care

By Sukanya Sharma Adwaita Das, Meghna Prakash, and Shyama VS are young artists who openly talk about mental health through

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How to Ensure Empathy as a Self-Care Tool for Your Child

January 2, 2019 Health Collective ask the experts, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Empathy, mental health and children, Parenting, Relationships, self care

By Mimansa Singh Tanwar Moving to a different country just (a few) months ago, it hasn’t been easy for my

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Taking Care of Ourselves: #MeToo & Mental Health

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 Health Collective #MeToo, Adults and Mental Health, ask the experts, healing, self care

By Scherezade Siobhan The prominent writer Clarice Lispector once wrote, “Many were they who abandoned all they had and went

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Me Too and Mental Health

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 Health Collective Adults and Mental Health, ask the experts, healing, Kamna Chhibber, Me Too, self care

ACJ Student Pritha Mallick reached out to us with some questions around Mental Health and #MeToo. Here are some edited

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Alzheimer’s: The Need for Compassion, Care

September 21, 2018September 20, 2018 Health Collective Alzheimers, ask the experts, Dementia, getting help, Kamna Chhibber, self care

By Kamna Chhibber In my work as a therapist I come across people who struggle with caring for someone who

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Self-Care in this Journey Called Life

July 16, 2018July 15, 2018 Health Collective ask the experts, getting help, healing, Kamna Chhibber, self care

By Kamna Chhibber Life abounds with stress. Challenges stare us in the face and complex dynamics are at play in

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