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What Harry Potter Taught Me About Grief

30th July 2020
by Divya Srivastava with No Comment

I have read the Harry Potter series countless number of times, and each time I revisit it, I feel like I have stumbled upon a new gem of wisdom. When I was in college, a classmate of mine told me that reading Harry Potter helped her come to terms with he ...

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Processing The Shock Behind Sushant Singh’s Suicide: The Way Ahead

23rd June 2020
by Divya Srivastava with No Comment

On Saturday, 14th June, Sushant Singh died by suicide. His sudden demise has shocked the whole nation. Mainstream media has made a tamasha of the news. Social media hasn’t been far behind and has succeeded in creating a stir of all kinds of responses. Su ...

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How The ‘Good Place’ Mastered The Art of Portraying Anxiety

8th May 2020
by Divya Srivastava with No Comment

I have been facilitating a series of sessions online for people struggling with anxiety and its various symptoms. I usually love bringing in relatable examples to help people forge deeper, more meaningful connections with the message I am trying to conve ...

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The Horrors of Toxic Positivity: Why We Need To Stop Romanticizing The Lockdown

13th April 2020
by Divya Srivastava with No Comment

The National Commission of Women (NCW) which receives complaints of domestic violence across India received 257 calls in the last week of March from women during the period of national lockdown..  Childline India received 92,105 calls asking for pro ...

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The Wreckage of Sleep by Coronavirus – And Steps To Combat It

9th April 2020
by Divya Srivastava with No Comment

It’s past four a.m. as I type this, and no matter how hard I try, sleep completely eludes me. This is, probably, the sixth or seventh night in a row when I haven’t been able to fall asleep at a sane hour. Not being able to fall asleep on a consistent, da ...

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The Pressures Of Being Productive and Staying Positive

6th April 2020
by Divya Srivastava with No Comment

We are soon going to complete two weeks of this 21-Day-Lockdown in India. The novelty of channelling our inner Masterchef and experimenting with new dishes in the kitchen is fading, as is our zeal to turn into a Ramu Kaka or a Sakku Bai and clean the hou ...

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The Video-Call Monster

5th April 2020
by Divya Srivastava with No Comment

It’s been almost two weeks since the lockdown began in India, and it has taken a toll on everyone’s mental health. Reports of domestic violence across many cities around the world have been on the rise since March as the coronavirus pandemic spread. A lo ...

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World Mental Health Day: How YOU Can Help Yourself

10th October 2017
by Divya Srivastava with No Comment

10th October is globally celebrated as World Mental Health Day since 1992, and this year is a landmark of sorts since it marks its 25th Anniversary.  The theme this year is "mental health in the workplace" but before we talk about that in particular, I wo ...

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Explaining EFT With Harry Potter

31st July 2017
by Divya Srivastava with No Comment

I don’t think I will ever outgrow Harry Potter; the world created by J.K. Rowling made my childhood so magical that it continues to charm me even today. Throughout my years as a therapist, I have often borrowed metaphors and instances from the Harry Potte ...

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