I never thought I would write about this, but here I am trying to make some sense of it. This is going to be slightly long so stay with me. Being in the medical field, I come across anxious and worried families of the patient all the time. A part of my job is to …
Virus. Pandemic. Lockdown. Quarantine. Unlock. Virus 2.0 It’s hard to stay positive when these are the words we’re being exposed to day in and day out. Of course, the fact that we’re cooped up at home only makes the situation worse. Over the last few months, I have read a lot of books in order …
Continue reading Practicing Gratitude : Why You Should Practice Gratitude In These Times
Have you ever felt like you don’t belong? Like your friends or colleagues are going to discover you’re a fraud, and you don’t actually deserve your job and accomplishments? If so, you’re in good company. These feelings are known as Imposter Syndrome, or what psychologists often call impostor phenomenon. An estimated 70% of people experience …
Representational Image Note : This article is neither written or owned by Bombay Ficus. It is written by Kripa Jalan and Sharang Shah and published here. Globally, massive strides have been made in the last few decades to improve both the quality of and access to healthcare, but this progress has been lopsided. While certain …
Continue reading Nutrition: An Essential Ingredient For A Healthy Mind
There are certain things in life that no college, book or internet can teach you. One needs to simply experience it. A year ago, when I was lying in an ICU bed having a gut wrenching, muscle freezing feeling trying to explain the doctor that …
With everything that is going on around the world, we are exposed to crises on a daily basis each time we scroll through our feeds. So naturally, one day gender equity is our thing, one day it is equal wages, another morning we are moved by farmers’ plight, and then our new thing is mental …
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