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Five Self-Help Strategies for Social Anxiety
People usually feel anxious from time to time, especially when the demands of life pile up. Anxiety is usually normal and adaptive because it helps to prepare us for danger. However, it can become a problem when there is no real danger. One of the most common anxiety-related problems stems from social contexts. Here are some steps you can use when dealing with your day-to-day social anxiety.
21 May, 2014
Not tonight Honey: Why a sexless marriage puts your relationship at risk and what you can do about it
I recently watched “the Lunchbox;” A bitter-sweet East Indian movie about romantic and family relationships taking place in an underprivileged neighborhood in Mumbai. It becomes clear, pretty early in the movie that Ila, a rather bored house-maker, and her husband, Rajeev, have been drifting apart for some time. Ila tries her best to draw her husband to her. She even suggests that their daughter might like to have a little sibling. But Rajeev seems disinterested. Soon after, Ila smells the perfume of another woman on her husband’s shirts. The sexless marriage ends up dissolving.
06 May, 2014
What is Empathy and who needs it?

When you live in a fast-paced world and juggle work, home and maybe kids, who has time to offer empathy? and what is...

30 July, 2012
Pregnant and Depressed? Help is Available!

Contrary to widespread beliefs, pregnancy does not protect a woman from depression. According to a recent study published in the Archives of Women's...

27 March, 2012
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