Send us Fan Mail On today's episode of Yours Mentally, we talk about the importance of psychosocial life skills and why it is important to incorporate these skills in our lives right from our childhood and up to our adult life. This episode is in conversation with Vyjanthi Trimal who is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Fergusson College, Pune and has an M.A. in Clinical and Industrial Psychology. We begin the episode by asking Ma'am to give our listeners a brief overview of what exact...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode of Yours Mentally, we talk about the postpartum journey of a mother, how it subsequently affects her mental health, and how the mother deals with it. This episode is in conversation with Hiral Shroff who is a Psychology teacher and has an M.A in Clinical Psychology/ We begin the episode by asking that although there is a lot of information available on the internet regarding caring for your physical and mental health before giving birth, why do you think t...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode of Yours Mentally we talk navigating the world of academia in Psychology and learn what goes into research in the field of Psychology. This episode is in conversation with Professor Bittu Kaveri Rajaraman who is a Associate Professor of Biology and Psychology at Ashoka University. We begin the episode by asking professor if they can tell our listeners in brief what their areas of research are and what have they already published? We also ask what exactly d...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode of Yours Mentally we talk about non suicidal self injury and suicidal ideation and the effects it has on one's mental health. This episode is in conversation with Gautham Krishnan who is a Counselling Psychologist. TW: Suicide, self harm We begin the episode by asking Gautham how does one draw the line between non-suicidal self injury and attempted suicide? We then ask if not suicide, what are the reasons and causes one resorts to self injury? Is there an...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode of Yours Mentally we talk about Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Abuse and the effects it has on one's mental health. This episode is in conversation with Mrinalini Nathaniel who is a Clinical Psychologist. We begin the episode by asking Mrinalini what is Narcissistic personality disorder and what behaviour do people with NPD exhibit? We then ask how does one draw the line between someone who is a narcissist and someone who has NPD? We th...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode of Yours Mentally we talk and learn about the journey of a visually impaired counselling psychologist . This episode is in conversation with Kankam Khosla who is a Counselling Psychologist at Karma Center For Counselling and Wellbeing. We begin the episode by asking Kankam that we read that she is a visually impaired Counselling Psychologist. We asked her to tell our listeners a bit about her impairment and how does it impact her everyday professional life...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode of Yours Mentally we talk about people pleasing and the effects it has on one's mental health. This episode is in conversation with Ami Patel who is a Psychotherapist. We begin the episode by asking Ami how can one draw a line between being kind and being a people pleaser and is people-pleasing a mental illness? We then ask what negative effects can people pleasing have on a person? We also talk about the typical traits of a people pleaser and ask her what...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode of Yours Mentally we talk about the Psychology of gender based violence. This episode is in conversation with Simantini (Simi) Ghosh who is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and the current Head of the Department at Ashoka University, India. We begin the episode by asking professor what is gender based violence and asked her to give some real life examples of gender based violence so our listeners can understand it better. We then asked what are t...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode of Yours Mentally we talk about how to deal with mental illnesses while having a chronic illness . This episode is in conversation with Dr Ruhi Satija who is a consultant psychiatrist and counselling therapist. TW: Mention of death We begin the episode by asking Ruhi what is a chronic illness? Can you give us a few examples? We also talk ask what is the most common mental illness that people with chronic illnesses develop? We ask her what physical issues ...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode of Yours Mentally we talk meditation, it's importance and the impact it has on the life of human beings. This episode is in conversation with Harshil Karia, founder of Schbang and Level Supermind and Aayush Anand who is also the Co-founder of Level Supermind. This episode is in collaboration Level Supermind. We begin the episode by asking Harshil and Aayush that we learnt how both of them really believe in the power of meditation and we feel that there ar...