Friends can be so important in life! One of the Psychiatrists at Stanford University was talking about Mind - body connection, where he mentioned that the best thing a man can do for his health is to be married to a woman, where as what a woman can do for her well being is to nurture her relationship with her girlfriends.   How interesting is that!   So ladies...         GirlFriend time, helps in increasing the Serotonin - a Neurotransmitter that helps combat Depression and can create…

"I care more about being close to you than I do about winning this argument." I happened to come across these beautiful lines today & I had to share them with you. I have always been this one person who has been fascinated by Relationships. May be that is exactly why I specialize in Marriage & Family Counselling.   Relationships, is the only SUBJECT, that absorbs me & I can have unlimited conversations about it. People often ask me, are you not curious about anything else? & I quite bravely say…

My Vanity Kit! Problems are everywhere. There is no running away from them. So might as well let them be. Instead of worrying & thinking about them all the time. Lets do something different. You deserve to feel good!   To be honest, for almost a week I found myself just lost. I think a part of me was missing home, I did find myself slipping into a zone of unhealthy thinking patterns. Did not want to engage in conversations, stopped exercising, eating all junk, asking myself a lot of…

Autonomy versus Shame & Doubt(2-3 yrs) In my last blog, I spoke about Trust vs Mistrust, that is the 1st stage of Erik Erikson's theory of Psychosocial development, As promised, we are now moving on to the 2nd stage, that is Autonomy vs Shame & Doubt (2-3 yrs), which will be very useful  & informative for mothers who are noticing that their child is becoming independent and having their own preferences & choices now.     This stage is significantly very important because they will now start to explore the world around him/her they…