Writing is a lonely exercise. It’s just you with your moods and words for company. Writers are also vulnerable about their writing, keeping their words and ideas close to their hearts, unsure about whom to share it with. What could benefit all Writers is a community. A community of like-minded people who understand how precious…
Category: #ThinkingAloud
Therapy may be expensive but the returns are priceless #CauseAChatter
If you even suggest the word Therapy to anyone who needs it their 1st reaction is that they don’t need it, as ‘they are not mad’. If at all there is a 2nd reaction it almost always is, ‘Therapy is so expensive!’ Well, any medical treatment can be expensive. Holidays can be expensive maintaining a…
Of Sabr, Shukr and 2021
Sabr (patience) Shukr (gratitude) Every time we come close to a year ending we find ourselves wondering, ‘Where did the year go?’. 52 weeks, 365 days and countless hours and moments of a year were spent making memories, learning and sometimes unlearning. Weeping, smiling, meeting, parting, regretting. Yet, our memory is so fickle that we…
The Changing Face of Online Shopping #ECommerceInnovation
The first time I shopped online, it was with the same fears as anyone who has never shopped online has. Will the product be as good as it looks online? Will I be cheated out of my money? Will my Credit Card details be misused? I had ordered a dress, on a Thursday afternoon, and…
6 Ways my Blog and Me Grew Together
It was a lazy day in May 2004 when idly browsing on my computer I chanced upon the word Blog. From what I understood it meant a free Online Diary for anyone who writes. I was intrigued and began reading up more, and before I knew it, I had signed up with Blogspot for my…
What is Psychological Therapy? #CauseAChatter
If there are two things that can reach out to an Indian audience, they would be Bollywood and cricket. A few years ago a Hindi Film titled, ‘Dear Zindagi’ was released. It starred a suave Shahrukh Khan who played a Psychologist and the chirpy Alia Bhatt who goes to seek his help to find her…
What is Mental Health? #CauseAChatter
Mental health, defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), is “a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community”: Information courtesy Wikipedia. Our mental health incorporates our…
Can Love Grow or Diminish with time? #MyFriendAlexa
Love. A very small word, built from and through big factors. Respect, honesty, loyalty, compassion, and empathy to name a few. Nothing in the Universe escapes change. Like everything else, love undergoes various changes too. Sometimes love gets stronger and deeper as time goes by, while at other times it gets weaker and just fades…
Of Strength, Forgiveness, and more Malarkey! #MyFriendAlexa
*Malarkey – Nonsense I love Quotes. They have the ability to inspire you, change your perspective, enlighten you and even enrich your life. Which is why I love Quotes. Not all of them though. let me tell you why. ‘Strong women wear their pain like they wear stilettos. No matter how much it hurts, all…
Messages from the other Planet #MyFriendAlexa
Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus. This is a topic that has been discussed and dissected when it is not being used, abused, referred to, or taken advantage of, each time debating inhabitants of Mars and Venus come face to face. Because the chasm between the two planets is so vast, messages,…