by Shantanu Tilak | Apr 21, 2018 | blog, Counselling, Culture, Existentialism, Social Psychology
We’re sure you agree that crime has no religion. The recent gruesome happenings in Kathua go to show how some sections of society rally and protest over religion as a basis for proving the guilty as innocent. The reactionary wave of social media outrage is but...
by Shantanu Tilak | Mar 30, 2018 | Adjustment, Anxiety, Depression, Existentialism, Mental Health, Psychology, Social Psychology
When you’re in the peak of adversity, have you ever considered trying to find the humor in a situation to dispel the high stress levels? Humor and the light side of life often enable us to look at something differently. Adversity is something that we come across...
by Shantanu Tilak | Mar 23, 2018 | Counselling, Depression, Existentialism, Health, Mental Health
“He held up a real brain in a jar with a blue liquid, which he called “joy juice:’ trickling into it from a small plastic pouch held above. He asked the audi- ence to pretend that their brains could be treated with a hormone (i.e., joy juice) that...
by Shantanu Tilak | Feb 17, 2018 | Counselling, Existentialism, Mental Health, Psychology, Social Psychology
We feel a host of emotions as human beings. Emotions like fear are said to be wired into us in order to cope with negative situations, and activate our fight and flight responses. These are experienced during stressful situations and often lead us to narrow down the...
by Shantanu Tilak | Feb 13, 2018 | Adjustment, Existentialism, Relationships
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, some of us may be asking some intense questions to ourselves about the love that we may have, or the possibility of finding new love. Does Valentine’s Day only encompass the love that a romantic relationship...
by Shantanu Tilak | Jan 1, 2018 | Adjustment, Culture, Existentialism
As the New Year commences, let’s put time into perspective. Looking in retrospect at 2017, there are events that we remember, and others that often slip from our memory. Before you go ahead and look back, take a minute to stop and think. We’re sure that...
