Mind Vidya

29/11/2015

The notion of forgiveness, when proposed in psychotherapy, is often met with raised eyebrows and looks of incredulity. Very often, I have come to realize that ‘forgiveness’ per se has varied implications for different people and in order to progress, it becomes important to clarify what it actually means...

http://www.mindvidya.com/forgiveness-bitter-sweet-medicine/

When I was dealing with my first marital infidelity case for therapy, the idea of forgiveness stuck out like a sore thumb – so crucial, yet ever so difficult. Since then, I have found this process of forgiveness to play a large role in my work with clients, and hence this blog. The notion of forgive…

26/09/2015

Mind Vidya Founder & CEO, Anoop Alex (Consultant Psychologist) on FM Rainbow talk show 'Health Hour' discussing 'Men's Psychological Issues'

07/08/2015

The meaning of life is not a random rain drop that gets us excited, neither it is a beautiful glance you receive in a crowd; to find the meaning of your entire life, you don’t have its whole length straightened out in front of you. The curves of the paths you take in life, the shadows of your past and the lingering optimism you hold onto, none of them make it easier for you to find the happiness or satisfaction that you have been searching for...

http://www.mindvidya.com/my-first-white-hair-and-the-wisdom-i-plucked/

Looking at the silvery white hair stirred mixed emotions in me. It fuelled all the conflicts I am going through as a growing adult and the answers seem yet so far away. The meaning of life is not a random rain drop that gets us excited, neither it is a beautiful glance you receive in a

12/06/2015

Loving Life

Do the numerous incidents of violence and aggression that scream for attention, make you stop to think about the value of life? Have we become so familiar with the loss of life that we fail to appreciate its beauty and vitality?
http://www.mindvidya.com/loving-life/

Do the numerous incidents of violence and aggression that scream for attention, make you stop to think about the value of life? Have we become so familiar with the loss of life that we fail to appreciate its beauty and vitality? There may be moments in this fast-paced materialistic world, where we f…

12/06/2015

Behind Every Miracle There is a Process

What do you do when you are disheartened and desperate?
http://www.mindvidya.com/behind-every-miracle-there-is-a-process/

What do you do when you are disheartened and desperate? At a time when you are in an obsolete state, all your efforts coming to a halt, a sense of being lost in the hither and thither of time, what you do? A state when all seem to be away and dreams high in

12/06/2015

Perfectionism… Just Out of Reach!
While it’s all well and good to strive to be ideal, at the same time are we deluding ourselves into believing that being perfect is possible?
http://www.mindvidya.com/perfectionism-just-out-of-reach/

There’s quite a thin and rather blurred line between “wanting to do something well” and “wanting to do something perfectly”. It’s interesting how much value society places on perfectionism – the perfect husband, he perfect wife, the perfect child, the perfect family the perfect student, the perfect…