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Lines to use when you don’t want to get into arguments with others.
There are many situations in our lives when we don’t want to get into an argument with others. At times we may not be in a mood to even...
Sreedhar Mandyam
May 6, 20233 min read
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For Peace of Mind - Stop talking to people in your head
From the time consciousness washes over us as we awake from sleep, there is an endless talk that goes on in our head. Most of the time,...
Sreedhar Mandyam
May 5, 20232 min read
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Grandparents often bond better with their grandchildren than with their own children.
Sometimes when I look at how the next generation is treated by our parents, I envy the next generation. With us, they would be strict,...
Sreedhar Mandyam
May 3, 20232 min read
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Should I send my children abroad for studies?
Some parents are extremely enthusiastic about sending their children abroad for studies. In fact, it may have become a family culture in...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 30, 20233 min read
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Sandwiched between two generations
The older generation, those above 65-70 are almost not answerable to anyone or at best they have to account for their behaviour only to...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 29, 20232 min read
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Surrendering is not always a weakness.
If we ask people to imagine what comes into their mind when the word ‘surrender’ is mentioned, it is a battlefield where one person or...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 28, 20232 min read
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My daughter keeps changing her career dreams. Why can’t she make a choice?
“Six months back she was talking of becoming an airline pilot, last month she wanted to be a space scientist and now she is taking of...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 27, 20232 min read
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Is it okay to charge for counselling?
This question is often asked by counsellors who want to set out on the path of establishing their counselling centres or going...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 26, 20232 min read
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What money means to this generation is different from what it meant to ours.
“Why can’t we order Pizza again today?" “It costs 1000 rupees for eating one time. Do you know how much I got as my first salary, two...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 25, 20232 min read
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Why do most apologies feel unsatisfactory?Anatomy of an apology
“Do you want me to apologize?” “I am sorry IF I hurt you” “You want me to say sorry? Sorry, now are you happy?” “I am sorry but…” (an...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 23, 20232 min read
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Does Going on an expensive vacation help solve deep-rooted issues?
Every time the couple had a fight, one of them would suggest taking a travel trip. “Let us spend time together in a faraway place”,...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 22, 20232 min read
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A counsellor is not a mediator, detective, lawyer, or a judge.
When you are in the thick of counselling, it is very easy to get either confused about your role or get drawn into playing a different...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 21, 20233 min read
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Does too much get made of getting up early?
“Get up early”, Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”, “Rise and shine with sunshine” We have heard of the...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 20, 20232 min read
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"I am not passionate about anything. Is something wrong with me?”
We hear people telling us all the time to ‘follow your passion’. We think of passion as some work that you are dying to to do, something...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 19, 20232 min read
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A primer on pet-loving families for those who don’t understand them
Many non-pet lovers find it very very hard to understand the family of pet-lovers. This is a kind of a primer for them. Pets have names...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 18, 20233 min read
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Is mocking and insulting children at home a way to motivate them?
There are many emotional and psychological tools that parents use to goad their children to do things that the parents want. All with...
sreedharmandyam7
Apr 17, 20232 min read
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Can we counsel people we know, our family members, relatives, friends or colleagues?
I am sure every counsellor has faced this dilemma. How do we decide who we can and whom we cannot counsel? The first thing the counsellor...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 16, 20232 min read
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Emotional Labour makes you emotionally tired
If the lift of the apartment is not working and you have to climb five flights of stairs to reach home, you will feel tired as you enter...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 15, 20232 min read
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Harmony in Relationships - Assumptions are one of the biggest causes of self-inflicted misery
Countless arguments and misunderstanding between people arise because of this one fact. We make assumptions about people - what they must...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 14, 20232 min read
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Some of us are not designed for ‘office-work’ for earning
This is a realization that we meet often in life but just push it away. Some people are not designed to go out to an office, work from 9...
Sreedhar Mandyam
Apr 13, 20232 min read
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