Articles Related to Mental Well-being
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It is Time to Revisit Youth Time
Backdrop: Far away from days of youth, the elders often seem to be worried and anxious. This stems from various issues spanning falling health, reduced cognitive abilities, feeling of neglect, fear of approaching death. Locus of influence seems to be dwindling with uncontrollable gaining upper hand. This leads to a sense of helplessness. One of…
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It is Time to Look Within
Backdrop: For a significant part of our life, we are often guided by materialistic considerations and run after the mirage of external cosmetics. This essentially means we look at things outside, compare ourselves with exterior coordinates and try to achieve things external to us with our resources: physical, mental, and financial. We run a rat…
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There is Similarity between Enterprise and Life Management Principles
Backdrop: Life management principles are extremely important for any human being. Understanding these is necessary to charter the voyage of life. These principles are akin to any “enterprise management” rules. These involve management of certain essential pillars like operations, sales & marketing, finance, and man management. All these mainstays are equally applicable for understanding and…
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It is Absolutely Necessary to Practice Self-Management
Backdrop: Self-management or managing self is possibly the most important principle to follow in life. Human beings particularly in today’s context do not live in isolation or alone. They are always in company of some or the other: spouse, family members, colleagues, friends, acquaintances, among others. And in the broader context, they are always in…
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Managing Depression is Key to Happy Life
Backdrop: Depression is one of the key challenges in old age. The word depression in layman’s language means “getting sad and losing interest in active life”. There is no denying that old age is full of more challenges than younger period of life. This is reality of existential journey. Retirement from active professional assignments, death…
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Aim of a Happy Life is to Enjoy Every Bit of It
Backdrop: Life has often been described as a journey that has its own ups and downs, happiness & sorrows and so with good & bad moods of people. But the true essence of life is to “experience” the same as it comes as many of the events are unpredicted, destined and not within our control.…
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Five Grand Ways of Living Life
Backdrop: It is often said that elder life is difficult. Many people take the post-work retired life as a “leading to preparation” towards the ultimate reality i.e., death. Life, therefore, is no more an “adventure” but just a “routine journey”. Getting up in morning, idling away, seeing leisurely some movies or spending time with friends…
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Live with Happiness Can Be the Only Axiom of Life
Backdrop: Attitude is more of mental construct as to one’s perception about himself / herself and others. Happy persons are found to have “good feeling” about themselves as well as the surroundings and others. This is more important for elders as old age is usually synonymous with difficulties, agonies and often considered as a painful…