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Experts share tips

Approach to Parenting

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to parenting’: Experts share tips to manage rebellious behaviour in children

Vogue Warriors

Meet the psychologist raising money

Aanchal Narang has spent her time in lockdown crowdfunding for organisations working on pandemic-relief with marginalised groups of women across Mumbai.

Talk it out

Smelling a perfume can stop painful flashbacks

Grounding techniques like smelling a perfume can stop painful flashbacks

Tips for parents

Address their teens body image concerns

As a parent, it’s important to support your teen and help them develop a positive and healthy relationship with their body.

Aanchal Narang’s POV

How IFS Therapy Can Transform Careers

Most people believe career struggles stem from a lack of discipline, confidence, motivation, or skills. In her therapy practice, Aanchal Narang sees something very different.

Aanchal Narang’s POV

Aanchal Narang on How Toxic Relationships Really Look

“Toxic relationships rarely begin as toxic. They begin as the most exciting ones. However, chemistry can distract you from compatibility”

Why Couples Cheat

Aanchal Narang on Infidelity: What We’re Afraid to Admit About Why Couples Cheat

Infidelity rarely begins in the bedroom. It begins in the spaces where intimacy stopped. It’s about the conversations that never happened, the needs that were never named, the resentment that quietly settled into the corners of a relationship while everything on the outside still looked “fine.”

Deepest Wounds

Aanchal Narang on How Sexual Assault Leaves the Deepest Wounds

There are many kinds of trauma. In clinical language, we speak of acute trauma — a single overwhelming incident that shocks the system. We recognize chronic trauma, where harm repeats over time and gradually reshapes a person’s sense of safety. There is complex or developmental trauma, often rooted in early attachment relationships, where instability, neglect, or violation becomes part of one’s formative environment. And there is relational trauma, where trust and harm exist in the same space — sometimes in the same person.

Spotlight on Pride

"Queer persons on the pressure to conform to a particular image"

On June 30 last year, when IT professional Kavya, who identifies as omnisexual, was leaving her apartment in Chennai to go join a Pride march, she was stopped by members of her housing association. The residents criticised her bold make-up and attire, and also threatened to reveal her queer identity to her house owner.

Navigating adolescence

7 essential conversations every parent must have with their teenager

Here are seven important discussions that every parent should have with their teenager to strengthen their relationship and tackle crucial topics together. Adolescence is the most confusing stage of life, when quickly shifting hormones may have a disastrous impact on children's lives, making it difficult for both parents and teens to navigate.

In Conversation with Aanchal Narang