…an Indian woman kills herself by suicide. India’s National Crime Registry (NCRB) recorded that 22,372 housewives committed suicide last year. On average, there are about 61 Indian women commit suicide per day, or one person every 25 minutes. Women in India account for 36% of global female suicide deaths, despite…

It has been two years since I left my corporate career for the uncertainty of startup life. Although a pandemic and unemployment have been difficult to bear along the way, I have also experienced immense personal growth, self-awareness, and expansion of my personal network. …

“All things are poison, and nothing is without poison, the dosage alone makes it so a thing is not a poison.” …

In my last post, I started on a journey to understand why do women experience anxiety at twice the rate as men and if there are any neurobiology reasons for it. In this post, I will dive into that but before we do that, it is important to understand the…

The good and the bad thing about having twins is that you always have a control! I have 7-year-old boy/girl twins. Both are equally confident, happy, and competitive. There are hardly any gender differences in their self-regulation of emotions (i.e, …

80% of women who give birth experience what is commonly known as ‘baby blues’ or ‘postpartum blues’. Typical symptoms are: getting emotional, irrational or overwhelmed, or irritable and moody, tearful (without understanding why), or anxious and down. So, what are ‘baby blues’ and how is it different from postpartum depression? …

Photo Credit: helsana.ch More than a quarter of women experience some kind of depression and anxiety when they give birth, yet less than 10% reach out for help. It is a commonly held belief that becoming a mother is one of the most joyous occasions in a woman’s life. …

Why do some women get postpartum depression while others do not? Why do some women view having their child/children as the happiest moments of their lives and for others, it is the most difficult and dark period that they have ever experienced? The media certainly doesn’t make it any easier…

I received feedback that the first part of this series was too complicated and I should make it simpler. Sometimes I forget that I am not writing a scientific paper. So, in the subsequent blog posts, I will challenge myself to write clearly, without scientific jargon! This is my first…