Life Is Fulfilling When You Are at Peace
How holistic health brought melody to my life.
It was the time when I was young and studying and working both. I was a harassed woman trying to complete my PhD. and looking after three children, I was married and a full-time assistant professor in a college.
I was down in the dumps and not happy with anything. There was always a need for more time. The eldest son was 4, the second child was nearly 2 years old and the third was born. The gap was too small.
Everything around me felt like a turmoil in life. Today I am sure it was postpartum depression but years ago this term was not known to anyone.
I tried to hide my feelings and emotions but could not do so with tears flowing from my eyes.
I would get angry with everything around me and feel like breaking some furniture in the house. Nothing seemed to be proper.
I went to my gynecologist for a check-up and she asked me why I looked so thin, upset, and anxious about everything. Why did I look so worried and I was spoiling my physical and mental being?
She gave me some medication to soothe my nerves and pains in my body but she told me not to be a slave of my body. I was to rise above my troubles. The medication was to be for a short term and I…