Emotional Health of Health Workforce “ the new coronavirus has made all the easy stuff hard”- from the New Yorker We are living in challenging times. Of the many population groups, the group most challenged are the providers of essential services in general and the health workforce in particular. The nearly universal practice of social... Continue Reading →
Mental Health -SELF CARE VIDEOS
Mental Health -SELF CARE VIDEOS COVID 19 and mental health WHO briefing on March 21 2020 https://youtu.be/i4FcBKbKuPE The DG, WHO Dr. Tedros Adhanom focused on the importance of mental health , as part of the COVID 19.It is from 7mts to 11 mts of the 50+ minutes video. How to cope with anxiety and self-... Continue Reading →
My Cancer Diary: Ananya Mukherjee (2019)
This is a very special book. Full of insights into living with cancer and the uncertainities of life, with a STRONG sense of HUMOUR. You will really ENJOY reading this book and seeing the videos. Cancer Memoir- Ananya Book launch video of 90 minutes. It is a mixture readings from the book, and interviews with... Continue Reading →
FINDING MEANING by DAVID KESSLER
Amazon Summary Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief by David Kessler (Author) David Kessler – the world's foremost expert on grief and the coauthor with Elisabeth Kübler-Ross of the iconic On Grief and Grieving – journeys beyond the classic five stages to discover a sixth stage: meaning. David has spent decades teaching about end... Continue Reading →
Book Review: SAASIVE TANDAVALU (Kannada) by Bharathi, B.V.
SAASIVE TANDAVALU(Kannada) by Bharathi, B.V. (2019) Alampu Prakashana. Bangalore. This is a very special book that presents the personal experiences of Ms. Bharathi, B.V. a cancer survivor, from the beginning of suspicion about cancer, through the diagnosis, surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy and recovery. A good way to describe the scope of the book is to... Continue Reading →
Sharing of experiences are empowering for others in similar situations
You all recall the way Ms.Geetha Sekhar, referring to her changed situation as moving from being a DURACELL to ORDINARY cell. I have an another anology. We are all like candles. In course of time we will burn out and disappear. However, like aLIGHTED CANDLE, each of us can light other candles and spread light.... Continue Reading →
Hope and (sacrifice)-O Henry story
In situations of uncertainties of life, many factors can make a difference. Here is a beautiful story by the master story teller, O Henry which illustrate how hope of looking at the falling leaves and the not falling leaf gives a chance to recover. There is also a hidden message of sacrifice. Caregivers are so... Continue Reading →
Mastering adversities of life – Ms. Sudha Chandran
Ms.Sudha Chandran, dancer, actor, who lost her leg and recovered to continue to dance and act in her life story based films like Mayuri, Nache Mayuri, was interviewed on All India Radio, FM 102.9. The part of the interview focusses on the circumstances of her loss of the limb, the return to dancing and film... Continue Reading →
Four Indian Novels on living with cancer added to Books section
I have added FOUR books written by different people that focusses on various aspects of living with cancer. Two of them are by doctors, one by the film actor and the fourth is a novel with cancer as an important part of the story.The books are special as they are located in the context of... Continue Reading →
‘Dark Circles’: A novel about the shadows of the mind-Udayan Mukerjee
Dark Circles by Udayan Mukerjee (Author) Amazon Summary Can one indiscretion be allowed to scar a family for life? Ronojoy's mother dies alone in the Ashram she had abruptly retreated to twenty-eight years ago, leaving him - then only twelve- to fend for the emotional needs of himself and his six-year-old brother. When the cremation... Continue Reading →