“A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.” – Benjamin Franklin We’ve all heard the phrase, “Age is just a number…” and it is true. Age is merely the number of years you’ve been enjoying the world’s pleasures and the world has had the pleasure of your company and spirit. When you live, it’s not about breathing the air to survive, it’s about enjoying what you are and what you have been offered.   calmsage

Here I am, about to start work, but all I can do is stare at my to-do list. I know I should start on my tasks but somehow, I can’t seem to muster the energy or the motivation to do it. Is it something you’re familiar with as well? I’ll be honest; it’s one of the most common struggles that we all face and experience, more often than we’d like. It happens a lot to me. I know I should calmsage

As mental health awareness increases, so does the knowledge about various therapeutic approaches used to treat different mental health and emotional health conditions. Among these approaches, there comes interpersonal and social rhythm therapy or IPSRT, a therapy technique to help treat mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.  Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy is a unique therapy approach that combines elements of psychotherapy and lifestyle or social management to address the complexities between interpersonal relationships and day-to-day calmsage

“Love is not about how many days, months, or years you have been together. Love is about how much you love each other every single day.” Relationships are beautiful experiences but at the same time, they can be quite complicated. We often find ourselves seeking comfort and reassurance from our partners or loved ones to figure out the ups and downs that come our way. But what is reassurance in a relationship? Or what counts as reassurance in relationships?  When calmsage

Psychotherapy, popularly known as talk therapy is the first thing that crosses our mind when we talk about mental health conditions. Even a layman can say that therapy is one of the most successful treatment options for mental health challenges.  What if I tell you, that therapy can go wrong too? Every intervention has its drawbacks and we can prepare for those challenges. What we can’t prepare ourselves for is human error. Therapy can be harmful if there is an calmsage

How you think and see things tells much about your personality and impacts your mood and overall well-being. Yet, sometimes, people see things in two categories, black or white, and they can be quite rigid. This type of thinking is also called all-or-nothing thinking, and it can distort our perception and lead us to view situations, people, or even ourselves in polarized terms. But why do people think in this way? Are there ways to deal with this type of calmsage