Shelja Sen is a narrative therapist, writer, co-founder of Children First Institute of Child & Adolescent Mental Health. She is a TED speaker, an international faculty at Dulwich Centre, Adelaide, and Tutor at University of Melbourne. Her latest book is Reclaim Your Life.

July 31, 2023 10:00 IST
Fun, unconventional and innovative ideas from children for finding joy and peace
Sun, Jul 30, 2023
May 29, 2023 10:00 IST
A letter to young women on responding to life’s hardships, fostering solidarity and choosing our preferred identities.
Sat, May 27, 2023
May 01, 2023 10:00 IST
Because all our children light up our world
Fri, Apr 28, 2023
March 27, 2023 10:00 IST
The journey towards justice and acceptance might be fraught for the LGBTQIA+ community, but it will make a difference if we commit to walk alongside as allies
Fri, Mar 24, 2023
February 27, 2023 10:00 IST
We are walking around with our minds “leaking” and wondering why we are more depleted than ever
Sun, Feb 26, 2023
January 30, 2023 10:00 IST
To create a life worth living, we must listen to our hearts
Fri, Jan 27, 2023
December 26, 2022 10:00 IST
Healing can happen when we align ourselves together against patriarchy and not against each other
Fri, Dec 23, 2022
November 28, 2022 10:00 IST
Without a nurturing eco-system in our schools that questions structural inequalities and recognises diversity, the foundation of our children’s lives will remain shaky
Sun, Nov 27, 2022
October 31, 2022 11:00 IST
What steps are we ready to take now that will invite children to resist arid, oppressive, dominant ideas?
Sun, Oct 30, 2022
September 26, 2022 10:00 IST
The art of compassionate curiosity in the face of adversity
Fri, Sep 23, 2022
August 25, 2022 18:37 IST
Mental health struggles among women conceal issues of social injustice.
Thu, Aug 25, 2022
June 27, 2022 10:30 IST
As the philosopher Alexander Herzen said, a child’s purpose is to be a child
Sat, Jun 25, 2022
May 30, 2022 11:00 IST
The insidious social-media messaging is engineering a steady dose of language of misery in the garb of social justice and robbing people of a sense of agency in responding to life’s hardships
Mon, May 30, 2022
March 28, 2022 10:00 IST
We are not just accountable for our children, we have to be accountable to them
Sun, Mar 27, 2022
February 28, 2022 19:08 IST
New-age ideas of self-love and self-acceptance ring hollow if we don’t build relationships
Mon, Feb 28, 2022
January 31, 2022 10:30 IST
It’s in the white spaces that we find our epiphanies, where sparks of life happen — do less to do more
Mon, Jan 31, 2022
December 27, 2021 06:00 IST
A letter to young people living with Attention Deficit Disorder
Tue, Dec 28, 2021
November 29, 2021 11:41 IST
How we can create spaces for discussing transgressions, weave in accountability and work towards a collective transformation
Tue, Jan 04, 2022
October 22, 2021 15:26 IST
Let’s visibilise what’s invisibilised, politicise what’s medicalised, invite agency and restore dignity
Fri, Oct 22, 2021
September 23, 2021 15:32 IST
Pandemic memories will shape our children’s storylines; what role do we play in this history in action?
Fri, Sep 24, 2021
August 29, 2021 06:30 IST
Wabi-sabi — the beauty in our brokenness and impermanence — is a tribute to a life well-lived
Sat, Aug 28, 2021
July 25, 2021 06:20 IST
When it comes to mental health, are we asking the wrong questions and looking for solutions in the wrong places?
Sun, Jul 25, 2021
June 20, 2021 06:30 IST
More than ever, we need stories of love now to help us grieve and heal collectively.
Sun, Jun 20, 2021
May 23, 2021 06:11 IST
Human beings are not broken, the structures that are supposed to care and provide for us are shattered
Sun, May 23, 2021
April 25, 2021 06:10 IST
Why radical playfulness alone can help us step out of the vicious echo chambers of our minds
Tue, Apr 27, 2021




