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Shelja Sen
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.
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Pain that heals and restoresSubscriber Only
August 28, 2023 10:00 IST
Appeal to witness all the pains in the world and not to disenfranchise ones that do not fit our assumed definitions of loss
Thu, Aug 24, 2023
Out of our heads and into our livesSubscriber Only
July 31, 2023 10:00 IST
Fun, unconventional and innovative ideas from children for finding joy and peace
Sun, Jul 30, 2023
Victimhood cannot be our identitySubscriber Only
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
Autism calls for advocacy not apologySubscriber Only
May 01, 2023 10:00 IST
Because all our children light up our world
Fri, Apr 28, 2023
The audacity of being queerSubscriber Only
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
How mindfulness can help us address our feelings of exhaustion and burnoutSubscriber Only
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
What are the small ways you might want to opt out of the highway of life?Subscriber Only
January 30, 2023 10:00 IST
To create a life worth living, we must listen to our hearts
Fri, Jan 27, 2023
To all our daughters and their mothersSubscriber Only
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
Bringing social justice to our schoolsSubscriber Only
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
Inviting our children to be subversive against oppressive ideasSubscriber Only
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
Navigating our way in the age of anxietySubscriber Only
September 26, 2022 10:00 IST
The art of compassionate curiosity in the face of adversity
Fri, Sep 23, 2022
Weathering the patriarchy stormSubscriber Only
August 25, 2022 18:37 IST
Mental health struggles among women conceal issues of social injustice.
Thu, Aug 25, 2022
Childhood is not a training ground for adulthoodSubscriber Only
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
Resisting riptides of victimisationSubscriber Only
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
Flipping the gaze back on the myth of bad behaviourSubscriber Only
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
We heal in kinships, not in silosSubscriber Only
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
Tyranny of the UrgentSubscriber Only
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
ADD and Reclaiming Preferred IdentitiesSubscriber Only
December 27, 2021 06:00 IST
A letter to young people living with Attention Deficit Disorder
Tue, Dec 28, 2021
Solidarity in a polarised worldSubscriber Only
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
Trauma and the untold stories of resistanceSubscriber Only
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
No child left invisibleSubscriber Only
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
Heart of imperfect enoughnessSubscriber Only
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
Missing the woods for the treesSubscriber Only
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
Love means never having to say goodbyeSubscriber Only
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
We are the Light in this Dark TunnelSubscriber Only
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, 2021Journalism of Courage
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