When Helping Hurts: Rethinking Therapeutic Communication Mental health spaces are built around the idea of help. Helping is what we are trained to do, praised for doing, and often judged
Gatekeeping by Design: The UGC Circular, the NCAHP Act, and the Systemic Erasure of Community-Based Mental Health Practice In August 2025, the University Grants Commission (UGC) issued a circular that
Climate Change, Caste, Gender, and Mental Health by Bhumika Saraswati Reflections from Talk delivered on October 6, 2024 Pause for Perspective Hyderabad, India Written by Manasi Udgirkar, Therapist and Fellow
Pause Library: A space to nurture hope and agency This post reflects on questions such as: What is the role of libraries in a mental health space? What value do
What are some of the most accepted myths surrounding mental health? Editors note: This article was written for a mental health and wellness page and the permission to post
Conversations about neurodiversity are conversations promoting hope Note: This is a full transcript that was prepared for the TedXIITH talk by Aarathi Selvan. A fundamental piece of our human tapestry
The master’s tools will never dismantle the masters’ house So many of us live under persistent and pervasive self-doubt. Have I got this right? am I performing well enough, can
Just Some Ruminations : Reflections by Gautam, Person with lived experience of schizophrenia.
Books That Were Loved in 2022 Ever since I began to curate books for Pause Library I have become immersed in reading books like never before. It started off as
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