IN THE PRESS
Emotional intelligence is the need of hour to shape a thriving society
Dr. Meenakshi Girdhar writes for The Times of India Lifestyle section on psychology, wellbeing and personal growth. Explore her Times of India articles and selected print clippings below.
OF INDIA
A Step Towards Turning Your New Year 2026 Resolutions into Reality
Most New Year resolutions fade by mid-February. This article explains why, and shares goal-setting strategies from psychology and neuroscience that help you stick with them.
Read on The Times of IndiaRest: Churned Beyond the Boundaries of Adequate Amount of Sleep
Sleep is only one kind of rest. A look at seven types of rest (physical, mental, emotional, social, creative, sensory and spiritual) with simple ways to build each one.
Why Introverts Can Be More Confident Than Extroverts
Confidence is a skill, not a personality type. The piece explores what is behind it in the brain, and why quiet people can be just as confident.
Can We Really Create Our Own Happiness
Introduces "synthetic happiness": happiness you build yourself can be as real as the kind that comes naturally, and everyday practices can grow it.
How to Control Anger Before It Controls You
What anger does to your body and mind, why it is triggered, and four ways to manage it: cooling off, writing it down, challenging the thought early, and mindfulness.
It Was Peak Rush Hour in Metro Train and Then Suddenly This Happened…
A rush-hour metro story about one passenger's calm kindness, used to show why emotional intelligence matters for a thriving society.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
In print
Original clippings and articles from newspapers and magazines.
Millennium Post · 10 August 2024
Being 'healthy'
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Sanskar Times · 17 February 2019
Board Exam Pressure
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Sadhna · April 2017
Disability - Only a Mental Perception
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Sadhna · April 2012
Teacher's Role with Changing Scenario
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Hindi print clipping
Power of Determination
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Hindi print clipping
I'm the Universe
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ALSO IN PRINT
A published profile of Dr. Meenakshi.
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