Dr Shefali Batra

Happy young woman in a field of yellow flowers

What’s your recipe for happiness?

16th June 202016th June 2020 Dr Shefali Batra happiness

If we believe that happiness is a butterfly, it means it is fleeting, and won’t last. So we ourselves let it go before it escapes from our fingers.

Illustration of red ant and black ants being sprayed

Teen Space

ANTS that bite!

29th May 202029th May 2020 Dr Shefali Batra negativity, thoughts

ANTs — Automatic Negative Thoughts. They drain energy, suck out motivation and portray a future that is already confirmed to be miserable.

Illustration of trees bending in the wind

Teen Space

Bend or break?: The option of resilience

22nd April 202022nd April 2020 Dr Shefali Batra attitude, resilience, strength

Resilience is a mental capacity that allows us to adapt with ease during tough times, bending like bamboo instead of crumbling like a rock.

Hands holding up colourful speech bubbles

Teen Space

Do you talk to yourself?

18th March 202018th March 2020 Dr Shefali Batra Mindset, positive thinking, self-talk

Talking to yourself really means reflecting on your life, people within it and events that transpire inside of it. Self-talk is like a reappraisal that is so personal and unique to each one of us.

Teen Space

Anger: Is it controlling you?

11th February 202014th February 2020 Dr Shefali Batra anger

The justification of anger requires a logical appraisal to whatever it is that we feel was unfair. Otherwise we would be getting impractically angry for any and everything.