Women, Stress and Panic Attacks

By Vandana Sehgal

Anya was answering her last mail before leaving her office to pick up her son from school daycare. Then suddenly, she felt her body freezing and her hands and legs going numb. That experience reminded her about the breathlessness, heavily pumping chest and cold hands that numbed her two weeks back. The inability to breathe…

Children, Culture, and Career

By Vandana Sehgal

Born in India and spent the majority of my life years in my home country, I am deeply rooted in my culture, traditions, and values. In 2014, I became an expat by moving to Sweden with my family. I feel blessed as I enjoy the richness of my culture while I celebrate the unique Swedish…

Birth of my Spiritual Journey

By Snehashree

Snehashree Guest Blogger Spirituality touched me quite early, I would say. But amid a breezy childhood, it did not count much until, unless it was in my early twenties when something happened that turned me to thinking, if everything, I had heard about the spirit was true. It was early evening, and the year was…

Can anyone become a writer?

By Vandana Sehgal

Recently I was invited for an interview where the host asked,”Can anyone be a writer?” Was this asked ten years back, I would have said, “No, you need to have an aptitude for it.” At that time, I was living under the notion that writers are born. After publishing two books and writing blogs for…

Anxiety – That Old Friend

By Vandana Sehgal

Sandra, 12-year-old bright girl, ran out of her room, “Mom, why this internet never works properly and now my password isn’t working. My teacher is calling for me in class and, I can’t join,” all of this in one breath. I, a technically weak person, before could understand what was happening, got bombarded with another…

A Mother who Discovered Herself Through her Children.

By Vandana Sehgal

Through this blog, I am bringing the story of a woman who found herself after moving to an international place. But this time, it was her children who helped her to walk on the path of self-discovery. After reading her story, you can argue that she was an educated woman and should have been aware.…