In India, stigma, stereotypes, and social taboos have long prevented older generations from openly discussing issues around mental health. However, younger people in the country are tackling these issues head-on and striving for more open and honest discourse. How are they going about it?
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Ridhi Golechha is a counselling psychologist, wellbeing coach, and certified mind-body eating coach. She helps people with challenges around stress, weight, emotional eating, overeating, and body image issues.
Shobhika Jaju is a psychologist who has assisted children, adolescents, adults, and older people with concerns related to the mind and behaviour. She facilitates workshops for teachers, parents, students, and businesses on psychology-related topics.
Anushka Kelkar is the co-founder of Therapize, one of India's leading digital mental healthcare platforms. She is also a multi-disciplinary writer, researcher, cultural strategist based in India with an avid interest in the innovation and trends forecasting space. She has worked with several global brands on cultural insight mapping and trend forecasting across the wellness, food and beverage, beauty, entertainment, and urban design sectors. Her work has been featured in Vogue, Cosmpolitan, CNN, The Economic Times, Times of India, NDTV, and Huffpost, among others.
