mental health
Can you overcome rejection?
It is always difficult when someone turns you down and says ‘no.’ Be it a personal favour or a business pitch, it can be hard swallowing rejection. Sometimes, it is because we fear being rejected because of internal shame or embarrassment, or because of the way we were brought up, we sabotage our own relationships and opportunities which would be good for us. So, to learn how you can accept rejection, it might be worth trying to understand why you fear rejection in the first place.
21 August 2022
'It can tear you apart': Kohli shares mental health struggles
Indian cricket superstar Virat Kohli, who took his team to unprecedented heights, says he has struggled with his mental health throughout his career, local media reported Thursday.
18 August 2022
Tackling the Talk: Parents and their Mental Health
To see your loved one suffering from mental illnesses is a painful experience.
18 August 2022
A woman is dead. Why are we gossiping about her personal life?
Media has a responsibility to stop sensationalising stories about women and focus on the wider inequalities that affect them.
15 August 2022
Exploring mental health in superhero shows
“The thing to me that’s fun is trying to make the characters seem believable, or realistic." – Stan Lee
10 August 2022
Knowing basics of behavioural sciences
We are all familiar with the term ‘psychology’ in our day-to-day life. Psychology is generally considered a sub-discipline of behavioural sciences, and the two areas experience some overlap in coursework and career paths.
6 August 2022
Mental health: The conditions in which people grow, live, work and age matter
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) is a fairly new concept which is increasingly gaining momentum in the West. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined SDOH as “the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.”
30 July 2022
How pets help our mental health
Merely petting or playing with pets can raise oxytocin and dopamine levels.
14 July 2022
The root of our unhappiness: When the personal becomes political
I woke up from a Covid-induced fever dream to this news: Bangladesh has ranked seventh among the world's angriest, saddest, and most stressed nations, according to the 2022 Global Emotions Report.
6 July 2022
Relationship Matters: Discussing psychological problems
Our relationships and how we navigate them keep evolving with the times. Often, we find questions or worries so personal that they can only be shared with a stranger, but any random stranger is no real solace! Nor is the advice safe. With that in mind, Star Lifestyle brings to you a brand-new relationship advice column from certified experts. This hopes to tackle the host of worries, questions and forks in roads of the relationships plane that includes the personal, professional to psychological.
30 June 2022
5 tips for getting the best out of your first therapy session
Going to your first therapist session unaware of what to expect is never wise.
16 June 2022
Relationship Matters: Discussing psychological problems
Our relationships and how we navigate them keep evolving with the times. Often, we find questions or worries so personal that they can only be shared with a stranger, but any random stranger is no real solace! Nor is the advice safe. With that in mind, Star Lifestyle brings to you a brand-new relationship advice column from certified experts. This hopes to tackle the host of worries, questions and forks in roads of the relationships plane that includes the personal, professional to psychological.
16 June 2022
What if Facebook commenters became your therapist?
Sadman has called a meeting with his top Facebook commenters to deal with his latest mental health crisis. Here's how it went.
16 June 2022
Relationship Matters: Discussing psychological problems
Our relationships and how we navigate them keep evolving with the times. Often, we find questions or worries so personal that they can only be shared with a stranger, but any random stranger is no real solace! Nor is the advice safe. With that in mind, Star Lifestyle brings to you a brand-new relationship advice column from certified experts. This hopes to tackle the host of worries, questions and forks in roads of the relationships plane that includes the personal, professional to psychological.
9 June 2022
Mental Health Maladies: Drug Addiction
Star Lifestyle in collaboration with Moner Bondhu, exclusively discusses Addiction Issues namely, the red flags behind the condition, how to effectively overcome them, and much more.
We sat down with Mehadi Mobarak, Psychosocial Counselor from Moner Bondhu to discuss ADDICTION and the probable solutions to tackle the condition at first notice.
8 June 2022
Children need proper support to recover from pandemic
Learning recovery and mental health should be priority
2 June 2022
BCB to hold sports psychology sessions for Tigers
With the intention of improving the mental fitness of the cricketers of the Bangladesh national team, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is planning to hold a relevant programme ahead of the upcoming West Indies tour next month.
28 May 2022
How Rana Plaza tragedy shaped Bangladesh's mental health
"Many of my peers look back at the Rana Plaza tragedy with dull, dead eyes."
24 April 2022
What to expect from your first therapy session
Get the best out of your first-ever therapy session.
2 February 2022
Why you should go to therapy
Going to therapy can provide new perspectives on tired old problems.
2 February 2022