Dr. Suparna Sengupta's

If you are a negative minded person, then there is a chance that you have a lot of negative incidents or experiences in your life. We ultimately become what we experience. If you can manage to receive good experiences, it is possible for you to live a happy and peaceful life. It is just a matter of time.  Stop yourself from getting negative influences by following- Confront and Distract Whenever a negative or compulsive thought comes in mind, confront it, correct it and distract yourself involving your five senses. You can have snacks or drinks, watch T.V or movies, listen to music, call your loved one, anything that makes you feel good. Encourage yourself to stay positive. Avoid Unpleasant Consequences Watch your words carefully. Take 5 minutes before responding to an unpleasant situation. Prepare a conversation to stay under control and handle situation mindfully, in that 5 minutes. Then proceed. Accept Yourself as You Are First, think of all your troubles fo...

Positivity is the frequent experience of pleasant emotions. Some of the most common emotions are joy, hope, gratitude, interest, serenity, pride, amusement, love, inspiration, and awe. Anyone can switch from thinking negatively to positively, with a little effort and time. And it is worth it. Positive Mindset: Staying positive doesn't mean, you need to stay always positive irrespective of any given situation. It's really odd if someone dies, and you are laughing to reflect your positive mindset. Positivity means, thinking of positive aspects in every situation with its negative aspects side by side, tilting slightly towards the positive one. Positivity makes us happier, while negativity makes us cautious and careful. Both of them has utilities. A wise brain considers both of them while taking a decision. Prepare yourself to think every possible thing, considering both positive and negative aspects for proper evaluation. Breathing Happiness: Considering today's ...

We parents devote a considerable amount time of our life in taking care of our children. Sometimes it's difficult for youngsters to willingly appreciate our parenting style. Still, we never fail to motivate ourselves to give our bests to provide them a comfortable lifestyle. Because we love them to see, safe and sound. Well, “how safe they actually are?” Did you ever think about that? You may arrange the best care at your home, but how safe they are, when on road? at a playground? inside a classroom? or at a friend's house? whatever indestructible safety mechanism you consider in your parenting style, there is always a chance of getting into trouble for your children. So, we can make kids even more prepared, when we provide, not only safety, but also some knowledge or perception of situations and facts; when they know how to stay alert if anything goes wrong, and make simple common sense work for them accordingly. “Better Safe Than Sorry” Rules # Rul...

You might have heard the word Emotional Intelligence (EI) many times and may know the meaning of it. Emotional Intelligence (EI) is the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others. Four dimensions of EI are self-awareness, social awareness, self-management and relationship management. It is mainly used to define interpretation, regulation and application of emotion intelligently. Lately, EI is recognized as one of the key components of success, personally as well as professionally. EI is important because 1. We use this ability to receive and express emotion in communication; 2. Emotions help us pay attention to what matter most. It is a shortcut for prioritization; 3. We understand others by interpreting emotions to find the meaning and thinking pattern behind them. An Emotionally Intelligent person must possess the following qualities below: 1.   Clear About Life’s Purpose and Values It is the first step toward success, findin...

    Everything good or bad which happens in our life is somewhat a consequence of relationships. A relation is never meant to be bad. At least we all try to make it a good experience for whatever reason. Any relationship has a feel good factor in the beginning but many times it does not end the way we envisage. You may know yourself (that is also quite difficult), but how do you know another person suitability regarding start or continuation of a relationship. If you keep on falling in disastrous or bad relationships and want to prevent further setbacks, then you must continue to read.  Click here if you already are in a bad relationship. If you recently met someone rocking, mind blowing, and everything seems to be picture perfect; then hold on for a minute and check the list below before giving any such commitments.  Click here to know, you are truly in love with someone. Appropriate level of trust Trust is a golden pillar for a relation. And...

  Before even telling a single word, I first want you to check the list below to find out if your partner has most of these traits in his (all these things are applicable to females also) personality or not. Anything you can say or do is not good enough Comment on smallest flaws Drag up your past to hurt you intentionally Acts like he never makes any mistake Leaves you feeling guilty or ashamed of who you are Likes to see you suffer Always about him, and what he thinks, wants and feels Thinks negative, acts superior, speaks badly about others Take up too much of your time to serve his needs Constantly have drama going on Your words are used against you Makes disturbing statement, then claims you misunderstood what he said Try to isolate you from your family and friends Tendencies to blame his lack of success or failures of others Irresponsible to his family, unreliable in need, arrogant in attitude, envious to almost everyone he gets close L...

Almost everyone seems to be quite familiar with the word “counselor” and their typical job profile these days. You are right!! People come to them with their day to day problems they are stuck in. Some of these are small issues while others are quite complicated. However, in most cases people admit, they felt life changing experience after approaching mental health professionals. A lot of clients come to me with various kind of genuine problems in their life. I figured that the root cause of many unstable conditions is not getting an assistance for relief in their distress situation. Somehow I realized, if they had got genuine guidance in the initial stages, they probably wouldn’t have to come to me with this kind of bigger issues.  It does not mean these people don’t have any well-wishers in their life. They must have parents, spouse, siblings, children, besties or many others who care about them a lot. Many of them had given them good practical advice in their...