Counselling

A buzz word in my head right now

I recall a conversation I had with Navin at Google, maybe all of ten years back when we were talking of how counselling is something that's so beautifully leveraged in the west, and in India we will not only not accept it, but go so far as to look down on those who do. 

A fever, a cough, a cold and we rush our kids to the doctor. A back ache or hypertension and we'll surely go see a doctor. We seem to acknowledge our physical body and it's needs well enough, but we sorely fall short beyond the physical.

The emotional and mental part of us goes through the same exposure and battering as the physical... it needs it's share of looking after.

Apparently, 69% of people think the world would be a better place if people talked about their feelings more. 

All of us hit times in life when we are either uncomfortable or confused with situations, relationships, desires, whatever....leading to emotional disturbances and pain. They would cloud our thinking and being.  Talking about it is a way of becoming aware of the emotions, and aware is empowering. An objective and non judgmental atmosphere with possibilities of seeing other perspectives, enables this, and that's where existential counselling comes in.

'Self awareness' and 'Clarity' can be game changers for 'Well Being'. It's an area that's caught my attention and the more I read, the more fascinating it seems. About how, it's not only the emotions, but as much our awareness of the emotions, and the level of understanding we have of them and thus of ourselves that could potentially decide what we want to be, where we want to be....and, how we want to be.

Know Thyself, Socrates injunction ......  Wisdom of the ages I guess.