Mind your Mornings

Nov 15 2023
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Hello and welcome to Mind Your Mornings a bimonthly podcast with host, Anna Chandy. Anna is a practising counsellor and a certified training and supervising transactional analyst. Over the last twenty-seven years, she has interacted with more than five hundred people, both individuals and families. And through this podcast, she brings to you what she has learnt about life and its nuances through the experiences of everyone she has interacted with. Join us as we talk about the journey to a Brave New You. A journey that is about self discovery.

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Mind Your Mornings With Anna Chandy - Caregiving with Vineeta and Brinda

Nov 15 2023 45 mins  
The last few years has made us all conscious of the role of someone taking care of an unwell family member. I guess the pandemic set this in motion. We saw close friendsand their parents taking up the role of a caregiver – sometimes for months. And we have personally seen their lives change. Their priorities change. So when Vineeta, a senior counsellor on the Anna Chandy team, to

Mind Your Mornings With Anna Chandy - Addiction with Sudha & Manoj

Aug 16 2023 30 mins  
I am Anovshka, your host for this season. And I am back with another episode of Mindyour Mornings. In the last episode we discussed addiction with Sudha. And that gave me a lot to think about. I started looking at my smoker friend differently. I tried tounderstand why my cousin prioritises her work over holidays with family. And I alsobegan to notice my own relationship with food,

Mind Your Mornings With Anna Chandy - Addiction with Sudha

Jul 10 2023 28 mins  
When we look at someone who can’t stop drinking regularly, who smokes, whogambles, or is obsessed with video games, someone who shops at the slightest sign of stress… how many of us have judged them? How many of us have looked at them and thought – why can’t they just quit/ stop/ control themselves? Or maybe you feel this way about something you do. The problem maybe addict

Mind Your Mornings With Anna Chandy - Madonna Whore Complex with Farah and Richa

Apr 26 2023 24 mins  
The term was originally coined by Freud. And it basically places women into two distinct categories. Either the Madonna or the Whore. So, the underlying belief is that women can be either pure, virgin Mother figures of sexual beings. Basically, men who live with this complex compartmentalize women into one of these two buckets. Join us at we explore this topic

Mind Your Mornings With Anna Chandy - Grief featuring Monisha and Maneesha

Apr 19 2023 26 mins  
Today let’s talk about grief. Often described as the darkness in the mind, the bottom-most pit of feelings, the heavy cloud that we carry with us. Grief – an emotion most of us our familiar with. An emotion we are encouraged to move on from with time. But anemotion that doesn’t have a deadline. We have Maneesha, a certified TA counsellor with the Anna Chandy & Associates

Mind Your Mornings With Anna Chandy - Anti -social Personality Disorder

Oct 02 2022 17 mins  
Today I talk about another disorder from Cluster B – Anti-social Personality Disorder. What makes them feel it is them against the world. Why do they carry this rage? And how does it impact their everyday life. Listen on.

Mind Your Mornings With Anna Chandy - Histrionic Personality Disorder

Sep 01 2022 15 mins  
In this episode, I will talk about the second disorder in Cluster B – Histrionic Personality Disorder. If there is one word that sums up this disorder it is attention. To understand their world of attention better, listen on.

Mind Your Mornings With Anna Chandy - Borderline Personality Disorder

Aug 15 2022 14 mins  
Today let’s look at a personality disorder that is well-researched and defined. Borderline Personality Disorder falls under Cluster B, the emotional, dramatic and erratic cluster. It is not uncommon among the disorders.People with BPD suffer from emotional dysregulation with a high rate of attempted suicides. It is not always easy to diagnose a cluster B disorder. An individual c

Mind Your Mornings With Anna Chandy - Personality Disorders

Aug 02 2022 11 mins  
In this season, I thought we could take the conversation a step further. Let’s talk about personality disorders. After a lot of research, experts have identified 10 types of disorders. And these are further grouped into three clusters – A, B and C.But before we get into it, I wanted to clarify the difference between personality traits and personality disorders. We all have pers

Mind Your Mornings With Anna Chandy - Narcissistic Personality Disorder

Oct 17 2022 17 mins  
In this episode I talk about Narcissistic Personality Disorder, part of the Cluster B of disorders. What defines individuals with this disorder? What gives them away? And what is the inner would beneath all the behaviour we see? Listen on to know more.