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Archana Mohan
Archana Mohan is a psychologist and family counsellor with years of experience supporting individuals, couples, and families through life's most challenging moments. She writes about parenting, emotional well-being, and the psychology of everyday relationships. Her writing bridges the gap between psychological research and real family life.
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Why Everyone Else’s Life Looks Better Than Ours

The Psychology of Feeling Behind in Life

Oct 25, 2026 · 5 min read
Nostalgia Is Doing More Than You Think

The little glow you feel remembering an ordinary evening from years ago? Psychology says it's doing far more than making you miss the past.

Oct 2, 2026 · 5 min read
Why Laughing Together Feels Different

The psychology of why funny things are funnier when someone else is there

Sep 13, 2026 · 5 min read
The Second Child Was Never the Problem — What Birth Order Really Teaches Us About Parenting

Why your teenager may have stopped asking for help

Sep 5, 2026 · 7 min read
The People We Borrow Strength From

Why sometimes we don't need advice — we just need someone who stays

Aug 30, 2026 · 6 min read
Retail Therapy: Does Shopping Really Heal Us?

The curious psychology behind why we shop when we don't need to

Aug 16, 2026 · 7 min read
The Beautiful Psychology of Being Ordinary

Why being enough might be one of life's greatest gifts

Aug 1, 2026 · 5 min read
Why We Don’t Count Some of Life’s Most Important Work

On productivity guilt, caregiving, and ten years that didn't appear on a résumé — but shaped everything

Jul 26, 2026 · 5 min read
Was It Luck… or Just the Ending?

On hindsight bias, badminton rallies, and why the decision never changed — only the ending did

Jul 19, 2026 · 5 min read
Why Are We Saying Please and Thank You to AI? — The Psychology Behind It

On anthropomorphism, three generations of AI users, and what our manners say about us

Jul 12, 2026 · 4 min read
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