Deepika Padukone has penned an emotional foreword for Battles in the Mind, a book authored by Anna Chandy, her therapist and the chairperson of her Bangalore based mental health initiative The Live Love Laugh Foundation. The Bollywood star opened up about her battle with anxiety and depression two years ago and talks about trashing the stigma attached to mental health, at every opportunity she gets.
Anna Chandy has twenty years of experience in developmental work, counselling, coaching and mentoring. She is the first Certified Training and Supervising Transactional Analyst from Asia accredited to the International Transactional Analysis Association, with a specialisation in counselling. Anna is also certified in Neuro Linguistic Programming and Art Therapy.
These excerpts from the chapter titled The World of Men lend an interesting insight into how her parents’ difficult marriage shaped Nandy’s understanding of love, something that might be relevant to a lot of young and old women.
Battles in the Mind is Chandy’s personal story, sprinkled with anecdotes from her highest and lowest points in life. Through her narration, she also introduces ways to transition from pain to happiness.
Battles in the Mind, published by Penguin Random House India, is now available in leading bookstores across the country.
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Published: 23 Jun 2017,02:22 PM IST