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Dr. Rujuta Chincholkar-Mandelia was a guest speaker on the Main Line Makers podcast with Emily Brunner on November 24, 2020. In this episode, she talks about how the pandemic is affecting people in our community and gives us 3 things we can do today to nurture our own emotional and mental well being.

Mindful Group Practice founder Dr. Rujuta Chincholkar-Mandelia was a guest speaker on the Therapists Next Door podcast, Episode 2 entitled Lucifer, Working with the Community, and Guest Speaker Rujuta Chincholkar-Mandelia in June, 2021. In the podcast, Rujuta discusses her long history of working with domestic violence victims, primarily women from South Asian countries, navigating the …

During this past year, many of my clients have struggled with a heightened sense of anxiety, depression and feelings of loneliness. Although vaccines are now readily available, we are in the midst of a mental health crisis. Some of us have lost a loved one to COVID, some of us have not hugged our family …

We often shy away from complexity. It makes our stomachs churn, heads ache, eyes grow tired until we are unable to bear the weight of oblivion that we have forcefully befriended. Yet it is in our nature to crave answers, and psychology does just that. Psychology aims to explain and simplify our world through scientific …

We are in the thick of the pandemic. We have not taken a vacation or eaten inside a restaurant or perhaps hugged a loved one or met up with friends in-person this year. It has been a conscious choice to be safe. We have kept our end of the bargain. It has taken a toll. …

If someone had asked me this question in late 2016, I would have thought that this person had no idea what they were talking about. I had lost my father to Parkinson’s disease earlier that year and my anxiety was at its peak. I had many anxious thoughts, but the one thought that was constantly …

Most of us have been working from home since March, 2020. Initially, I was very excited to be home. I am a home body. I could be in my PJs, cook two meals a day, engage with my children, maybe get a workout and get my work done. I felt like a superhero. By August, …

Most of us struggle with parenting during “ordinary” times. I know I do! The pandemic has forced us to parent on autopilot. With schools being online, it is difficult to keep up with my children’s teachers and whether my children are finishing their homework. Our children are sitting in front of the computer all day …