Sharanya Misra

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Know Your Mental Health Professionals

Over the past couple of years, my work as a counsellor has led me to discover that there is a definite gap in the public…

Building a Secure Attachment with My Baby

Did you know that everything we do in our child’s first year could be a great opportunity to build a…

Is our language as new-age parents INCLUSIVE Enough?

I was looking through some parenting content on Google recently when the picture of a ‘family’ from a children’s book popped up. It showed a…

Dear Girls, Marriage is so much More than the Wedding Day!

The below post has been published on Women’s Web and was selected as a Featured Post. I was watching the popular English sitcom Friends the…

How Co-Sleeping became pivotal in my Motherhood Journey

My 3.5-year-old daughter and I co-sleep every day. Mostly during the nights, but also on the weekends, when we take our afternoon naps together too...

The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read #BookReview

I am not sure what pushed me to pick ‘the book with the orange cover’ that had been sitting on my shelf for 3 years.…

Working Parents & Their Sanity – Building a Support System

Let me at the outset clarify that when I mention ‘work’ here, it includes ANY work. So, it could be the work at home done…

When a Mother’s Heart Sings #Poetry

Happiness runs around my house On tiny feet and little toes With a skip, jump and a hop, The sweetest voice humming random notes. Laa…

The Great Indian Kitchen – MovieReview. MUST WATCH!

A hard hitting story that tempts you in with droolworthy images of delicious treats, catches you unawares, and throws you headlong into the abyss of…

What’s in my Baby Bag? (Diaper Bag Essentials)

A baby bag is ESSENTIAL for anyone accompanying a child. It is a magic bag that contains everything you could possibly need to put your…

Why do women shy away from handling finances?

Why do working women not manage their own finances? Why are homemakers only silent spectators of the financial decision making process at home? Why do…

What having a girl child meant to me! #MommyMoments

I had fought battles to shed all these layers that society had thrust upon me growing up, just because I was a GIRL. And now,…

Why you MUST WATCH Enola Holmes!

The glaring misogyny is repulsive, and yet a shocking realisation of the times women have been through to get even basic rights. What lengths they…

Day Care for Children – Yay or Nay? #MommyMoments

A decision that found me spiraling in doubt and despair, thanks to the social taboo we associate with sending our children to nurseries. For some…

EBooks to the Rescue. #MommyMoments

Little by little, I allowed my book- thirsty self to re-emerge. Soon, I had seamlessly transitioned from a traditionalist to a modern reader, and I…

Re(de)fining Traditions for our Children. #MommyMoments

We can either carry on with the traditions of our past, associating histories and memories with them, or, ask ourselves if they can be tweaked…

A Little Lesson in Love. #MommyMoments

There I was, a 30 year old, unable to love the way my 16 month old daughter did. It made me realise how much of…

Parenting is a Father’s responsibility too. #MommyMoments

Parenting is about shared family time, fun in togetherness, combined decisions – a project in partnership. And when the father is around, he needs to…

Parenting Support Groups on Facebook #MommyMoments

Four groups on Facebook that have had my back through this journey. They say it takes a village to raise a child. And what could…

A serendipitous lockdown, with my daughter. #MommyMoments

This post is part of my Mommy Moments series. They say life is all about the unexpected. A story of the unprepared chancing upon the…

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