My Daughter's First Book Review
14 Nov 2018
I had a super proud mama moment this week when my daughter wrote her first book review. I was so touched when I saw what book she chose.
Posts tagged with “teen”
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#MeToo: We Create Monsters When We Create Gods
15 Oct 2018
It’s we who put them on a pedestal, it is we who cover up, rationalize or dismiss their transgressions, and then much later it is we who are surprised by their sense of entitlement, much like parents of spoilt kids, who simply can’t figure out where they went wrong in child rearing.
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Growing Brains Cause Growing Pains
08 Oct 2018
Teenage years are trying times for kids as well as their parents. Nothing seems to make sense and for a long time the strangeness of this phase of life has been attributed to hormones going wild. But the hormones are not the only major changes taking place. Modern imaging techniques has revealed that the brain undergoes a huge transformation during adolescent years and understanding these changes may help us understand teens better.
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Growing Pains: Purchase Details And Reviews
09 Aug 2018
Get the ebook at your favorite online store, amazon, iTunes, Kobo or smashwords, or if you prefer the paperback, you can get that too!
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Growing Pains: Buy The Paperback Or The Ebook (Updated)
31 Jul 2018
Get the ebook at your favorite online store, amazon, iTunes, Kobo or smashwords, or if you prefer the paperback, you can get that too!
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Growing Pains: Buy The Paperback Or The Ebook
18 Jul 2018
Get the ebook at your favorite online store, amazon, iTunes, Kobo or smashwords, or if you prefer the paperback, you can get that too!
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Growing Pains: My Journey To The Paperback
13 Jul 2018
Read about my writing and publishing journey, that has so far culminated in my first novella, Growing Pains. And did I mention, the paperback is now available in India? Yay! This is getting exciting.
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Growing Pains Ebook Launch
01 Jul 2018
Those teenage years are quite a roller coaster ride of emotions. Changing bodies and raging hormones make seemingly simple things confusing and overwhelming. Thirteen-year-old Tara needs an emergency appendectomy and there are some complications with the surgery. Add to that Tara has her first crush on a boy from her class. Accompany Tara as she navigates a turmoil of emotions, and see how she deals with them.
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Yeast Infection
28 Apr 2018
My twenty fifth entry for the A to Z blogging challenge, with the theme women's health issues, is about yeast infections. We have all had them at some point. Sometimes we may not even notice them, but read on for some interesting information on possible causes, and about recurring yeast infections, which can be quite bothersome.
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Weighty Woes
26 Apr 2018
My twenty third entry for the A to Z blogging challenge with the theme women's health issues is about weight gain. Women often worry about their figures and think of extra pounds in terms of the optics. How will I look? But being overweight can cause serious health problems. Recent research also shows, that women gain weight more easily than men, so we need to be extra careful.
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Thyroid Disorders
23 Apr 2018
My twentieth entry for the A to Z blogging challenge with the theme women's health issues is about thyroid related problems, which are eight times more common in women than in men!
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
21 Apr 2018
My nineteenth entry for the A to Z blogging challenge with the theme women's health issues is about sexually transmitted diseases, how they affect women in particular, and what precautions one needs to take to prevent them.
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Queasy
19 Apr 2018
My seventeenth entry for the A to Z blogging challenge with the theme women's health issues is about queasiness during morning sickness aka a prolonged tour of hell. And you thought that labor was bad! Read on to find out more about it.
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Period.
18 Apr 2018
My sixteenth entry for the A to Z blogging challenge with the theme women's health issues is about periods. Love it, hate it or hardly notice it, it's going to come knocking every month for few decades, well unless you're knocked up, that is. Read on to find out about ways in which periods could be more comfortable and some of the complications associated with them.
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Endometriosis
05 Apr 2018
My fifth entry for the A to Z blogging challenge with the theme women's health issues is about endometriosis, a painful womb condition, that usually remains undiagnosed for several years.
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C is for Cancer
03 Apr 2018
My third entry for the A to Z blogging challenge with the theme women's health issues is about one of my greatest fears, cancer.
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Breastfeeding
02 Apr 2018
My second entry for the A to Z blogging challenge with the theme women's health issues is about my experience with breast feeding and the things I learned from my personal experiences and some research.
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Appendicitis
01 Apr 2018
My first entry for the A to Z blogging challenge with the theme women's health issues is about appendicitis. How is appendicitis different for women and what should you know about it? Read on to find out.
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The Steerswoman Series
04 Feb 2018
A review of a series of books exploring the adventures and exploits of Steerswomen, who are knowledge seekers, in a world like, and yet unlike our own. The protagonist Rowan gathers information, converts it in to understanding, using logic, to make startling discoveries, even while a powerful aristocratic class do their best to hoard and withhold their knowledge to maintain power over those they rule.
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The Betrayal
20 Nov 2017
Today, I found out that the person I trusted beyond all others, for the last 12 years, has been lying to me. Am I mad? What do you think? A flash fiction piece based on a photo prompt.
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Torches of Freedom
17 Nov 2017
Sometimes we unwittingly exchange one devil for another. A flash fiction piece inspired by a photo prompt.
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The Evolutionary Twist
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A Dentist's Views On Children's Dental Care
28 Sep 2017
An interview with Dr. Pooja Jagtiaani, about children's dental care and oral hygiene. Pooja has been practicing General and Family Dentistry in Mumbai, for the last 15 years, and regularly deals with kids. Here, she shares, useful information and helpful tips for parents.
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The Chance Meeting
01 Sep 2017
She was walking to her gate in Seattle airport, when a scent caught her attention. They say olfactory memories are the strongest. But it must be a coincidence. It was the cologne he had always used, a rather unsual one.
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The Happy Ending
01 Aug 2017
Maya was euphoric. Life could never get better than it was today, she thought, as she waited for Rakesh. The last two months had been frustrating.
