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A bad job does not equal a bad life, jobs are only a small slice of the pie

Few businesses turn a profit in their first few years of operation

If you can’t marry each other then there is no point in keeping in touch with him

Everyone goes through the occasional blues but if it continues, then probably you suffer from depression or anxiety

Life is full of compromises and everyone has to make them, sooner or later in life

It is true that many a times we don’t really appreciate or are grateful for someone in our life till they are gone

One excellent way of working your way through depression and conquering it is to put it outside of yourself

Religion can help you develop spiritually and bring you peace and accept the reality of life

Sometimes we feel guilty about being able to re-establish a normal life after the death of a loved one

Financial discrimination is common in our society and is the root cause of stress and upheaval in many homes

The saying that actions speak louder than words is never truer than in a relationship

It makes complete sense to marry a person of one's choice, and not marry the one we don’t like or don’t want...

When we want to quit something, we normally try to find a reason that would justify our quitting it

No matter how hard life seems, never ever give up hope and think of suicide

OCD sufferers experience anxiety from their triggers, which is why they feel compelled to engage in certain behaviours

May-September relationships (where the man is significantly older than the woman) have their own special challenges.

Working on acquiring healthy life habits will help you start to feel mentally more stable and physically stronger

Majority of us have to struggle with changes in our life that major studies like MBBS demand and bring along

When one is hit with the realisation that they have limited time left to live, they make drastic changes in life

It is human nature that when we dream, we normally dream about events and people that would make us happy

In our culture younger siblings are often thought of not having as much sense or reasoning as elder siblings

Admiring someone from afar without knowing them is perhaps infatuation, and not necessarily love

I love being a working woman and was happy with my job, but it had one negative aspect – my boss

Everyone asks me the same question, every now and then: 'When are you getting married?'

In my opinion, he was never a good father to me and my siblings or a good husband to my mother

Even the thought makes me sick; it feels as if I would be cheating on my dear, departed wife.

I like my job but many of my coworkers are always grumbling and complaining about something or the other

At first, it was one cigarette per week but as of now, it is four cigarettes per day

I don’t want to give up on my dream of living some place far from deaths and injuries

I want to be an entrepreneur but according to my dad, business subjects are only for incompetent students

Had I not forced my decisions on him, he would still be alive.

I want to leave him but I am afraid he will take me to court for slander and get custody of my daughter.

Our family has earned a bad reputation and we live in stress because of my father’s gambling addiction

My ex always criticised me for my weight and often said he cannot introduce me to his family because I am ‘bulky’.

I know I have not done anything wrong but I am afraid my harassers will come back to hurt me

I want to end this relationship but my family wants me to compromise and live with it

I belong to a religious family and I don't find this act appropriate

I also have a girlfriend who I love and plan to marry in December next year

My brother was picked up a year ago for reasons unknown and we don’t know his whereabouts since then

The first time I paid a sex worker was in 2014 when I broke up with my girlfriend

You should move on because he’s not coming back

Please do understand the grave and full consequences of a divorce

There are several steps of self-care that you can take in order to help care for yourself

For any relationship to work there needs to be four vital ingredients