Case studies

From Failure to Phoenix

From Failure to Phoenix

Failure is a part of life, as plenty of successful people have found out. Here we take a look at six highly renowned men who failed miserably before achieving great success. Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865: “My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you...

Saving myself from panic

Saving myself from panic

Lots of people suffer from anxiety, but I wanted to write about the grip it has on some of us – like me. The scenario I just described? You’d probably think something really terrible happened to cause such discomfort, but in reality, it could be as simple as a trip to...

On a mission to understand depression

On a mission to understand depression

We know depression through metaphors. Emily Dickinson was able to convey it in language, Goya in an image. Half the purpose of art is to describe such iconic states. As for me, I had always thought myself tough, one of the people who could survive if I'd been sent to...