Sonali Gupta

Mumbai, New Jersey

Multimedia Journalist at Freelance

AIR New Voices Fellow 2024, audio producer & journalist

Articles

Naming the feeling is the first step to coming to grips with it

1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Sonali Gupta

When I was around eight years old, my father had his first hospitalization due to his diabetes and what followed were many hospitalizations until I was 32 years old which is when he passed away. He had unmanaged diabetes, and it came with complications as the years progressed. Ever since I could remember, my anxiety was like a constant low-grade fever--so much a part of me and yet not too obvious to other.
HT Syndication: Naming the feeling is the first step to coming to grips with it

1 week ago | htsyndication.com | Sonali Gupta

India, May 27 -- When I was around eight years old, my father had his first hospitalization due to his diabetes and what followed were many hospitalizations until I was 32 years old which is when he passed away. He had unmanaged diabetes, and it came with complications as the years progressed. Ever since I could remember, my anxiety was like a constant low-grade fever--so much a part of me and yet not too obvious to other.
HT Syndication: Navigating grief after a personal loss

2 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Sonali Gupta

New Delhi, May 21 -- My mother-in law passed away last month in her sleep due to a cardiac arrest. She was 72 and struggled with hypertension and diabetes for years, but there were no signs or symptoms that made it seem like she was going to die so suddenly. Grief seemed sneaky and while a part of me felt that she had an uncomplicated death, another part felt that she still had many more years to live.
HT Syndication: How to stay grounded in uncertain times

3 weeks ago | htsyndication.com | Sonali Gupta

India, May 13 -- A 38-year-old male client tells me, "I feel overwhelmed, and overcome with anxiety about news. I haven't slept peacefully in days, and I wake up several times in the night to check my phone for news updates. I am constantly doom scrolling, and feeling jittery and wired.'Yet another client tells me about fights she's getting with her parents over them watching the news at a high volume and constantly updating her about everything that's going wrong.
How to stay grounded in uncertain times

3 weeks ago | hindustantimes.com | Sonali Gupta

A 38-year-old male client tells me, “I feel overwhelmed, and overcome with anxiety about news. I haven’t slept peacefully in days, and I wake up several times in the night to check my phone for news updates. I am constantly doom scrolling, and feeling jittery and wired.’ Yet another client tells me about fights she’s getting with her parents over them watching the news at a high volume and constantly updating her about everything that’s going wrong.
HT Syndication: Why strong social connections matter more than ever

1 month ago | htsyndication.com | Sonali Gupta

Posted On: 2025-05-07 Posted By: Sonali Gupta Health & Lifestyle Technology Cities Real Estate & Construction MINT New Delhi, May 7 -- "I'm told this is the best stage of my life, but it feels the loneliest. It's been weeks since anyone has checked in about how I'm doing and what I'm feeling.
Listen. Look. And be there for those who matter to you

1 month ago | hindustantimes.com | Sonali Gupta

I was running a training programme for an organization around habits and behaviour that contribute to healthy and fulfilling relationships. During the session, a young participant asked if there are certain specific behaviours that come in the way of intimacy and closeness. I loved the question for the reality is that there are habits that we may unconsciously or unintentionally engage in which can lead to conflict in relationships.
HT Syndication: Self-care is more than just a hashtag

1 month ago | htsyndication.com | Sonali Gupta

New Delhi, April 23 -- A 43-year-old female client said in one of our sessions: "Social media is filled with ads, women at spas seeking beauty treatment-all tagged self-care. I wonder if we have oversimplified the meaning to self-care."This is a concern I share too. The way self-care has been talked about over the last few years is doing more disservice than good. Self-care has become a hashtag and marketing bait, and this affects how it is understood.
How to find hope when all around people are losing it

1 month ago | hindustantimes.com | Sonali Gupta

In my therapy sessions in the in the last few years I have been increasingly seeing young people primarily in the age group of 18 to 30 years tell me how they struggle with choices, and in turn decision making. A 23-year-old male client tells me, ‘I can’t even imagine living beyond 30 years and I know it sounds like a scary thought, but I don’t know if there is enough for me to hope, and to continue.
HT Syndication: How to find hope when all around people are losing it

1 month ago | htsyndication.com | Sonali Gupta

Posted On: 2025-04-15 Posted By: Sonali Gupta Health & Lifestyle Education Real Estate & Construction Hindustan Times India, April 15 -- In my therapy sessions in the in the last few years I have been increasingly seeing young people primarily in the age group of 18 to 30 years tell me how they struggle with choices, and in turn decision making.