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May 10, 2020 01:57 AM IST

Neerja Birla urges you break the silence around Mental Health with personal stories involving her biggest crusaders: her children!

Neerja Birla delivered her first child in 1994 and experienced her first bout of postpartum depression. She was happy to be a mother, yet, she felt strangely depressed and weighed down. “Why am I feeling this way?” she wondered, and it took her a great amount of resilience, self-belief and a spiritual connect to snap out of it.

Mental health crusader, Neerja Birla, shows how empowering your children to make their own decisions can be enriching(Picture courtesy: Aditya Birla Education Trust)
Mental health crusader, Neerja Birla, shows how empowering your children to make their own decisions can be enriching(Picture courtesy: Aditya Birla Education Trust)
Neerja Birla first experienced postpartum depression after the delivery of her first child
Neerja Birla first experienced postpartum depression after the delivery of her first child
“I want mental health to be an issue that’s comfortable to discuss over the family dinner table”
Neerja’s advice to people in quarantine is to maintain a routine and look at the positive side of things
Neerja’s advice to people in quarantine is to maintain a routine and look at the positive side of things
“It’s okay to not be okay, but it’s not okay to not be okay and not seek help!”
(Clockwise from top left) Neerja Birla with her kids: Advaitesha, Ananya, and Aryaman Vikram
(Clockwise from top left) Neerja Birla with her kids: Advaitesha, Ananya, and Aryaman Vikram
“Aryaman told me, ‘Mum, putting my career-related stress out there will inspire people to do the right thing.’”
“When Ananya told us she wants to be a pop singer, both [Kumar and I] took it quite well”
Neerja talks about her relationship with her children, she uses an unusual word for herself: Caretaker
Neerja talks about her relationship with her children, she uses an unusual word for herself: Caretaker
Neerja is the wife of industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and belongs to one of India’s most prominent business families
Neerja is the wife of industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and belongs to one of India’s most prominent business families
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    Jamal Shaikh is National Editor - Brunch and New Media Initiatives at the Hindustan Times. He is a well-known TV host and magazine editor, who has launched and edited the Indian editions of Men’s Health, Robb Report and Discovery Channel Magazine. He tweets and Instagrams @jamalshaikh

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