19th September 2022
Mumbai

St. Teresa’s Institute of Education conducted a workshop on Mental Health & Wellness for Educators on 19th Sept 2022. The Resource person for the same was Ms. Riddhi Doshi Patel, Founder Director -Rhhyns Academy Pvt Ltd, LAJA - India's First Forum for Women -Mumbai. She is a certified Child Psychologist & Parenting Counsellor, also recipient of renowned awards like Karam veer Chakra & Young Entrepreneurs Award. The workshop was conducted under the guidance of Professor Dr. Cerena D’Cunha. Ms. Riddhi started the session by giving us a brief about Self Care -taking care of our physical & mental wellbeing. She spoke about how we should give time to ourselves, even during busy schedules through activities like exercise, proper sleep, managing to eat meals on time etc.

We should practice Self Love, by accepting the way we are and not constantly looking at our flaws, but loving ourselves the way we are. We should never miss a chance to appreciate people around us, our parents, siblings, friends, co-workers etc., this would make them feel nice & even if we end up feeling nice, it would also build our self -esteem too. She highlighted the importance of the three A’s in our life – Acknowledgment, Appreciation and Acceptance & how only once we are able to love ourselves will we be able to love & accept our others. She spoke about how students go through various problems in their day to day lives & we need to counsel them, talk to them, look for warning signs or signs of depression in children, have one on one sessions with them & encourage & appreciate them always. This will ensure the overall wellbeing of our students.

The workshop was very enriching & interesting & will certainly help us in our day-to-day life & as educators also. We ended the session by giving a vote of thanks to Ms. Riddhi Doshi Patel for enlightening us on such a beautiful topic, Professor Dr. Cerena D’Cunha for organizing such a wonderful workshop & our respected Principal Dr. Sr. Tanuja Waghmare, for giving us the opportunity for having this workshop.