When Neerja Birla's work stresses her out, she turns to the mountains to clear her headspace

Working in the mental health space can be exhausting. Dealing with patients as one battles centuries of conditioning and a prejudice against mental health workers doesn’t make an easy workday.

There must be an outlet. In a recent interview with a fashion magazine, Neerja Birla, wife of industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla and founder of a mental health initiative, shared how she unwinds at the end of a long day.

“My exercise is sacrosanct. I don’t take up morning meetings because of that. I also enjoy badminton and have recently started playing throwball,” Birla said. Some time off also does good. A trekking enthusiast, she completed the Annapurna base camp trek recently. Nothing like the mountains to clear the headspace.