Mallika Chopra, IntentBlog 

A friend of mine recently told me how for the first time in her life, she openly asked people around her for help. It transformed her life. I realized how rare it is to openly ask or be asked by people for help.

Several weeks ago, I was totally stressed out - too much work, struggling to take care of my kids while promoting my book, feeling sick from nervous energy and a lack of sleep.

My friends words echoed in my head and I asked people for help. I asked my family, my friends, people I hardly knew, complete strangers.

And people helped and comforted and smiled and took care of me. It was an amazing experience.

So if you are going through a hard time and think you are all alone, turn to someone you know (or even someone you don't) and ask for help. You may be suprised by what happens.