From the personal growth industry amplifying ‘I am enough’ as the universal affirmation to the world of social media popularising grandiosity as youngsters obsess over their looks with incessant selfies, these realities have sure confused the shit out of this generation on what self-love really is.
Everyone seems to be on this trip of self-love where the term has become rather lamestream and has led to some misleading interpretations. Read more “What Self Love is Not”
If you’ve ever felt the pressure to have your whole career planned out when you didn’t feel ready, if you’ve felt torn between doing what you love and the idea of success, if you’re shuffling between what your folks say you should do vs what you want to, this one’s for you. Read more “How uncertainty in your career choices can bring certainty to your calling”
As kids we’re obsessed with superheroes, because we’re fascinated by the idea of saving the world or making a difference. But over the course of time, we get stuck in our own little worlds. Caught up in our ego’s, our need to compete with others, our need to prove ourselves and that’s where we lose the game before its even begun.
To be superhuman is to connect with the truest nature of ourselves and operate in a way that uplifts humanity.
The possibility of doing so very much exists without necessarily being a billionaire philanthropist. Small and simple practices can take you there.
Here are 13 of them: Read more “13 Practices to Unlock the Superhuman within you”
If you’ve ever struggled with getting through your parents or making them understand you better, feeling helpless and hopeless, your eyes have landed in the right place.
Parent-child disagreements have been a classic evergreen hallmark through generations and are just a part of this relationship dynamic.
In all honesty, given that the universal focus is justifiably always on enabling parents to be better at their roles, there aren’t actually a heap of resources for kids to navigate through challenges with the grown-ups, which kinda sucks but also inspired me to do what I do. Read more “Dealing with Parents: From Barriers to Bonding”
Its 11 pm as I sit down to type this in my office. Im tired and my eyes are stressed but I am blessed with the peace of my own company, free from the noise and the distractions from the day.
Most importantly, my mind’s biggest enemy (read my phone) is fast asleep on Do Not Disturb mode.
If you fall in the Gen Z or Millennial category, you’re well familiar with the ‘smartness’ of this distraction device, acting as one of the biggest obstacles to achieving productivity. Read more “Finding your way back to Focus”
‘When I grow up, I want to be happy’….
That’s one profound statement coming from a child, enough to make any one of us light up in awe.
But that innocent dream soon gets swayed by the ways of the world and goes all haywire when it turns into, I’ll be happy When: Read more “Learning Happiness as a Skill”
As a passionate student of Behavioural Science, I’m fascinated and ever curious about what drives us to be wired the way we are. Why we think and act the way we do. And to top it all, what is it about our innate tendency to resist change even when we know that it’s in our best interest.
To be fair, change can he hard. Regardless of the level and the intensity involved, whether:
You’ve had a crush on someone for the longest time and have successfully manifested a relationship with that person.
Living has never felt the same. You find yourself happier, cracking up more than you usually do, smiling away at cheesy, romantic texts and are simply feeling on top of the world! You’ve found the love of your life and cannot imagine a single day or a future without this person.
But over time things take an unexpected turn and you’ve landed yourself with a break up…… Read more “Breaking out of Break Ups”
When was the last time you let your voice convey your emotion to someone who cares for you and let them see through what you were truly feeling? My guess is, not in the longest time.
Why would we? We have an amazing facility, called Texting! A facility that allows us to convey our condolences, apologise for missed birthdays and congratulate each other on our victories, all at the click of a few keys! Read more “Stepping Up the Connection Game”
The nature of our lifestyles and the ever-expanding influence of social media has given us a heap of first world problems. One that dominates all is of course the Fear of Missing Out, more popularly known as FOMO.
Kudos to Generation Z and us Millennials for stimulating the geeks in the Valley, for inventing a new addictive platform every few years. Who would have thought a bunch of 30-second trend-setting dance videos would serve as the highlight of our day! Read more “Navigating through FOMO”