Letting Go, Gracefully after a BreakUp – Part 2
Don’t let breakups, break you. Here is a series that can help you let go and move forward, gracefully and intentionally!
Letting Go, Gracefully after a BreakUp– Part 1
Don’t let breakups, break you. Here is a series that can help you let go and move forward, gracefully and intentionally!
Personal Experiments – Find Your Own Truth!
A simple and effective way to figure out what works for you – Personal experiments is a great way towards self-improvement each day!
The Circle of Emotions – Surprise
Managing Surprise is all about managing expectations, planning, and being in as much control as you can. Learn how!
The Circle of Emotions – Anticipation
Anticipation is great when you are waiting for favorable events. It can be debilitating if you are expecting bad news. Learn to manage your anticipation!
The Circle of Emotions – Disgust
Disgust can seem to be a negative and unnecessary emotion when everyone is talking about compassion. Understand disgust and see how you can use it to better yourself!
The Circle of Emotions – Trust
Trust is important in each and every relationship. Learn some truths and bust some myths about trust and learn to trust the right way!
The Circle of Emotions – Sadness
Another misunderstood emotion, the necessity of sadness, grief, crying needs to be acknowledged more …
The Circle of Emotions – Joy
this article busts some myths about Joy and Happiness. It helps you understand joy from a perspective….
The Circle of Emotions – Fear
The only thing to do when you find yourself in Hell, is to keep walking. Understand fear to learn…
Regrets – How to Not Look Back!
Recently, a friend sent me a poster that said: ‘Let’s talk! If someone gave you a box containing everything you have lost in your life, what would be the first thing you would search for?’ Stop for a while and think about what this one thing would be for you? A...
Denial – The Unhealthy Defense Mechanism
Denial is one of the many self defense mechanisms that our brain develops. It is an unconscious act in which we refuse to admit or recognize some event, habit, or reality. Denial sounds like a bad word. It sounds as if we are consciously not agreeing to what is right...
Decision Making – The ‘Other’ Kind of Risk
A fair number of people I meet have issues with decision making. I have written about some ways in which decision making can be made easier. The techniques mentioned are best when the question at hand is not easily solvable with a pros and cons list. In such cases,...
How to Start Listening to your Gut
Intuition or gut feeling has been reduced to a lot of hocus-pocus in the past. As the world moved towards more emphasis on data, analytics, and rationale, the concept of intuition was pushed back as illogical and scattered. It’s not considered real because it is not...
Self-Awareness via the Lost Art of Introspection
It is no surprise that we have lost the art of introspection given the rush that we seem to be in. Life has become busy. In addition to that, the definition of productive work has changed in society to mean ‘work that produces money’. In fact, a lot of people admonish...
Letting Go, Gracefully after a BreakUp – Part 3
If you have surpassed the stage of acceptance and are aware of the unhelpful thoughts that are holding you back, it is time now to start looking at the present situation. If you are not there yet, do not get frustrated. Give yourself some more time, continue to be...
Letting Go, Gracefully after a BreakUp – Part 2
Here are some ideas on what you can do to start the process of letting go. THE PAST 1. Let it Out Because I understand the pain and hurt that a breakup causes, I am not going to be judgmental and ask you to be completely calm about the whole scenario to start with....
Letting Go, Gracefully after a BreakUp– Part 1
Because I am a relationship coach, I come across a lot of people who are just emerging from a breakup or a broken relationship. Irrespective of whether they were the ones to end the relationship or their partner, I hear a lot of anger and resentment emanating from...
Personal Experiments – Find Your Own Truth!
Personal experiments is a concept, I discovered, that could help us all to find our own truths. But first, a little background. In the process of getting the coaching certification, we are told that we should not give explicit advice. The whole idea behind this...
The Circle of Emotions – Surprise
This is the last of the 8 basic emotions that I chose to write on. It is not surprising that this is the last since there is relatively little in my mind about this emotion. Interestingly, surprise is also the emotion that has the shortest life, lasting for only a few...