Simple Ways to Stimulate Happy Hormones

Have you ever thought that you are feeling low and need a quick fix? Do you feel you really lack motivation on certain days?We know that it’s all about our hormones. So what are hormones and how does it help us o...

Time Management

CLOCK CLOCK CLOCK…. There’s a clock on the wall, on the wrist, on the phone, in every room, every office, every car and all around us. But why is it that we feel that we don’t have enough time for anything??Is it...

Festivals of India

Last week we had celebrations like Independence Day, Muharram, Varamahalakshmi, Onam and Raksha Bandhan. I am sure all of us must have had a good time with family and friends. Talking of festivals, India is one of...

Power of Commitment

This is an excerpt from the book ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING by JEFF KELLER.Commitment Pays Off For Aspiring Novelist:Several years ago, American Way magazine carried a fascinating interview with best-selling novelist...

Is Perfectionism A Myth?????

When life takes us by surprise we find ourselves struggling….. We become clueless, anxious and unprepared as to how to go about things.Why does this happen????????Do you think it’s because we are programmed to b...

Maslow’s Theory of Motivation

According to Psychologist Abraham Maslow, our actions and behaviours are motivated in order to achieve certain needs.Maslow's hierarchy of needsis one of the best-knowntheories of motivation.Maslow first introduced...

Social Connections

How important are they?????Well, in continuation of my previous blog of Sustaining Happiness….. Don’t you think ??????? For a person who is hungry for days just one meal to satisfy his hunger means happiness to h...

Sustaining Happiness

Since we all know that happiness is extremely important and valuable to us. And happiness is associated with many facets of well-being in our day today life.I would not go into that aspect further, but what I wou...

The Power Of Mindset

Read about how your mindset helps you in building your own future.We can build a great future only with a growth mindset.Now talking about mindsets there are mainly two types of mindsets the first being a fixed m...

5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 Mindfulness / CopingTechnique

Learn To Create Your Own Calm with this 5-4-3-2-1 Mindfulness Technique…..We all go through some form of stress in our daily lives. It can be in the form of getting late to work, exams for students, attending int...

Challenge Yourself

It's time to challenge yourself to face any challenges that comes your way, better than before....I am sure we all agree that life is full of ups and downs. And we have to face our own set of challenges in our own...

GLOSSOPHOBIA

What is Glossophobia???????Glossophobia or Speech Anxiety is the FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING. It is the most common problem but worst fear ahead of death, spiders and even heights.Did you know The National Institute ...

Standards

We all have different perceptions of standards in life. And standard is just a measure, norm, or a model in comparison to someone or something. But life for many of us has always been working on other people’s ac...

A place for everything, and everything in its place….

The other day I didn’t put back my file in its usual place and ended up searching for it for a very long time when I needed it. All the while hoping that all my belongings should have GPS on them so that finding ...

Learn the Art of Pausing

Why is PAUSE necessary in life??A PAUSE can be an incredible tool as they provide time to collect our thoughts, think what to say or do next and get back on track.When in a difficult situation, before making a de...

Planet Earth

NO INTELLIGENT SPECIES WOULD DESTROY THEIR OWN ENVIRONMENT.....So why are we humans doing it?????????Why don’t we care for our own environment?????????Is it because we have taken our mother earth for granted or i...

Emotional Baggage

Emotional Baggage is a metaphor that refers to our negative, unprocessed, unresolved and unexpressed feelings and emotions from our past experiences. If not at all times we exhibit some signs in our day today inte...

Self-Sabotage

Self-Sabotage.....We all do it regularly, but if you think what is Self-Sabotage and why we do it?Self-Sabotage refers to behaviors or thought patterns that hold us back and prevent us from doing what we actually ...

Self-Care and Self-Love

Self-care and Self-love is all about prioritizing your own self and paying attention to your own mental, emotional and physical wellbeing. While both may seem similar or different both, self-care or self-love is ...

Good News and Bad News

The bad news is that you’re not going to fit in with everyone and everywhere….Trying to fit in means trying to please people and seek approval from everyone around you. Trying to fit into a popular group, crowd o...

New Year's Resolutions

My New Year’s resolutions for 2021 are the ones which I should have accomplished in 2020, because I had promised to do it in 2019, which was decided by me in 2018, what I had planned in 2017….So, I can’t call th...

I am proud to be – “Work In Progress”

It’s a natural process for human beings to change and learn throughout a lifetime. Physical change is mandatory but mental change is a cumulative effort of our own attitude, health, circumstances, emotions, situa...

Where are you living?

Past, Present or Future?????The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is and the future less resolved than it will be.It is said ...

Experience life now… before it’s too late

If not today, when??? Imagine going on a vacation and not being able to explore the place...Imagine not being able to relish the local cuisine...Imagine not being able to enjoy the fun things in the new place......

Ergonomics

Recent researchhas shown that lower back pain is the world’s most common work-related disability – affecting employees from offices. You must be wondering what has ergonomics got to do with this research, right?Y...

Balancing Selflessness and Selfishness

No one can deny being selfish at times. Even though we may strive for selflessness, all humans have a built-in selfishness in them.What I call selflessness may seem selfish for another person. We can do many thin...

Luxury in 2020

We were made to believe that luxury is expensive and exclusive. Everything that seemed unattainable is a luxury.When we look back don’t we realize that luxuries were those little things that we didn’t know how to ...

Meraki

I saw the above image on my Instagram page and was curious to know what it actually meant.I just googled to know the meaning and instantly fell in love with this word Meraki.Meraki is a Greek Word and according t...

Why is it important to name emotions?

Studies have found that there are more distinct emotions than we realize like admiration, adoration, appreciation, amusement, anger, anxiety, awe, awkwardness, boredom, calmness, confusion, contentment, craving, d...

Life Lessons from Dhirubhai Ambani

Dhirubhai Ambani (28 December 1932 – 6 July 2002) will always remain an icon and a role model.He epitomised the dauntless entrepreneurial spirit of a visionary, he was always on the march to change the destiny of ...

Is Happiness Overrated?

We all want to be happy and constantly work towards happiness, but during this journey towards happiness, How much time do we take to stop or even pause to notice our feelings and enjoy the process of being happy?...

Nostalgia

Last week I met my childhood friend and we ended up going down the memory lane. We spent a lot of time talking about our childhood days. We remembered how we played in the mud, how we climbed trees, our meeting s...

Metamorphosis : Transition from College to Work Life

Just out of college and stepping into your dream job may be the most exciting phase of adulthood. The transition from college to work life is a difficult time for many students with lots of uncertainties and anxi...

Quotients - Elements of a Well-Rounded Person

As we all know the biggest problem we face today is lack of awareness towards mental health. Once we introspect and understand ourselves, stress management and the challenges to manage our day today life becomes ...

Resilience

“Resilience is knowing that you are the only one that has the power and the responsibility to pick yourself up.” – Mary HollowayResilience is the ability to recover or bounce back quickly after every difficulty.St...