Have you recently sat down and unpacked your thoughts and ask yourself: what are the things that you do repeatedly that keep you from reaching your potential? Why this question? Because how you live your life matters. How you deal with your emotions matter. Most of your life, you acquire knowledge to have a point, to set goals … More How To Control Yourself When Your Emotions Get The Best Of You!
“Our views of our body image – what’s on the outside – are directly affected by our emotions on the inside.” Dr Alan Watkins Are you feeling stressed out? Are you facing challenges? Are you having negative thoughts about how things are going? Are you having poor body image which affects how you present yourself? … More Change Negative Thoughts Instantly!
At times, we form an opinion or come to a conclusion, deliberately or otherwise, only to find out that the story in our head is polluted. By judging, we work hard to build a wall and to protect ourselves and live securely. The problem with this stance in life is that often it prevents us … More Stop Judging – Take Back Your Power! Foundation of Mindfulness #1
One of the pillars of mindfulness meditation is based on non-striving. An attitude that aims to disconnect our energy & emotions to the outcome of a task in hand or a pursuit. What it means is that the only thing worth striving for is to be in the moment. Just like in meditative state, you … More Non-Striving – Foundation of Mindfulness # 5
You have to let it all go, Neo, fear, doubt, and disbelief. Free your mind. Quote by Morpheus!
One of the most difficult parts of practising mindfulness is “letting go.” Stories that you have told yourself or have been told that harmed, insulted, accused or tore you apart are nothing but stories. You can replace the old narrative with more supporting one although the effort is not to ignore the reality but to see the … More Letting Go – Foundation of Mindfulness #7
The present time is full of possibilities, so why is it that we cannot edit our thoughts to actually see the threads that can lead to a desirable experience? Almost always, the answer boils down to our inner struggles to keep things together! Every day, we are bombarded by stressful questions or circumstances, by the urgency … More Make It Happen! How To Change Your Mindset & Thrive.
As promised, I embarked on the practice of mindfulness meditation to learn useful techniques on how to deliberately change our state of mind. The practice serves as a navigator through the ups and downs of life, transcending the fear and seeing things or the problem as they are. Meditation takes you to a place deep within yourself, … More Tell Your Brain To Shut Up and Listen!
The past few years, I have been contemplating the word joy or happiness, if I may use them interchangeably. What’s best for me, what gives me pleasure and most importantly how do I measure my well-being? Typically, our pursuits, interests, experiences and how we choose to live form part of our value list for our … More How to feel lasting joy?
“The most important question anyone can ask is: What myth am I living?” Carl Jung Self-deception, confirmation bias, seeking perfection, fixated on innate talents sum up a mentality stuck in quicksand. Imagine in spite of a landscape where colourful, ever-changing and adapting nature and everything in it is minding its own survival, you are stuck in … More Change Your Mindset, Change Your Life! – Introduction
