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Book Review – “How Emotions are made”
Emotions are not reactions to the world. You are not a passive receiver of sensory input but an active constructor of your emotions – Dr Lisa Feldman
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Reflection & Wellbeing: What’s the connection?
Care for one’s well-being or others’ wellbeing at its core is a spiritual practice. Reflection in the act of achieving holistic wellbeing plays a powerfully potent role. Reflection is the act of being with your BEING. What can be more potent than this medicine. Tweet The 5 steps to reflection in the process of restoring wellbeing may […]
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“The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.” Robert Jordan
If your “2-year-old” self comes face to face with your “current self”, who would he/she be looking at? A resilient self hopefully. Resilience is a trait innate to humankind. That’s how the 2-year-old-self learned how to walk, talk, feed. We all tripped, we all fell, we hurt, we cried, but we tried. There is no […]
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Wellbeing and Goals : and their connection
Emotions and thoughts go hand in hand. They don’t play out separately from each other. If you don’t believe it, try getting yourself angry while keeping your mind absolutely blank! On the other hand, emotions are the source of our actions and inactions. Without resourceful emotions such as passion, enthusiasm and optimism, try getting up […]
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Perfection – The Robber!
Familiar with the quote – ‘Perfection is the Enemy of Good’ – by Voltaire? If you are like most, you would believe that having heard, read or known something that holds wisdom, we automatically imbibe that in our life. Let me call out a misconception first – we don’t change by knowing things, we change […]
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Conflict Within
Remember how history lessons constituted primarily, getting acquainted with historical wars – episodes on the timeline of history when our collective world changed – as a country or for the entire humanity? “Conflict” has played a big role in shaping the world’s history. What applies to the big picture also applies to each one of […]
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10 leadership lessons – from Chandrayaan 2 Moon landing
This weekend India and the world watched with anticipation, ISRO Chandrayaan 2’s Vikram Lander’s landing on moon’s south pole. It ended with a collective sense of disappointment as contact was lost with the Lander just minutes before it’s landing. Prime Minister consoling the ISRO chairman video became viral. (‘Men crying’ and ‘men crying in public’ is an equally […]
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Threading the field
Threaded to perfection You brought a blanket Orange and white A warmth of light The shades They kinda matched Here a bit and there a bit Perfection you ain’t my friend I came with just yarn Tangled threads Bright orange And sunshine white Recreate, refashion Dream big Cast a wider net Undo the done Unweave […]
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3 Leadership Lessons from “Hidden Figures”
I was skimming through movies that have impacted me and ‘Hidden Figures’ stood out as one of them. And of all the inspiring threads that the movie was made of, I would like to share 3 messages for visionary leaders in this VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world from the movie. Articulating a Vision […]
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Emotions at Work
Last weekend I participated in a Transactional Analysis workshop conducted by P. K Saru who is an Internationally-accredited Teaching and Supervising TA Analyst. During the workshop, I was reminded of the precept “Our greatest freedom is the freedom to choose our attitude” by Victor Frankl. In my practice, I have found that executives are often subject to an unseen-unspoken norm of “we […]
Wellbeing, Leadership & Team Coach 