Sowing Seeds Of Spirituality Early On
As the world reverberated with the chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ on Jan 22, 2024, I was taken back to my childhood Sundays. For most of us millennials, Sundays back in the eighties meant entire family sitting down to watch Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayana and subsequently B.L. Chopra’s Mahabharatha. And these were beyond just being TV […]
BE INTENTIONAL ABOUT LIFE
When you become intentional about what you want in life.. MAGIC HAPPENS. The irony is that despite this fact most of us (for a large part of our lives) live an UN — INTENTIONAL life. We let things happen to us instead of making things happen. This is the reason we are STUCK in: And […]
Leadership and Parenting
In more ways than one I found uncanny similarities in the attributes and skills required to be a successful leader and a parent ever since I became one. Parenting in itself is like being in a Leadership role – you are responsible AND accountable, you are the decision maker, you gotta get things done! As […]
Perfection is the opposite of ACTION!
Do not teach your child to be perfect. Instead teach them to TAKE ACTION! For a large part of my life, I grew up with the belief that one needs to aim for perfection ALWAYS!! However, I can now confidently say that ‘Perfection’ is the biggest myth, the biggest illusion. It’s almost like a mirage […]
It’s not about you…
Every time a child’s action or behavior is not as per what the parents expect, there is a tendency to feel that it is about us (adults). Child is not listening to you, you feel he/she is disrespectful towards YOU..child is shouting back, you think it’s meant to be something towards YOU. NO. In reality, […]
POWER OF HABITS
Daily habits and routines go a long way in instilling self control, mindfulness and focus which eventually leads to a more fulfilling life. Teaching these to children early on makes way for a healthy and happy childhood and eventually help them develop into adults who are more mindful, resilient and are able to navigate life’s […]
DID YOU KNOW THERE IS A SCIENCE BEHIND EMOTIONS?
For those driven by logical reasoning, the study of emotional psychology allows researchers to dive into what makes humans react as they do to certain stimuli and how those reactions affect us both physically and mentally. How we interpret and respond to the world around us makes up who we are and contributes to our […]
10 Ways To Acknowledge And Deal With Your Child’s Emotions!
1. IT’S OKAY TO BE NOT OKAY!! Yes. As we raise children, we so often just want them to be these perfect beings..perfect in studies, perfect in sports, perfect in the way they dress, perfect manners and of course perfect emotions. Whereas, in reality, things will not be perfect..most of the times. But we never […]
Why is it important to acknowledge your child’s emotions?
Acknowledging emotions is not the same as recognizing emotions. Most often our children are taught to recognize emotions but not really how to acknowledge them. Acknowledging emotions is actually the next step wherein the child understands why they are feeling what they are feeling and how can they respond to those emotions. Children start to […]