A dog is said to be a (wo)man’s best friend! Let’s see why: Dogs teach us how to be mindful When dogs get hypnotised by small pieces of treats or just roll over in the grass for the fun of it, they are teaching us a valuable lesson – how to be in the present […]
Category Archives: Positive Psychology
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Sogyal Rinpoche’s The Tibetan book of Living and Dying It is a valuable guide for conscious living and dying. He says, two people have been living in all your life. One is the ego,garrulous,demanding,hysterical,calculating,the other is the hidden spiritual being, whose still voice of wisdom you have only rarely heard or attended to. As you listen […]
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I want to be happy but circumstances do not let me be happy Do you relate to this? Does your happiness depend on circumstances? Are you inflicted with negativity around you? You don’t know how to be happy always? Are there some specifics that can make you happy? I am not asking you these questions; […]
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Osho says,Hell and Heaven are within you. “When you are behaving unconciously, there is a gate of hell. When you become alert and concious there is a gate of heaven.” The world is there because of you – you create it, you are the creator. Every single being creates a world around himself, it depends […]
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Rahul was extremely popular among his friends because of his caring (over caring?) attitude. Always ready to lend an ear to others pains and sufferings, and being there. One look at a friend, family member or for that matter, a colleague, and his intuition would always tell him if they were anguished. His soulful eyes […]
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Nandita Kochar If everything were to be on autopilot right from the start then making new habits stick won’t have been such a task. But it is. So here are a few tricks to help ease the process. Thirty Days is All You Need Sustain your new habit for at least three to four weeks […]
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Many a times, those that occupy the four walls of our homes complain when our work is written all over pyjamas, our dinner table conversation or our sleep. They complain about how we are unable to leave our work in the office. This can lead to fights to couples sleeping on the two edges of […]
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One of the most useful skills for getting beyond these obstacles is listening. Studs Terkel was a great fan of it. so is personal development guru Stephen Covey, who points out that while we spent years learning to read, write and speak, most of us dedicate little time to becoming better listeners.
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The last time when my friend Sheena visited me from Noida who was on her official trip to Mumbai, I came to know of a strange aspect of her life. She stayed overnight with us and yes, it was her sleep pattern. I tried to make her stay comfortable as she faced difficulty sleeping. We […]
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Choosing a life partner is indeed an arduous task, particularly in the Indian milieu. Institution of marriage has undergone tremendous change in the last few decades, from the 50s’ when grandparents used to decide on the partner, 60’s when parents took on them to decide right partner, 70’s when the family started match-making, 80s–90s era […]