Where does our mind get our thoughts from?

We are nervous. Anxious about what people would think. Scared of not making it through. The worst part is – this vicious cycle continues for every instance of life. No matter how much we try, we can’t tame the mind to stop overthinking. What if, this time we...

Change doesn’t happen overnight

We often want to make overnight changes. But that won’t work. Because our body and mind resists change. So we have to trick our body and mind. By making the change happen slowly. For example: You wake up at 8am and want to wake up at 6am instead? Setting the...

Chasing validation

The cool kid will always have opinions of you. The boring kid within you will ache to do anything to get their validation. It is going to be fascinating to leave who you are and be what they are. Except, that isn’t success. If changing yourself could bring you...

Temporary is good

The worst thing that would change your life forever isn’t the worst thing. Like every good thing that doesn’t make us excited forever, so do the bad things lose their power over time. Time is not only a great healer, it also makes you aware of better things....

A brilliant life lesson

This is a story I have always loved to recite, with a brilliant life lesson. One day, Narad Muni went to Lord Vishnu. Narad Muni keeps chanting “Narayana Narayana” (which is another name for Lord Vishnu) as he believes that he is Vishnu’s truest follower. To validate...

The lie we were told as kids

Most of us had a childhood of competing with others. Get more marks than your competitor. Higher rank. Go to a better college than them. These were (and unfortunately still are) the parameters that defined success for us as kids. Except: Everyone is running their own...