What are we addicted to?

Social media. Junk food. Video games Alcohol Drugs Are these the biggest additions? We are not addicted to these things. We are addicted to the feelings that the things generate. And all addictions generate a feeling of comfort. Which makes us numb. When we are...

Dealing with haters on social media

When we are real and vulnerable on social media, we are inevitably going to face haters. And they might end up saying things that affect us.. Whenever that happens, here’s a question to ask ourselves: “Would we go to them for their advice when we need it?” If we...

Does what you’re doing feel shameful?

A kid is told “no” 400 times a day while growing up.   So as we morph into adults, that behavior gets reflected in everything that we do. It results in “no” being our default response to everything. This has never been done.Are you crazy?What’s going on in...

Is it okay to fire your friends?

Our energy gets drained. Enthusiasm lowers each time. There is no feeling of being cared for. These are the experiences we have with some of our friends.  However, we were not born into those relationships. We chose them. Since we chose them, we can also choose to get...

What’s more valuable than IQ and EQ?

More than two decades back, the society revered the ones with high IQ. Over time, it began giving higher importance to mastering our emotions, and understanding them in others. So EQ became the in-thing. However, there is a third important thing beyond both of these:...