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Oct 17, 20232 min read

The art of creating pearls from life's annoyances

What irritates you, especially something that you have little or no control over? Here's a way to create beauty from irritations. (No,...

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Make your waiting moments count: Cultivate Meanwhile Habits

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Oct 17, 20232 min read

Make your waiting moments count: Cultivate Meanwhile Habits

Meanwhile Habits are those habits that you can fit into tiny pockets of open time you have - while you wait for something. You can use it...

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Unlocking your potential: Tiny Habits, advice, and personal growth

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Oct 17, 20231 min read

Unlocking your potential: Tiny Habits, advice, and personal growth

From once considering myself beyond redemption due to my struggles with procrastination, perfectionism, and a propensity for weight gain,...

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Navigating the gap between inspiration and sustainable habits

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Oct 11, 20231 min read

Navigating the gap between inspiration and sustainable habits

You listened to a great TED Talk, read an inspiring book / article, or watched a motivational video. You’re inspired to start practicing...

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The power of starting small: How to build lasting habits

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Oct 11, 20231 min read

The power of starting small: How to build lasting habits

A common mistake many people make while trying to create habits is starting big. I've been there too. For the longest time, my exercise...

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Overcoming the Sunk Cost Fallacy: Embracing rational decision-making

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Oct 11, 20232 min read

Overcoming the Sunk Cost Fallacy: Embracing rational decision-making

"I've spent so much time and effort on this already, I'd rather spend some more and see it through." Have you said something similar to...

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Busting meditation myths: Start your practice with ease

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Oct 11, 20231 min read

Busting meditation myths: Start your practice with ease

"You must quiet your mind completely during meditation." "You only need meditation if you are stressed out." "Meditation is difficult to...

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The art of effective communication: Beyond words and vocabulary

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Oct 11, 20232 min read

The art of effective communication: Beyond words and vocabulary

“You see the whole country of the system is juxtapositioned by the hemoglobin in the atmosphere, because you are a sophisticated...

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Unlocking the power of prompts for habit formation

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Oct 11, 20232 min read

Unlocking the power of prompts for habit formation

Prompts are all the rage these days - with generative AI taking the world by storm. There is another type of prompt. It's one that deals...

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Mastering delayed gratification: A key to success

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Oct 10, 20232 min read

Mastering delayed gratification: A key to success

I've known with absolute clarity that I would fail the marshmallow test had I been one of the child participants. The marshmallow test is...

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Unlocking sustainable fitness by overcoming the motivation trap

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Oct 10, 20232 min read

Unlocking sustainable fitness by overcoming the motivation trap

In 2015, we (my sister, my husband, and I) went for the Triund trek in Dharamshala, India. Hardly had we walked a few steps, I started...

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Achieving lasting change: 3 guidelines for making New Year's Resolutions stick

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Oct 10, 20232 min read

Achieving lasting change: 3 guidelines for making New Year's Resolutions stick

New Year, New Me. The prospect of a fresh start is enticing and filled with hope. There have been a few years in the past where in my...

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Dec 5, 20222 min read

Make tasks easier for you to do

What do folding clothes and listening to music have in common? For me, they're on the extreme ends of a spectrum. I enjoy listening to...

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Nov 24, 20222 min read

Health is the true wealth

Work is worship. I took this saying very seriously at the start of my career. Other than a brief phone call to my husband during lunch...

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Aug 10, 20221 min read

Laugh at yourself - It is liberating

I've done some amusing things in life, many of them unintentionally. Once when I had to attend an online certification, I miscalculated...

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Give yourself the power of a fresh start

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Aug 10, 20221 min read

Give yourself the power of a fresh start

There are no do overs in life, it's said. Sure, you cannot undo certain things in life. Yet, life gives us ample opportunities to start...

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Aug 10, 20222 min read

Yes, social media can be helpful too!

Social media often gets a bad rap. However, like many other things in life - it's a coin with 2 sides. There are good and not so good...

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Try the 'Rehearse with Coach' option on Microsoft PowerPoint

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May 21, 20222 min read

Try the 'Rehearse with Coach' option on Microsoft PowerPoint

As part of a camp I attended in college, we had to make presentations on a topic of our choice. I chose to speak about my home state,...

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Why starting tiny is the key to sustaining a behavior

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May 13, 20222 min read

Why starting tiny is the key to sustaining a behavior

I participated in a mini marathon when I was in college. It was the first ever marathon that I participated in. And I wasn't prepared -...

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Apr 28, 20222 min read

Grow big by starting small

Someday is not a day in the week. Yet that's when many of us plan to start some of the things that mean the most to us or those which...

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