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Self Care

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Self Care Self Care is highly underrated and grossly misunderstood. It is much more than just bubble baths or binge watching. Taking care of yourself is instrumental in your life. When you take care of yourself you - Are fit physically - Strong mentally - Balanced emotionally Thus all around you benefit - Your Family: You can be there for them and spend more happy time - Workplace : Better concentration levels & High productivity - You : Good health and Live a better life What happens if there is no self care? So what happens when your phone runs out of battery? However expensive it is and how much ever apps you have- you can’t use it. Can you? Exactly when you exhaust your own batteries- you won’t be able to do anything you desire. Forget being there for others - you won’t be there for yourself . No Self care isn’t selfish. Infact lack of self care can be self destructive and can also affect your family, work life and social circle. So now how do we practice

Are you kind to yourself?

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Are you kind to yourself? How are you treating yourself today? “Your Outer world is simply a hreflection of inner world “ - Deepak Chopra Everyone deserves to be treated well whether you are old or young or man or a woman rich or poor or anyone and everyone  While growing up we were taught to be kind to others.. respect others ..not to be rude to others but we were not taught how to respect ourselves ..be kind to ourselves and talk politely to ourselves Our inner talk later determines how we treat ourselves and that is an important aspect of our life which we have been ignoring all throughout time. The way people treat us is a mere reflection of how our internal talk goes. Let me give you a small example ..almost a year ago while conducting a workshop when I spoke to a few of my candidates about how their internal talk goes with    themselves after committing a mistake ..initially they said “ I feel bad”  On asking them  “What happens when you feel bad - l

Art of communicating Authentically

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The Art of communicating Authentically in formal situations  While running some errands yesterday I took a cab to the place I was supposed to go. The place was on opposite side of the road and the cabbie had a choice at a crossroad to drop me right outside the building or on the opposite side. Can you please take the cab straight and drop me right outside that building? I asked him in the national language  He was quiet for a few seconds  And then replied “ I can..but...” Again a large pause  I straight away asked him “ You can - but you won’t? Or You will? Give me a straight reply”  He waited a few seconds and said” If I drop you on the opposite side madam - my cab will get stuck in that lane. I have to go from here to Prabhadevi and if I do not reach in 15 mins it will be a problem “ I again asked him “ So will you be dropping me on this side of the road or the opposite “ Finally he said - It will be difficult to drop you on opposite side becau