Live Your Best Life!

The ability to think, imagine, and have memories is an amazing gift that humans have been bestowed. It has taken us millions of years to get that ability. How we use this ability today is what will really decide how the world will be in the future for humans.

Overthinking is one aspect of thinking that we can check if we become aware of it. So in this podcast, I share some different kinds of overthinking patterns, so you can identify them and stop them over time.

Here are some top beliefs that empowered people have. Have a listen and see how many of these beliefs you have. Which ones do you need to work on in order to enhance your empowerment quotient!

Not everyone can or needs to attend coaching sessions to move ahead in life. However, there is one thing each one of us can do to make sure we are moving ahead and meeting our goals while letting go of our limiting beliefs, negative mindsets, and confined spaces.

Here are some tips on how you can self-coach your way towards success!

One of the toughest issues to accept and communicate to others is loneliness. How does one even begin to say that one is lonely? But it is a genuine issue that has been growing in our society by leaps and bounds and there needs to be a conscious effort to undo the wrongs that have been done.

Here is why addressing loneliness is important and what you can do about it!

How much do we think? What do we think? How much can we plan? Is the thinking that we do with the cognitive mind the only kind of thinking? Here I go again, thinking, thinking, and more thinking.

In this podcast, let’s take a look at how we can think a little less and live a little more. Learning to be in the moment and enjoying all that life has to offer to the fullest.

Living in the present moment is the ‘in’ thing now but it seems tough to do. Here are Oogway’s precious words that convey this message to us and explain why it is so important to live in the moment!

The podcast also touches upon a mindset shift that can help in making decisions!

You know yourself best! You may have heard this said many times. But id that really true? Do we really know ourselves? What are the various things that keep us from knowing ourselves? Let’s see what knowing oneself is all about.

In pursuits of goals, we create measurements and metrics, and milestones. And in the process, we forget that one thing that is essential to understand before we embark on the journey towards the goal.

In this podcast, I share a story that I have found extremely inspiring that tells us why we need to go out there and actively fight our dragons/demons before they come to our houses.

Things that trigger you towards anger or sadness are lessons you need to learn. They are the locks that you need to learn how to open. Understand how you can tackle your triggers to help yourself be a better person and to achieve your personal best!

How many of you have ever thought about why you earn? Have you considered what that does to the way in which you work or the amount of time that you spend working? Here, on this podcast, I explore the interaction between money and time and how our mindsets keep us from the very thing that we seek.

Do you stay away from asking for help in life – personal and professional situations? Deep-rooted behind this may be some assumptions you have made about yourself, other people, and the beliefs about asking for help. Explore these with me on this podcast and let’ take the first step towards being more humane to ourselves and assuming that of others too!

If you have ever wondered about how some people are able to stand up to others even at the risk of harm to self and if you have wanted to be that self-confident person, listen to this podcast to know what makes such people and what you can do to follow in their footsteps.

Now that we all have smartphones in our hands, we tend to convey messages via text message. It’s easier, more convenient, and allows us to do so at our own time. Science tells us some new facts about texting versus calling that we may need to pay heed to, especially if we want to increase human connection and understanding.

Fiction and animation hold real gems and treasures in the form of some quotes. In the Quote Analysis series, I talk about a quote that I have read and then discuss why I found it interesting and what I take away from it.

As everyone tries to make their mark in the world, the art of listening is a forgotten skill. Hoping to revive it, here are some reasons why you should listen more and some tips on ‘how’ you should listen.

Whether you believe you can or you can’t, you are right. Believing makes things possible. Identify your thoughts and thinking patterns that keep you away from getting to your goals and learn how to challenge them, with this simple technique.

As if resisting negativity from external sources was not enough, we make it tougher by pulling ourselves down. When the internal critic shows it’s ugly head, this is how you can deal with it and dispel all notions of doubt!

Conflict is considered to be a negative thing. It is assumed that all conflict should be avoided in relationships. Here are some reasons why conflict should never be avoided and how it is actually great for making relationships stronger with time!

Don’t go through life doing the same old mundane things. Identify your energizers and drainers and take action. Live your Best Life by following the simple steps described in this great tool!

Denial is one of the many self defense mechanisms that our brain develops. It is an unconscious act in which we refuse to admit or recognize some event, habit, or reality. It’s not lying. It’s unconscious.

This podcast discusses what you should do if you want to explore areas where you might be in denial.

Understand how your imagination plays tricks on you and make sure that it is always pointed towards favorable outcomes and helpful thoughts!

One of the most potent stress triggers is a belief about how things should be. And yet, these beliefs are different across cultures, countries, religions, societies, and even individuals.

This podcast is an exploration of how it would be if each one of us had our own ‘shoulds’.

When we are not conscious of our thoughts, we do things without understanding why we are doing them. Questioning your actions can help you understand the ‘why’. It frees you from a victim mentality. It gives you the power of choice! Here is how you can do it.

The world is suffering or life is suffering! How many times have you heard that phrase? Something made me think about suffering and pain in the context of life and here are some of my thoughts on the topic. Pain is inevitable. Suffering is not! What do you feel?

While this episode is part of the Circle of Emotion series, it comes at a very pertinent time when the world is being divided into groups with racism, exclusion, groupism, and every other kind is ‘ism’ that humans can conjure.

An understanding of disgust allows us to understand how this happens and why it happens. It can help us free ourselves from the power-mongering few so that we can question, empathize, and be compassionate in order to include all humanity!

Should you trust this person or should you be cautious? A question that we often ask ourselves. Have a look at trust, how it develops, and understand what is so important about trusting people.

This episode explores a different perspective of sadness and why you should embrace it. It urges you not to shun it, suppress it, or ignore it. We also talk about how you can manage your sadness in a way that helps you grow!

The pursuit of happiness is causing us the maximum unhappiness today. Why am I not happy? I want to be happy! These are the questions that are keeping you away from being in the here and now….and enjoying your life!

The only way to overcome fear is to face it. Identify the source and examine it, irrespective of how difficult it may seem. That is the only way to move ahead or else you risk being consumed by it completely.

One of the most misunderstood emotions, anger has been berated as the worst enemy, the fire that burns you, and the poison that kills you rather than the other person. Let’s try and look at this emotion and see the role it plays in our lives.

In this episode, we provide a different perspective on emotions. We talk about how emotions are necessary, advantageous, and how they can be managed so they become a propelling force towards success!

Social media and exposure to the world has made us too prone to looking at others to figure out who we are. This, sometimes, leads to extreme feelings of inadequacy and self-doubt. In this episode, we discuss six steps to stop feeling inadequate and less!

Helping someone with anxiety is not as easy at it seems and often, we say the exact things that should be avoided at a time someone is going through a panic attack or anxiety. With the best of intentions, we can make things worse! Here are some things you should NOT say when trying to help someone with anxiety!

I’ve chosen to speak on loneliness in this episode because it can be an extremely deadly condition. It is also not spoken about enough. This episode aims at creating awareness about the issue, acknowledging it, understanding it, and providing some tips to make friends and finding your tribe.

In the fifth of the series on work-life, we discuss an extra tip that is the mother of all work-life balance tools. It’s all about the mindset. Here we talk priorities, limiting beliefs, and consequences.

In the fourth of the series on work-life balance, we discuss some tips that can help you achieve work-life balance in different kinds of work settings. We talk about balance in a work-from-home scenario, balance for entrepreneurs, and corporate workers.

In addition with the tips mentioned in the previous episodes, these help in an easier and more fulfilling life.

In the third of the series on work-life, we discuss three areas that can potentially improve and simultaneously disrupt our life’s balance. Technology and vacations are necessary. But handled the wrong way, they can create more stress than efficiency.

Unexpected events, on the other hand, are inevitable. These need to be handled effectively so that you can ride over the wave instead of drowning in it.

In this episode, we talk about these elements, how they contribute positively and negatively to our life’s balance, and how to manage them more effectively.

This second in the series of work life balance is an episode that helps you understand how to stop work and ease into another area of your life. It asks questions about how you want your life to be more holistic.

An area I feel extremely passionate about, work-life imbalance is an area that afflicts a majority of our professionals. With the fast-paced life, stress, and demands to ‘make it big’, we lose sight of a balanced, holistic, and fulfilled life. Work-life imbalance is also the cause of many physical and mental health issues too.

This is the first in a series of podcasts on strategies for better work-life balance!

Making a decision can be tough. 

In this episode, we explore why decision making is tough and what can you do to overcome a state of indecision.

Our bodies have not kept up with modernization. We get stressed and the body feels the brunt of it. Learn how to fool your body into believing you are not stressed!