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Putting Yourself First: Healthy Self-Care or Harmful Selfishness?

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  Loving Yourself Without the Guilt of Selfishness ❣ Being a woman, born and brought up in a traditional  orthodox set up, I have seen women giving   more than receiving . We seem to have extra energy  whenever we decide to feel great, while we are serving  others . Today, while getting ready for work, I noticed my hair  thinning . This was me non-prioritizing myself over my  enthusiasm while I was doing for others. Mind you! If  my mother had requested me to do something about  my hair for her sake, I would have done it with utmost  enthusiasm and dedication . Here, I am again doing for  others. I did not prioritize it as I would have felt guilty .  The world has changed drastically for women, but  they never prioritize their health , their happiness ,  their joy over others?   Is it fair?  🤔🤔🤔🤔 As an individual does a  women have the right to do something for herself? Does she have the righ...

From Chaos to Calm : Overcoming my Monkey Mind

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Attacking My Monkey Mind: To a  WIN-WIN . Always when I embark on something new which puts me out of my comfort zone, a voice taunts me.. “Writing a Blog!”✍ “Becoming a Life Coach!” 🤣🤣🤣🤣  “Can you do it?” “Will you succeed?” “What will people think about you?” “They might laugh or pass a nasty comment at you.” “It will surely be embarrassing.!! ” These questions forced me to think, what if I lose my confidence and crush my self esteem ? I metamorphose into an attacking mode, as I breakthrough this awful situation and emerge as a warrior . I visualized a win win situation. Now my mind doesn’t talk to me and I talk to my mind. “Purva! Start it now..❗” “Purva! Relax, move on and go with the flow.” “Purva, your effort is on the right path.” You will surely succeed in the process..!!!!... Either you will learn something new or you will evolve. Man must suffer to be Wise, shun your comfort zone and slip into the action mode. You can do it!!!! Well begun is half done! I took a...

Breaking Free from Fear : A Personal Tale of Choosing Faith !

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As a person I am shy and an introvert. As a child I would often talk to myself and was happy in my own world. Even when I was in doubt, I never asked for help. In my worst moments also my shyness overpowered my curiosity. There was a constant battle between doubts and questions hovering in my mind. I sought answers through self-talk. There were times, when I felt that I have very few people to talk to and fortunately very little drama to deal with. The flipside of this situation was neither I had any listening ear nor anybody to seek advice or give suggestions. My shy and introvert personality left me no choice but to deal with my problems myself. This process to keep myself grounded, worked until I was a child. As I grew up and embarked on my professional journey there was a lot of self-doubt. I wanted to be a DOCTOR and serve people. Later, the questions about which stream, how to go about it and the mindset required rose. As a child these questions never popped up in my mind....