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A lot of coachees I talk to have this problem in common: Social anxiety. The description is along the lines of “Whenever I enter a social situation, I feel very anxious about what people are thinking about me. Scared of they judging me. I feel as if the entire room is staring at me. This …
“I don’t know what to do!!” is a problem we often struggle with. This would make it seem as if the answer has to do with the path. With “How do I get there?” Faster, cheaper, easier. But often, the problem is not in finding the answer to “How do I get there?” as much …
It might be easy to believe that intelligence is the solution to confusion. And yet, our intelligence is the very thing that often holds us back, keeps us stuck. In fact, I like to say that intelligence people might have it worse! Sounds familiar? Strange? Read on…
We are all chasing happiness. Or something we believe will bring happiness. Many of us are even chasing the ‘present moment’! But the pursuit itself is tiring, exhausting. Never ends. Like a man chasing his shadow. We suffer. This suffering is punctuated by monetary pleasures, where we think the pursuit has ended. Until we find …
A lot of times, we see our close ones, our friends behaving in ways that are making them suffer. Sometimes we think the solutions are obvious too. Except that when we suggest them, the friend won’t listen. Instead, they often push you away. And then proceed to make matters worse for themselves! We really want …
“If her husband tortures her so much – why doesn’t she leave??!!!” “If the boss is so abusive – why doesn’t he stand up for himself??!!!” “If they have a problem – why don’t they just talk!!!” “If she doesn’t agree – why doesn’t she just tell her parents!!???” “If he knows he is going …
‘Acceptance is the answer to everything’ is a common cliche in spiritual circles. ‘Do not resist life’, ‘Resistance is ego’, ‘Flow with life’ While it is true, there are some obvious doubts. Is there something like too much acceptance? What if someone is an abusive relationship? Should she practice ‘acceptance’ and suffer? But isn’t acceptance …
No word has been misused more than ‘acceptance’. How acceptance is misunderstood… It often becomes a weapon. An excuse for resistance to change: “I refuse to change!!! I accept myself as I am!” An excuse to be a jerk: “If you accepted me for who I am, this would not have been a problem” An …
Though you might be disturbed by the amount of hate and polarization in society nowadays, have you wondered how it gets created? Not who is to blame (politicians, technology, capitalists, irrational people, woke people…) but how does it get created. Because unless we know that, we will not be able to prevent ourselves from being …
“Our education system is just about mugging up and vomiting in exams. Only marks matter. Nothing else!! Just adding more rats to the rat race”, screamed Amit in anger! “No attention to individual likings, interests, passions. Just a mass assembly line! Everybody just runs behind money and status and ends up in mid-life depression by the …