self awareness
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Candle Flame Meditation And The Day I Watched My Own Cremation
I did not expect my yoga and meditation retreat to turn into my own funeral today. I sat down for a simple candle flame meditation, eyes soft, spine straight, breath steady. The task was innocent enough. Gaze at the flame. Stay present. Let the mind settle. Somewhere between one breath and the next, tears started…
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Toxic Positivity: The Hidden Mental Health Crisis in India
In almost every Indian family, there is at least one unofficial happiness manager. The person who says “Think positive”, “It could be worse”, or “At least be grateful” before you have finished sharing what hurts. I meet versions of this person every week in my work as a life coach in India. This culture of…
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The Only Way To Beat AI Is To Become More Human
Artificial intelligence has become the loudest guest in the room. It sits in our offices, our kitchens, our pockets and even in our private WhatsApp spirals at two in the morning. It writes, calculates, predicts and remembers far better than we ever will. Yet every time I sit across a client who is wrestling with…
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The Illusion Factory: How Movies and Songs Hijack Our Emotions
A strange thing happens when the lights dim, the first chord plays, and the story unfolds before us. We stop being ourselves. The boundary between our world and the world of the movie or song fades, and before we know it, we’re living through borrowed emotions. We cry for fictional heartbreaks, root for impossible romances,…
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Why I Wrote “The Tri-Intelligence Leadership”: A Call to Rethink What Makes Us Truly Intelligent
Today, something quietly monumental happened. My new book, The Tri-Intelligence Leadership: Mastering IQ, EQ, and SQ, was launched in India. No champagne towers or confetti explosions, just a deep exhale of relief and meaning. The kind of moment when you realise a dream has turned into something tangible—ink on paper, ready to meet strangers who…
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The Lamps Within: What Diwali Teaches Us About Healing and Self-Mastery
Every Diwali, we sweep, scrub, and decorate. We lay out sweets, buy new clothes, and post filtered pictures of light-filled evenings. Yet beneath the glitter, few pause to ask: what are we really celebrating? For me, Diwali has always been less about the fireworks outside and more about the quiet explosions within. It is the…
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Understanding Transactional Analysis: A Powerful Framework for Human Interaction
In my years as a Life & Executive Coach, I’ve come across numerous tools and models to understand human behaviour. Yet, one framework that continues to stand out for its simplicity, depth, and practicality is Transactional Analysis (TA). It’s more than just a psychological theory; it’s a lens through which we can observe, interpret, and…