Category: Life Coaching

There are two more posts in the ‘expectations’ series coming your way. I’ve been distracted a lot by other things happening and before I knew it, focusing on being mindful about writing a post resulted in this post 😉 Most often, when we hear the word Mindfulness, our immediate thoughts head to meditation. We imagine […]

From family, the expectations begin early. Sometimes right from our childhood. ‘You are a child; you need to do what you are told,’ or ‘Girls don’t laugh loudly,’ or ‘boys need to hold it all in.’ As we grow old, they just get compounded, ‘You have to top the class to get a job’ to […]

Have you ever imagined what would be like showing up to a board meeting wearing casuals? Or telling your family you’d rather spend major holidays like Christmas/Diwali alone with a book and a blanket? Or telling your ‘well meaning’ relatives that you don’t want to get married and have children? Yeah, I know the mantra […]

काल करे सो आज कर, आज करै सो अब | पल में परलय होयगी, बहुरी करेगा कब || (Finish tomorrow’s task today, And today’s task right now. When would you finish them, If the world ends next moment.) Early millennials like me grew up reading this couplet from a renowned poet Kabir Das. I was […]

One of the lesser-known facts about me is that throughout my teen years, I was an avid Diary writer. Dear diary, why my life is so messed up, why my parents don’t understand me…the usual. Everything that happened, anything of consequence that is, went right into my journal. Sometimes, when I was low, I’d read […]

When I tell people that I am an author as well, they often ask about the stuff that I wrote. And when I respond with, I write fiction, romantic fiction to be precise. They go ‘How can you be a life coach and write romantic fiction?’ Usually, at this point, I activate the distract mode […]

Moving to a different country is difficult. Moving with a busybody toddler solo parenting all the way is all kinds of crazy! I am sure you all agree. But I did it! And at the cost of blowing my trumpet, I think we have adapted well. Going from having two household help and my parents […]