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  1. Give Up In Your Meditation, Not On Your Meditation!

    "When I first started meditating, thirty-seven odd years ago, my mind was a mess. Many of my meditations were unrelenting "thinkitations". I probably would have stopped meditating if I hadn't liked my teacher a lot and if he wasn' ...
  2. 5 Important Soft Skills & How You Can Nurture Them (Part-2)

    This is a continuation from Important Soft Skills and How You Can Nurture Them Part-1 #3 Be Open Minded If there's one thing we cannot avoid, it is criticism. This is a universal truth, and so holds true for the professional space as well. There will ...
  3. How to improve your soft skills with meditation?

    Recently, a retail banker friend narrated an eye-opening experience she had with a new intern. The intern, a post graduate from a premium B-school had been employed with a reputed financial BPO. My friend was looking forward to working with her. However, ...
  4. Tips on how to become a Fashion Stylist

    Rachael Zoe once said, " Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak ". Styling isn't just a profession—it says a lot about who you are. For budding fashion stylists, the journey can be smooth or rocky. It is all about knowing ...
  5. Two Ways Of Letting Go – Meditation & Sleep

      Beginner meditators often feel that they are sleeping during their meditations when in fact they have entered the meditative state. This is quite natural because, until we are familiar with meditation, we associate deep relaxation mainly with sleep. Of ...
  6. Thinkitation & Meditation

    A good friend, Kate, mentioned to me when I was down at the Gold Coast at the start of the New Year that sometimes she has "thinkitations" instead of meditations and, being a seasoned meditator, is fine with that. If all your meditations are thi ...
  7. Flavors of Happiness

    The first one is chocolate. Out of every 100 desires, probably 67 must be fulfilled by chocolate. However, it just leaves you wanting more. The happiness lasts only until the delicious texture of smooth cocoa lasts in your mouth. Happiness gained from ful ...
  8. 4 secrets from Granny’s kitty of happiness

    Often we look around for the secrets of happiness. Everyone wishes to be happy, perhaps every day. Be it in meeting friends, traveling, enjoying a good meal or pursuing hobbies and talents, the search for lasting happiness seems endless. But, what if you’ ...
  9. 7 Delicious Secrets That Can Help Men Become Better Cooks (Part-3)

    This is continued from 7 Delicious Secrets That Can Help Men Become Better Cooks (Part-2) #6 Choose Your Equipment Wisely Just like a wise choice of friends adds sweetness to life, a wise choice of equipment will decide how well it appeals to your taste b ...
  10. Happiness Starts With Y

    Everybody knows that happiness starts with 'H'. 'Yappiness' doesn't really make much sense, does it? This is pretty much the challenge we face with being happy. We think it starts in our life when we get all of mom's attentio ...
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