Of all the smart habits and rich living ideas and opinions I have shared with you in nearly 300 blog articles, how is it that I have not yet talked about the single most important habit of all, the one that enables us to live life on our terms? A debt-free life and being in [...]
self-improvement
What can you get from two opinionated minds with an insatiable desire to experiment and talk about the art of living well and the pursuit of the highest self in life? Aileen and I met in Blogworld 2010 in Las Vegas and our connection was instant. Aside from our friendship, we happen to possess an [...]
I had a headache that lasted 3 days. A headache that made it hurt to think, something I like to do all day long, everyday and nonstop. And a headache that brought me face to face with the demon that is better known as stress! During those hours, a lot happened to me but nothing [...]
The 10 Minute Daily Invigorator is LIVE now! Our bodies were meant to be strong, healthy, happy. Our bodies were meant to move, to dance and to breathe life in. Our bodies were meant to be an expression of life force and vitality. Does your body move and breathe just as you want? Does energy [...]
Pushing past your limits. Breaking through your boundaries. Crushing all barriers in your way to keep the momentum going. This describes my modus operandi the last few weeks. It’s exhausting, exhilarating … and remarkable as always when I get into these phases. Do you ever feel this way?
I was talking to a super talented, smart, intelligent, and amazing friend of mine the other day – you know, the conversations where you share your deepest fears and desires and then suddenly you hear something that stops you dead on your tracks because it sounds so out of alignment with logic and common sense. [...]
Going against the tide is no easy task but alas, it is much, MUCH, better than going with the flow the wrong way. How does your ideal day unfold? Actually, forget that. How does your ideal life unfold? What color is it? What texture does it have? What fragrant smells and what delicious tastes does [...]
Twice now I have heard this feedback – one from an email subscriber who shared it sadly as a reason for leaving my mailing list and another from my devoted client during our 1:1 coaching sessions: “Feeling overwhelmed with self-improvement and personal development.” Oh I can more than relate to these feelings; personal development bloggers [...]
Collaboration does not just add up. It multiples and grows exponentially. Raam Dev asked 40 bloggers to share their Small Ways to Make a Big Difference. He created an incredible eBook in the span of 3 weeks from a café in Nepal. The words from this book have reached as far as one remote village [...]
“I refuse to compromise my stylish looks, my elegant clothes and having smart outfits for my many moods in exchange for a bit of convenience and a few hours saved on vacation. Is that clear?” This is what I would retort to my husband at the onset of every packing stage before a big trip. [...]
Person A: “I am so sorry I am late. I was stuck in traffic.” Person B: “No kidding. Cause, you know, I chartered a plane to get over here!” I am so tempted to respond this way to every Person A who has been notoriously late to a meeting or rendez-vous with me and arrives [...]
As I commit to another fantastic month long health-forming challenge, I question one thing: How long does it really take to form long-term, sustainable, healthy new habits that seamlessly integrate into your life as though they have always been there? What type of commitment? Habits that once formed never part. Habits of a lifetime. Forming [...]
Why do clumsy accidents happen to good people? This morning at 5am, I am standing at the expert traveler security line (the TSA‘s fancy privilege for frequent air travelers – and of course I consider myself one but read on for the irony). One wrong move in my haste to get through the security X-rays [...]
The day that I stop improving upon the self is the day that I stop living. My problem has never been the lack of motivation in improving myself. I find myself drawn to self-improvement as bees to flowers or water to shore. No, my problem is bigger. It is the ever-present overwhelming feeling of just [...]
The last time I was looking to switch jobs within my company, I focused on one factor: the people. Not the project or the organization or even the position so much as the people. I passionately believe that if I were in the company of people that I could trust and appreciate, I would perform [...]
Aside from a handful of reading assignments in high school and a few beloved thick classics which slipped through, I turned my back to literature and the classics for the sake of science, engineering, and a career in technology. “How on earth would English Literature or any other classic help me toward excelling in grad [...]
It is only now, after nearly 8 years of on and off the mat yoga practice, growing, regressing, obsessing, trying, giving up, and returning again and again to yoga, that I am making a small breakthrough, one for which I dearly wish a permanent stay. The irony of the breakthrough itself is humbling. It is [...]
My greatest mistake wasn’t to start tango late in life, that is a mere regret, or to not tango seriously enough, I couldn’t as it was making me so happy with so little, or to not tango frequently enough, as life happens and it needs your attention. My greatest mistake was to temporarily give up [...]
A salute to Rhonda Byrne, the author of “The Secret”, for superbly over-promising and under-delivering on every single page of this trite book. The transformation that I experienced was being awed at the mastery of her powers of influence by connecting dots where no dots exist except for her say-so
