The Home Routine: You and Your Zen Habits You are a health nut. You are an exercise devotee. You are a yoga practitioner. You are a regular juicer. You are [fill in the blank with your own zen habit]. You do it with enthusiasm. You are settled into a routine with it. You even have [...]
Travel Shift Perspective: How We View Time On the Road Tell me if it’s not true, we view time differently when we are traveling. We become more aware of how much of it we have in every place we visit. We do this because we have a sharp awareness of its scarcity. Somewhere, in the [...]
“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” ~Anais Nin Growing up in Iran was an interesting experience. The word travel in Farsi is ‘Safar’, and the stories still ring in my ears about so-and-so’s ‘Safar’ to such and such place. I remember during my childhood, the grownups would [...]
Jet lag confuses the living daylights out of me! I don’t mean the effect of jet lag on my body or brain because that alone can drive you dizzy with confusion. I mean I wish someone could explain to me why traveling from from North America to the South Pacific, where one loses many hours in [...]
Self-discipline can seriously surprise you when you put it to the test. You may believe you have a really good grasp on it because, well, you stick to your routine and schedule and produce remarkable results on a day-to-day basis, but how robust a discipline is it if that only happens in the controlled environment [...]
Despite my travel record, what with 100,000 flying miles last year again to get executive platinum and my love affair with setting foot on foreign soil, you might find it ironic that I am mainly a novice when it comes to travel tools, hacks, and systems! I love planning the sight-seeing, the shopping, the photography, [...]
Welcome back to Episode #8 of The Daily Interaction podcast. Today’s topic is around memorable dialogues that we can create on the road. Just back from London and writing this from Toronto, I am fueled with energy from traveling. In this episode, I talk about making your interactions memorable and even unforgettable with the people [...]
In a poor attempt to test my spontaneity yesterday, my clever husband asks me if I am up for going to Japan in 7 days. No plans, no preparation, no idea where we would stay except that this time, we must go to Hakone to climb Mount Fuji – be not impressed; it’s no Everest, [...]
What many have said to me over the years: “I wish I could travel like you.” “You are so lucky to travel so much.” “There is no way I can travel with my children.” “Go on all your travels before you have babies.” “Traveling is risky; it’s just not safe, not these days.” “I love [...]
Someday I will go back to Iran. It will be summertime so the roses will be in full bloom, the air will be full of optimism, tinged with a trace of nostalgia, and the warm Tehran sun can quickly dry my tears to save my lush eye makeup, just in case. My life revolves around [...]
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