I caught myself the other day counting the number of likes on my Facebook page and it looked like I just needed five more likes to hit 100. It was a big thing and I wanted to make a big deal out of it. So I went about looking for images of the like button … Continue reading Hunger for Approval
Category: Self Help
The Energy of Allowing
On my 30th birthday, my husband gifted me Eckhart Tolle's book, "A New Earth - Awakening to Your Life Purpose". This book joined the select list of books that 'changed my life'. It is not a book you can skim through, with so many complex ideas and concepts that delve deep into the human psyche. … Continue reading The Energy of Allowing
Revisiting a Scary Place
Can't drive, don't have a job and hanging on to the last shred of sanity. That pretty much describes my situation today. And I've been there before - in some other place, at some other time in my life. And it is a scary place to be. What's even scarier is the belief that you … Continue reading Revisiting a Scary Place
The Escape Artist
Avoid. Delay. Procrastinate. Distract. Quit. Run. This is what I do when things don't go my way. It's always easier than confronting the problems. Or so I thought till I learned it the hard way. I ran away to Pondicherry to do my M.S. thinking that my problems would stay behind in Chennai. But they … Continue reading The Escape Artist
Coming Full Circle
"Almost all your blogs talk about work," my daughter declared a few weeks ago. I mildly protested but then it struck me that she was right. The years since I started blogging have been devoted to finding work, finding my passion, quitting jobs, moving and trying to find work again. At times I was under … Continue reading Coming Full Circle
Advice for 20-somethings
I am aware that no two paths are alike and everyone is unique but human beings have this kind of herd mentality that they find hard to resist. And time and again we struggle with the same ideas and situations. This is especially true when one has graduated from high school and stepped out into the … Continue reading Advice for 20-somethings
Being Grateful When You Don’t Feel Like It.
It's hard to remember to be grateful when things are going well. Now being grateful when your whole life is falling apart? That's just impossible, right? And no my life is not falling apart, though I like to pretend it is every time the temperature drops below zero. Subzero temperatures here in Seattle have … Continue reading Being Grateful When You Don’t Feel Like It.
Unleash the Goddess Within
Whenever I think of Goddesses incarnating on earth I fondly remember my grandma. She was a powerful matriarch with an iron staff (or should I say sword?) She was fearless and stood up to most anyone - die-hard patriarchs included - who saw her as a hapless widow. She owned her power. She was kind, … Continue reading Unleash the Goddess Within
Haven’t I Been ‘Here’ Before?
My emotions surrounding our move to the Pacific North West were not entirely pleasant. It seemed like I had just about perfected my rhythm in life when this blaring move came along and threw me out of my poise. My blog was running along successfully. I had a part-time job that allowed me to balance … Continue reading Haven’t I Been ‘Here’ Before?
Dancing Between Two Worlds
Has it ever happened to you that you are having a conversation with someone and even though both of you were speaking the same language you couldn't really understand a word of what they were saying? Walls of cultural references, upbringing, experiences and age separate you. You could tell them what it was like to … Continue reading Dancing Between Two Worlds
Punctuate Life 