Despite being a ‘’Psychologist’’ i.e. a professional concerned with observing human behavior & modifying its sinful fallacies…I am a serious procrastinator with an amazing ability to put off almost anything (including sleeping and eating!! Based on my whims & fancies!!!). In my long list of things I used to put off, car driving was a …
I often counsel parents telling them intellect, talent and potential are inborn qualities but, the amount of exposure and independence that a child gets; aid their overall development and performance. A blend of classroom studies and extracurricular activities (dance, music, dram, learning a new language and other fine arts) not only create an environment of …
There’s no single “name” for them, you call them pakau(sad people), chipku (sticky people), pissu, (suckers) who will suck out happiness and life out of you. They are exhaustive, negative, upset, sticky people…this uneasy list is unending. Bitterness is all they can discuss. Even a telephonic conversation with them will be exhaustive and can turn …
Success is a hard earned cookie which tastes very sweet but if consumed incessantly can spoil your wisdom tooth and humility is like salt which adds the right flavour to success and without it everything goes tasteless. Peeking into our own lives, each one of us has to endure unique struggles in life. Anything worthwhile …
Thirty years after India’s worst industrial disaster in Bhopal, contamination owing to the leakage of poisonous gas from the Union Carbide pesticide factory continues to remain a burning issue of negligence, injustice & of lackluster, indifferent attitude shown by our own government when it came to protecting its citizens.The leak of 40 tonnes of methyl-isocyanate …
Yesterday while watching the horrific images of dastardly attack on a military school in Peshawar (Pakistan); I was overwhelmed with a plethora of thoughts & emotions. While my heart went out for the martyred & injured innocent children in this tragedy; my brain kept on protesting about the futility of those condemning this attack & …
How many times knowingly, unknowingly we get discouraged by other’s opinions. It’s easy to say I don’t care what others have to say about me. But is this really so? Ask yourself; there might be someone in your life so far whom you badly would want to meet or emulate but you just don’t because …
Should I really get married to this guy or shall I wait? Should I switch from my current job for new avenues? Should I stay here or go back to live with my parents? Whom to ask ? Someone should show me the way. From trivial choices to major life decisions we indulge in incessant …
I have always loved this tongue twister I thought a thought but the thought I thought wasn’t a thought I thought a thought !! likewise we keep thinking; and thinking; and thinking (as many as “50000” thoughts per day)…….it goes on till you think what am I thinking? May be its an hour sitting on …
Hi I hope you are in good spirits and have tried some of the tricks to shoo away your worries that I shared in my last blog. We have discussed fixing a worrying time, trying not to command situations that are beyond control, and identifying any false alarms. As promised I am back to tell …
