Having been a perfectionist myself and having many perfectionist friends and family around me, I am only now beginning to…
You are the new year’s resolution
As this tumultuous year comes to a close and we welcome the new one with a beseeching prayer that the…
Solitude and intimate relationships
This post is sparked by a rather thought provoking quote that I read in the beautiful book titled Solitude by…
The Law of Attraction: Actualizing our innermost desires
The biggest barriers to living joyously are the conditions we place on life. We demand that certain things must be…
Teach your children (and yourself) how to handle failure
One of the greatest gifts parents can teach their children is the art of handling failure in a graceful manner.…
How to overcome strong emotional reactions?
Eckhart Tolle calls it the ‘pain body’. This is the strong bundle (or body) of emotions in most of us…
Aging gracefully
We’ve heard the expression ‘to age gracefully’. But what does this really mean? In this post I wish to look…
Ego and living for others
The greatest paradox in self development is perhaps the ego. Most of us think that being egoistic is being self-reliant,…
As we die
What are we here for? I ask myself, on one cold starry night. What shall we take from here? These…
The Unlovable
Sometimes, when I am alone with a warm glass of tea, beside the pitter-pattering window, fending off the heaven’s tears,…
