How to deal with self-doubt and criticism?
“I have written 11 books, but each time I think, ‘Uh oh, they’re going to find out now. I’ve run a game on everybody, and they’re going to find me out.” — Maya Angelou My posts are usually inspired by the coaching sessions I have with clients or moments in my life that compels me […]
What causes fear of success and how do you overcome it?
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” — Barack Obama One of the many things that I learned from my clients since I started coaching is about the concept of fear for […]
Where can physicians go for help?
“In the two decades since starting at medical school, I have never heard the word ‘identity’ spoken. Grand rounds, the very heartbeat of medical learning, are not a place for philosophical musings or profound emotional questions. Diagnostic labels gathered there speak more to the patient and less to the person. We talk about loss of […]
“I feel ashamed of my past” How to take control of shame from the past?
“The butterfly does not look back at the caterpillar in shame, just as you should not look back at your past in shame. Your past was part of your transformation.” – Anthony Gucciardi Shame from the past is a burden that some carry their whole lives. Shame is a sort of self-loathing that can affect […]
How to Overcome Fear and Lack of confidence
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more so that we may fear less.” – Marie Curie A client once told me that she has wasted her entire life because of a lack of confidence to do anything and now she regrets it. […]
Finding Purpose in Life through Coaching
“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Eleanor Roosevelt Elanor Roosevelt could not have said it better. Dreams are what creates reality for some of us. My coaching and blogging career is an outcome of a dream that I dared to dream in spite of the fear of failure […]
How to Overcome Fear and Resistance to Change
“Change is never painful. Only the resistance to change is painful.” – The Buddha. Resistance to change is an issue that we face as humans on an individual level and at an organizational level. Resistance to change can be seen in the form of procrastination, hostility, frustration, and can affect our success in the long […]
How to cope with stress from a big change?
“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” ― Leo Tolstoy Change or die was a motto I lived by during Grad school days and ever since. Any change was not easy for me but the discipline I chose enforced me to change my ways for the better. It is […]
How to Attain a Magical Growth Mindset?
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”— Abraham Lincoln Many of my blog posts have mentioned mindset in multiple places. Mindset is magic! Our mindset helps make a lot of decisions for us but the decisions we make are determined by the type of mindset. Mindset is categorized […]
How can we use failure to attain success?
“Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.” ― Coco Chanel I find it amusing that the definition of failure is ‘lack of success’. We rarely succeed without failing, so I believe a more philosophical and ideological definition for failure should be a path to success. There is something […]