How to deal with anxiety
All stress, anxiety, depression, is caused when we ignore who we are, and start living to please others.” – Paulo Coelho, 2014 – While I believe it is great to breathe slowly when you are anxious, it is not a long-term solution to problems. I have been into Marcus Aurelius, the former Roman emperor’s philosophy, […]
Does the current life around technology affect our focus?
“If you want to be happy, do not dwell in the past, do not worry about the future, focus on living fully in the present.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart The early 2000s saw the burst of the dot com bubble and within a few years, our lives transformed tremendously as we […]
Why hard work alone isn’t enough to get ahead
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” – Henry Ford Last week, a client asked me why he was not taught all the things we talked about during coaching in college. He said he was at a disadvantage in his professional life because he didn’t know these things. My […]
How perfectionism affects leadership?
“Perfectionism is a self-destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought: If I look perfect, and do everything perfectly, I can avoid or minimize the painful feelings of shame, judgment, and blame.” ― Brené Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection A few years back, I decided to make positive changes in my life. I […]
Can you be too feminine to be a feminist?
I have always loved being feminine and still do. As a young girl, a trip to the make-up store made me feel like a kid in a candy store, and honestly, it still does. I cherished wearing skirts, dresses, and heels. (I still do!) Feminine Feminist! But a while back, when I decided to become […]
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 […]
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 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 […]