Published in Modern Women·3 days agoThe Blunders That Prevent You From Making More MoneySimple life hacks to help you make more money than what you earn right now — For years I made the blunders of being too naïve and forgiving. This is the part of me I am unable to completely abandon yet want to feverishly disown. I am a gullible forgiver. …Money4 min readMoney4 min read
Published in Change Becomes You·Mar 16Out of the Window Happiness Just Flew, Welcome Monday BluesHow to gain power over manic Mondays. — Monday morning, sunny & bright I wake up however with a fright Out of the window happiness just flew For I am having the Monday blues! Deadlines, projects and boss’s ire Bad coffee & lunch on the run Yeah baby, that’s their idea of fun It seems more like my funeral pyre! How good would life be If the Mondays could be free But wait…Mondays2 min readMondays2 min read
Published in Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs·Mar 11Don’t Hate 13-Year-Old Me For Envying Fat PeopleHow I was shamed with an extra piece of toast — You might hate me for my headline. Still, I take this chance to say it as it was. Thirteen-year-old girls see the world in black & white. I was shamed for being thin & short. You may dismiss me at this point, saying thin is what the world loves. But understand that I faced terrible misery. So much so…Hate5 min readHate5 min read
Published in Change Becomes You·Mar 6Why People Scare You & How You Can Get a New AvatarHow you lose friends & fail to influence people. — You will be amazed at how scared all of us are of other people. Regular people just like us. Yet they inspire terror in us, make us want to run, take cover, disappear into oblivion, anything but face them. You will also be amazed at how much what you are going to read here will ring true. …People4 min readPeople4 min read
Published in Change Becomes You·Feb 27How Criticism Shamed Me & How I Am Now Immune to It’s Toxic StingWhen our wounds are deep we are hurt easy but there is a silver lining. — One can live with anything, but it is difficult to live without a defined sense of self. And with a feeling that you are an afterthought in a Universe that sees no place for your being dented by criticism. For many years I was afflicted by the (I wish not so) common aliment called self-loathing. I have history. BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder), anxiety, depression & self-loathing had made their homes…Criticism4 min readCriticism4 min read
Published in Change Becomes You·Feb 19How My Audacious Experiments with Power & Love Make Me SpunkyTaste jaw dropping victory when you “tear down” in public. — I see a shift in my power over the past month. It began in 2020 actually. I had a breakdown the year the pandemic struck. I had two choices- step into the abyss or turn my life around. I chose the latter. This is my journey of moving from living…Power4 min readPower4 min read
Published in Modern Women·Feb 13How I Overcome Shame & Self-Loathing When Everyone Else Lives Self-LoveAnd my vengeful black heart finally stopped its agitated beating — February was the time of the year when my self-loathing would peak. Many of us may have some sorrowful memory of Valentine’s Day. Maybe there are those with worse memories than mine. I don’t know. …Self Loathing5 min readSelf Loathing5 min read
Published in Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs·Feb 7Why It Spells Bloody Murder When You Want Quick RewardsDo your values inspire you to achieve life-changing goals? — I see it growing like an epidemic, this temptation to want quick rewards. The internet boom brought the good life to our doorstep, but the flipside is more people unwilling to put in either the work or the wait. Back in the day, we had respect for time. We knew we had to work long & hard to become worthy of rewards. We could…Rewards4 min readRewards4 min read
Published in Change Becomes You·Jan 29How to Win a Belief-Based Argument Without Losing a FriendshipThe astonishing reason you lose a squabble & how to change your story. — We don’t have belief in what serves us. We get served what we believe. This is the reason most of us suck at living. We are stuck in our heads all the time. Take our jobs for example. We play stories in our mind that have got nothing to do with reality. It is obvious that our stories won’t take us places, duh! But we can’t stop ourselves from…Belief5 min readBelief5 min read
Published in Modern Women·Jan 23How You Can Win Life Even If You Don’t Feel Strong EnoughFive powerful things I learnt about winning that have nothing to do with strength — I had a difficult childhood, sandwiched between an anxious mother & a father who credited his failures to his physical condition (Fixed Mindset). My parents were too wrapped up in their troubles to see mine as valid. I waded through difficult situation after difficult situation, minus help or guidance. …Strength5 min readStrength5 min read
