How planning a birthday and gifts this lock down was an easy affair.
Birthday is a great occasion for the family and friends to come together. Birthday gifts is what all of us look forward too. We all love birthdays, don’t we? I love them too, however the thought of getting someone a perfect birthday gift makes me anxious too! Technology has indeed eased the journey of finding […]
Here is how to lose some weight this monsoon.
One of the tips’ that the doctor gave me today while I was stepping out of her clinic was to lose weight. Uff! I thought! We are back to where we have been many times before. It is not that I don’t want to lose weight or haven’t tried losing weight at all. I have […]
Staying positive everyday in these tough times may not be easy. Here is how you can do it.
Thinking about positive things is easier when you are giving someone an advice. It is an advice that is extremely easy to share however equally difficult to practice. We all want positive affirmations that everything is going to be ok. The current world situations make my faith in the magic of optimism, quiver! Just when, […]
What’s causing you those constant headaches everyday?
Headache can literally break you! Imagine that thwarting feeling in your head that makes you very queasy. The feeling like someone just got inside your head and is blowing a really loud trumpet along with badly mismatched drum beats! Phew! Describing that feeling is enough to give me another of those headaches that I have […]
How to make FRIENDSHIPS last forever?
Friendships are the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.” – Muhammad Ali If I said, friends are a blessing, it would be an understatement. My fondest memories are of friends and friendships. We […]
Realizations to ponder on as the world prepares to unlock.
The world is preparing to unlock from the lock down. The pandemic is as determined as the dementors in Harry Potter, to suck out happiness from the world. Despite the unfortunate happenings, we are all determined as a fierce warrior to give it a good fight. We all have had some major realizations during this […]
Online shopping Vs Retail. Who wins?
Shopping…the word itself is like sunshine. Its therapy for most of us. for ages we have indulged in retail shopping and now we online shopping taking the lead. Shopping doesn’t necessarily has to be clothes, it can be shopping for anything. Being a full-time mom who works from home and out of an office, I […]
What to do when you are doing nothing?
Sundays and specially weekends are meant for doing nothing. You just want to laze around, surround yourself with solitude and may be even have a cheat meal. We have been accustomed and programmed in a way, where we always have to do something. I have realised every time; I find myself doing nothing for long, […]
No screen time vs regulated screen time.
No Screen Time or very little screen time is something I hear all the time. As parents we are constantly working towards limited exposure to gadgets for our kids. Some of us believe in using screen time positively for our kids too. We all are also well aware of the ill effects of increased time […]
Racing thoughts and how I tackled them from racing through my mind?
Anxiety is not new to any of us. Overthinking, night-time anxiety and racing thoughts, all seem to be permanent accompaniments in our lives now. The lock-down has indeed add fuel to fire in the case of stress and anxiety. Just the other day, I was talking to a friend, who literally is, ‘saath samundar par”! […]