Reflections from a Working Parent
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Ownership – The Most Underrated Job Requirement
Think about a time when you feel like you are killing it in at work! Your manager has your back, your team trusts you and you have a sense of purpose and belonging. You know what you are doing and the impact is clear. Your ‘Annual review’ conversations are a no-stressor and you can easily…
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Mind full or Mindful?
Knock, Knock! Who’s there? Mind. Mind who? Your mind who’s full of worries – worries about children and the environment, work and it’s culture, body and the skin, skills and the wins, finances and debts, sleep schedule and stock bets, 401k and 529, taxes and other fines, worried about meditation and mental condition, bmi and…
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Nari, You choose, and you choose Wisely!
It is tedious to rear a grown up man and teach him basic life skills, so choose your partner wisely! It is boring to constantly re-think your choices from someone else’s perspective, so choose your in-laws wisely! It is humiliating to justify your every spend, so choose your career wisely! It is exhausting to stand…
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Love Or Arrange, A Marriage is a Marriage!
“I can’t believe you said this”, “How could you … …. ….?”, “I can’t live with you anymore!”, “You’re Crazy!”, “Just Go Away **** **** ****” After few years of marriage, these expressions above replace expressions like “Wow, I can’t believe you did this for me :)”, “How did you pull this off?”, “I can’t…
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To all Working New Moms in the locked down life!
Imagine your 20 year old self, when you were ready to graduate and felt the most ready to take on the world! You didn’t know where you were going to end, but you knew you were ready for anything! You felt confident and smart and resilient to fight all odds, win against anything that came…
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Where men miss the mark consistently across the globe!
Trying to solve all her problems instead of listening compassionately Gone are the days when you were the knight in the shining armor (if they ever existed)! History has proven that women have time and again played a VERY strong role in society. So I don’t understand why men think they need to solve for…
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The Indian Cricket Team of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup – 2023
November 19 2023 was a day written in history as a billion cricket fans in India were heartbroken, felt sunken and ended their day with a loss @ 2023 Cricket World Cup final between India and Australia. Both teams are very worthy of taking the stage. But the game that India played in the season…
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How to feel more accomplished as a woman!
It is no secret that women are multi-taskers, over-achievers and want it all. Yet, somehow we feel under-appreciated, taken for granted and less accomplished. We want it all, and we give everything our 120%. Yet, I noticed that our ‘want it all’ often becomes a ‘be it all’. That is, in pursuit of a better…
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How to build Inclusion and Acceptance when you are an Over Achiever?
Are you a parent to young children who cringes when someone tells you how stressed and tired they are despite having no kids? Are you a leader juggling multiple priorities during the day working 10 hours days and yet a gen-Z tells you they need a mental health day? Do you find yourself cringing at…
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Against All Abuse
I think of all the times I was there but I didn’t want to, Of all the fears I had but I didn’t need to… Of all the times I was asked to hide but I didn’t have to, Or all the times I was asked to shut up but I didn’t want to… I…
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An Indian Baby Shower!
As considered in all cultures, pregnancy and having a baby after marriage is considered to be a very holy thing. To celebrate this auspicious occasion, most cultures have a tradition of a baby shower where others bless the mother with well and warm wishes to have a healthy child and celebrate her ability to give birth to a new being.…
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Creating a Will and Trust
No matter where you live and earn, financial health is important for everyone. This post talks about my experience of creating a Will and Trust in my 20s and Why I did it. What is an Estate Trust? You probably know what a Will is! If not through your friends, parents or acquaintances then through…
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