Congratulations!! You have made it alive through 2020. This is hands-down the biggest accomplishment of our lives. This gloomy year was like nothing we’ve ever experienced in our lifetimes - uncertain, heart-breaking, exhausting with a total loss of freedom. It was like our whole world had been turned upside down. But tough times do not hold the pen to our story. We do. Personally for me, the whole experience of lockdown has been quite transforming. It has challenged my perceptions and forced me to slow down, pause, reevaluate my …
Living with Anxiety
I’m truly blessed.I‘ve family & friends who really care,Meaningful work that fills my day,A lovely home to rest and play,Then, why am I so emotionally insane? Numerous voices inside my head,Some are logical, some nightmares,A wave of emotions has cracked my brain,I’m fighting & thrashing against the current.It's a dark, gloomy and terrifying night,Drowning in emotionsI’m waiting for the sunrise. Don’t cry, you will get migraineIs it the past that is keeping you awake?Stop fighting and just go with the flow,I hear this phrase from …
Honest Talk
I’m not a writer. I can’t write and so I didn’t until I was 33. Even though I know, writing like any other skill-set can be learned. And yes, I’ve written countless posts that never saw the light of the day. The reasons varied every time but I knew this was a fear I had to overcome. And I was in luck. My friends made a pact of writing one blog every Sunday and I joined them on a whim. I knew it would be easy to write about work (given the long list of drafts and notes, I’ve gathered.) Thus, I decided to write about my learnings, failures - and …
My Dentist’s Chair
Don’t be scared. It will be over in a minute. You are a brave girl, right? As a kid, I’ve been terribly terrified about visiting the dentist - the sound of the drill machine, intolerable nerve pricks, the thought of me dying while lying on the dentist’s chair, etc. would scare me to death. I would try all sorts of household remedies, so called teeth friendly diets (bye bye sugar), praying to god for a miracle - or giving me some magical powers or wait what if a fairy shows up or a genie. But none of that as you know worked and in the …
Loss, Love & Hope
Accepting the fact that our parents are growing old and will need care is a hard pill to swallow. My parents and grandparents have always been perfectly fit and healthy. Yes, I could see the signs of aging but I chose to overlook them. I lost someone very close to me a few years ago. She couldn’t attend my wedding and really wanted to meet me and my husband. I would often tell her “I will come soon.. in a couple of months” and before I realized, months became years. When I heard the news of her demise, I was shocked, …