ARTICLES

The Speaking Tree: Declutter your life to reclaim happiness (March 2021)

Let decluttering be a contemplative activity — set aside a few minutes every day to sort your life. It could be fifteen minutes, half an hour or whatever time you can devote without feeling burdened.

The Speaking Tree: Be anchored in the present moment (February 2021)

Why is our here and now so important? Because the present moment is the only space where we can perform actions to change ourselves and the world around us.

The Speaking Tree: Loss could transform you for the better (January 2021)

Let us keep our faith intact and respond to the feelings of loss with unwavering surrender. Consequently, all the shadows of gloom will dissolve quickly, and we will bask in the luminous, celestial light.

The Daily Pioneer: Say no to popping pills (November 2020)

Many among us religiously down multivitamin pills and health supplements everyday to keep ourselves fit. Sadly, this fascination for synthetic micronutrients can harm our health in the long run.

The Speaking Tree: Giving back to life selflessly is beneficial (November 2020)

Say goodbye to your narcissism and learn to give back to life. Being unselfish offers a range of benefits: better physical and mental health, longevity, positive self-evaluations, increased life satisfaction and joy.

The Speaking Tree: Heartfelt prayer is not separate from action (October 2020)

We are often accustomed to think of prayer as being separate from action, but this perspective is far from the truth. A wiser step would be to bring our prayers and our actions in unison – let us pray while we work and work while we pray.

The Speaking Tree: You can bring hope back into your life (September 2020)

How could a person who is feeling utterly hopeless, reclaim hope? A steadfast hope could be cultivated by contemplating on the distinction between the real and the ephemeral, truth and falsehood, reality and delusion.

The Speaking Tree: Try it out — patience makes you powerful (July 2020)

Can you think, can you wait and can you fast? If not, then try it out because patience makes you powerful.

The Speaking Tree: Adapting to what is being called the new normal (June 2020)

Don't lose hope—the new normal is not just about losses, it also brings hidden opportunities. Let us work out a miracle!

Yours Positively: Let the Divine heal your anguish (June 2020)

When grief bogs you down, spirituality can help you heal.

The Daily Pioneer: Body shaming is ugly and unfair (May 2020)

Time to brush off body shaming and love your normal, healthy and beautiful body. Enough of designer bodies, measly diets, exasperating workouts and cosmetic surgeries!

The Speaking Tree: Rediscover hope, embrace reason (May 2020)

Overcome stagnation; live authentically, meaningfully and joyfully by learning till your last breath.

The Daily Pioneer: Key to sound sleep (May 2020)

The silent epidemic of insomnia is invading our lives, triggering a gamut of problems — physical and mental exhaustion, emotional disturbances, diminished productivity, accidents and lifestyle diseases.

The Speaking Tree: Some spiritual nourishment for the mind (April 2020)

We are experiencing a global crescendo of loneliness — more and more people are feeling isolated due to a lack of meaningful connections. Let us find some hope by bonding with our Self.

The Daily Pioneer: Exhale out negativity (April 2020)

Here's how to keep mentally sane, calm and spirited during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Parent Circle: Help! My child talks to himself (March 2020)

Does your child talk to himself? Worry not! Private speech is common in pre-schoolers and often serves important functions of communication, self-guidance, & self-regulation.

The Speaking Tree: Are You Virus-ready? (March 2020)

Mental fitness in the face of a pandemic — like the one caused by the spread of the Covid-19 — is of paramount importance, writes clinical psychologist Pulkit Sharma.

The Speaking Tree: Analysing anger (March 2020)

Often our anger is a defense against deep-seated pain and traumatic experiences, and it can be healed once we learn to respond to it with empathy and love.

The Speaking Tree: Make wise choices (February 2020)

Encourage yourself to emerge from your moment of self forgetfulness and passionately discover and manifest the deeper layers within yourself.

The Speaking Tree: Seeds of hope (January 2020)

Pulkit Sharma writes of positive, spiritual ways to deal with the ecological grief that is overwhelming youngsters like Greta Thunberg.

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