When I think of 2016, there is one word that I hope to describe this year to be. This word is TRANSFORMATIVE. During this time of year, you will usually find that I am on a journey to inspire others to re-assess or to create a personal vision, mission and values statement that will align them to a life that …
Living Your Dream Life
Since ancient times, many wars have been fought battling the ‘good’ armies versus the ‘bad’ armies. But what does this mean to us in our modern day lives? Perhaps we can extend this ancient good versus evil concept towards developing ourselves. In today’s world, each of us has personal battles between the good and evil forces within us. Evil aspects …
What Is Beauty?
Have you ever wondered why you even need to change or redefine what you consider to be “beautiful”? I recently went away for my holidays to Mexico and decided to get my hair braided into “corn rows” or “dreads” because of the extreme heat and humidity as I was unable to manage my curly and unruly hair. It was also …
What Is Your Parenting Style?
Parenting can be a hugely stressful yet rewarding experience. For most parents, the ultimate goal is to raise children who are healthy, happy, well-behaved, well-adjusted and resilient as adults. However, the means to achieve this goal for kids through ‘good parenting’ has been debated for centuries. For example, punishment has been a type of discipline used to curb ‘bad’ behaviour …
Sacred Balance & Happiness
As the first day of 2011 approaches, this day commemorates the start of another year and a new beginning. Along with celebrations, this day should also be a time to reflect, mourn the passing of 2010 and to move forward into 2011. When you think back about this year in solitude and in a peaceful state of mind – what …
Cultural Time Warp
Newcomers can take several months, years and even generations to successfully accept and integrate into their new identity. Many struggle with the need to live their life according to the rules and values they left behind in their home country, and, as a result, will find themselves living as if they are in a cultural time warp. Change, after all, …
Infatuations or ‘Crushes’ with Celebrities
Today’s thought briefly touches on the origins and processes of how ‘crushes’ or infatuations are developed. Do you have a crush on a celebrity? Well most of us do, in fact I haven’t met one person yet who hasn’t had a past or current ‘crush’ or infatuation on or with a certain celebrity, actor or actress. Recently, I was watching …
Gratitude
Nobody can live their dream life without the help of others. So then, no human being is an island because each of us need a community of people, things, supports and resources to attain our dreams. Do you have family members, relatives, friends, teachers, role models, or a hero who has have been there to mentor, support, encourage, uplift, inspire, …
South Asian Marriages
Marriage is one of the most significant events that each of us has or ever will experience in our lives. When focusing our lens even closer onto South Asian families, such a life-changing event can have a noticeable impact not only on each family, but also on the bride and groom. A tremendous amount of transitioning is inevitable for the …
The Immigrant Journey Experience
Have you ever really assessed what you and your family experienced when you first moved to Canada? It’s a well-known fact that immigrants face numerous psychosocial factors — both internal and external — including how they are perceived and how they perceive themselves. But for some reason, this aspect of the immigrant experience is often not openly discussed, and newcomers …