One of the most difficult feelings is knowing that someone needs our help, we are in a position to help them, and yet they are unwilling to listen. At some point, our care turns to anger because we are making no headway. Much as this is true, we need to reflect on why...

One of the things that enriches our lives and yet comes with its share of uncertainty is managing relationships. Some relationships seem effortless, and some we often struggle with. It is not that we don’t want to, but sometimes we don’t know how to manage them...

Deep down, we know that we may have hurt people, sometimes unintentionally, and those with whom our relationship is strained, no longer as it was before. We carry this because they matter, and somewhere we silently wish things would normalise, our challenge being that...

Often, we know we need to apologise, but something holds us back. We view it as giving in and maybe a sign of weakness. On the contrary, it takes strength to apologise, and finding the clarity and courage to do so is powerful. Apologising dissolves our ego. We learn...

Last night over dinner, a friend asked all of us who had been the biggest influence in our life. One realised that we have all been shaped by different people who came into our life at various points in time, and even as they may have passed on, they have left...

This week I caught up with college friends, some of whom I hadn't met for over 20 years. As one of them messaged me, it was such a wonderful feel-good evening. Catching up on not just what each one was doing, but laughing at the fact that we met as kids, and now we...

Our inner world is not only private but extremely precious as well. It is the only space where we have full control over whom we allow and what we open up to. Interestingly, what we share with whom defines and shapes our relationships in the world. With whom do we...