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Shveitta Sethi - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
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Shveitta has an MBA from the University of HKG and is a life coach with a focus towards happiness. She helps people find happiness in their daily life. According to her, "happiness is a skill and a habit." As with any skill, the more we practice, the better we get" .
She writes articles for online publications and other magazines. She holds regular talks in schools, corporates and universities. Her mission is to be ... [More]
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- Don't Wait Till Its Broken!
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] Would you take a chance with your most prized possession? Would you allow your child to stand in the middle of an expressway and try and dodge the oncoming traffic? I don't think so! So, why do we choose to stand right in the middle of the expressway of unwanted thoughts and continue to stand there despite the oncoming danger?
- Destination Happiness
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] Sometimes, when we are feeling sad or depressed, it is hard for us to ever imagine that we were happy once. We all have issues in life that can unsettle us. Loss of a relationship, financial loss, loss of a loved one, loss of a job and so on. If we don't pull ourselves out of the crevice, we will go in much deeper and sabotage any chance of happiness.
- Save the Best For Last
[Self-Improvement:Inspirational] Most of us keep waiting for a special moment when things will begin to feel special. We put happiness on hold in anticipation of a better tomorrow. We keep our best linen and our best china neatly wrapped in anticipation of a special moment.
- Impact of Words
[Self-Improvement:Techniques] Most of us have heard sayings and quotations about words. Words are just labels and yet they have the power to change your life. Often as a young teen, I would say hurtful things to my mother and actually end up really hurting her. She did try her best, but her best was never good enough for me. She was never as good a cook as my friends mother, or as good a teacher as my teacher or as well dressed as my neighbor. I always had something to pick on her.
- The Noise of Silence!
[Self-Improvement:Techniques] I had read somewhere that "when painful thoughts visit, one should immediately try to supplant those with some neutral or nonsensical thought such as a pink elephant or red rose or repetition of a word like dig, dig, dig...anything that will take away the attention from the painful thought. Of course it would be better to think of something positive, but at times it is easier to think of nonsense than to think of something positive. The technique is called "brain switching". Concentrating on a neutral or nonsensical thought will jam the sad thought and eventually get one out of the depressed state. Our brain has limited capacity in this regard.
- Epicurean Pleasures
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] Wow, now I really liked the word. I liked the sound of it and I liked the meaning of it. I decided to become an Epicurean. I still had no clue who Epicurus was and what his philosophy was? But I liked the fact that he liked drinking, eating and having fun. This became my mantra. "Eat Drink and be Merry". Whenever my mother summoned me to do homework, I would say, "Mum don't you know that the great Greek philosopher Epicurus has found the elixir of happiness to be food, drink and fun". My argument never did hold ground and I still had to do my homework.... How grateful I am to my mother, that she did not let me indulge in my Epicurean pleasures and forced me to go and do my homework. Had it not been for her, I would not be here sharing my real Epicurean insights with you.
- Self Deprecation
[Self-Improvement:Self-Esteem] I think it's in self defense, or a sub conscious desire for acceptance in the way that our friends will say that our negative image is just in our heads and that we are not really that fat or ugly or stupid. I'd rather call myself stupid and fat before someone else does!! Most of us have grown up thinking self deprecation is a healthy way of accepting ourselves and subconsciously it has been drilled in our heads that it is better to be humble than to be arrogant. Humility is a wonderful quality, but humility does not need to translate into self flagellation and self deprecation. Why then this negative self talk and self abuse.
- A Checklist For Happiness
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] Many of us confuse feeling good with feeling happy. Recently a study was undertaken, whereby students were asked to do something that gave them pleasure and then to perform an act of selfless kindness. Most students approached the first part rather eagerly and recounted their pleasurable activities that included having sex, going out for a great meal, hanging out with friends, drinking and getting hammered and having more sex.
- The Mouse
[Self-Improvement:Inspirational] How our past experiences tend to colour our future thoughts. My daughter had never seen a mouse do any harm, therefore in her eyes it was a harmless creature, my husband had obviously suffered and experienced destruction at the hands of the little rodent and my scared helper had been scared by her brother when she was still young. Her fear never left her. I was petrified because I am just about petrified of anything that can jump on you and startle you. My brave helper was just following instructions as she was ambivalent about the whole thing.
- How Does it Matter What People Say? - 2
[Self-Improvement:Positive-Attitude] Why is it that we get so affected by what people say? We could easily call it human nature. We are all social beings and have an inherent need to belong and be accepted. When we feel our acceptance threatened we feel insecure and fragile. We want to be revered, we want to be acknowledged, loved and accepted.
- Giving Up Too Soon!
[Self-Improvement:Success] How often do we all do the same? We try and we try, but eventually give up just short of attaining our goals. We set the bar too high and when we are unable to attain it we tend to get too hard on ourselves. Only if we could sustain the enthusiasm and focus till the end, our lives may turn out very different.
- Looks Don't Matter! Or Do They?
[Self-Improvement:Self-Esteem] Looks don't matter! Such a clichéd statement. However much we may deny it, most if not all of us are influenced by physical characteristics.
- Happy Hour
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] The other day, I went to my daughter's school and was watching the young children running around and laughing. They were so full of Joie de vie' (jest for life) that it was uplifting just looking at them. I sat around for about 45 minutes just looking at them laughing, playing, running, falling, pushing and helping each other. Time just seemed to have flown.
- May Day, May Day
[Relationships:Conflict] We all go through the pain of heart break at some point in our life. I think, that in our hearts and minds we see our future with that special someone and the non culmination of that future wreaks havoc on our system. We are unable to accept the reality of a future without that partner and the world seems a dark and lonely place.
- Kabari Walla (Scrap Dealer) Decluttering Your Emotional Baggage!
[Self-Improvement:Techniques] Clutter of any kind is exactly that, just clutter. Physical takes away room from our houses and offices and the emotional takes over our life. It prevents us from growing, from moving forward, from exploring newer opportunities and avenues. Isn't it time we all summon the Kabari walla to help us declutter?
- The Imperfection!
[Self-Improvement:Inspirational] As we sat at the dinner table, I noticed something in the Captain's left nostril, it was a "boogie" hanging precariously at the edge. I tried to get his attention but was unsuccessful. I should have just taken a tissue and asked him to clean it up, but I didn't. Instead I kept pretending to be a party to the conversation, while the whole time I couldn't get my eyes away from that little imperfection.
- Would You Cry And Hug A Stranger?
[Self-Improvement:Inspirational] I volunteer at my daughter school from time to time to help out with (GGR) Group Guided Reading. Today was one of those days. I helped out with Word Bingo, an interesting game where I was to say a word and the children had to find it on their word bingo sheet and cover it with a tick mark.We did this for about 30 minutes and then the children left for lunch.
- Teaching Children Happiness!
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] The so stated conventional recipes of happiness have more often than not, been proven hollow. We always think that the other person with more money, status, the beautiful lover, a wonderful home, gorgeous children is happier than us and there is always something or someone better than us.
- Monkey See Monkey Do - Santa Clause Effect, Alice Isen
[Self-Improvement:Techniques] People copy others behavior...is what we mean by Monkey see Monkey Do. So use it to your advantage.
- Slow Down
[Self-Improvement:Stress-Management] Do not wait for wake up call to slow down. In this world of speed and instant gratification, it pays to be slow at times.
- How Does It Matter What People Say?
[Self-Improvement:Self-Esteem] Gossip is engaging, the more slanderous, the more interesting, but it is hurts and harms. Why should you judge yourself by what people say?
- Give Before You Can Get
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] In my research for "happiness" I came across various adages and quotations on happiness. Happiness is a choice thing - we can always choose happiness over unhappiness.
- So You Wanna Lose Weight
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] A couple of months ago, I was invited to a fancy ball. Everyone was dressed in their finery and each was trying to outdo the other in the jewels and clothes. Everywhere you looked it was bling bling!
- Happiness is a Habit
[Self-Improvement:Happiness] Simply put, happiness is a habit. So can we train ourselves to be happy? According to Wray Herbert as stated in the Newsweek- "research shows that our brains have certain hardwired propensities that might be exploited..."
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