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Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 7, 20232 min read
Praising the wrong things
She prepared hard for the concert. It was not her first, she had already done more than 100 over the years. At this concert, she was...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 6, 20232 min read
When Seniors die
The average life expectancy has increased steadily over the decades. Today, if you are having the basic comforts of life, no debilitating...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 2, 20232 min read
“Yet” is a word of immense hope
When conversing with people, we are often asked whether we know some skill or have achieved some milestones of life. “Did you clear your...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
Jun 1, 20232 min read
Parents don’t have to make every moment into a teachable moment and blow away happiness.
I was watching a parent read a bedtime story to a child. The child was enjoying the moment as the parent read the story with a lot of...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
May 31, 20232 min read
Action is the antidote to anxiety - Focussing on things in our control
Many things keep happening around us. We can control somethings and most things are not in our control. If we take a look at the year...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
May 30, 20232 min read
Cleaning can be Calming, Peaceful and Healing
Just as he was leaving for his office, she got into a huge argument with him. What started as an innocuous statement, slid into another...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
May 29, 20232 min read
Everyone started on zero in skill-building
We look at others who have mastered the skills we desire and wish we had similar skills. It could be singing, dancing, public speaking,...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
May 28, 20232 min read
Empowered woman - one who can make choices
The idea of an empowered woman as depicted in movies and books is one who goes out and earns. One who has a regular job goes to the...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
May 27, 20232 min read
Main regret in life - the Western bias
Most books on Psychology are written by Western authors and their main audience that they want to cater to are the people in their...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
May 26, 20232 min read
“Make-up does not change who you are” is a controlling line
At the basic level, both men and women would like to look good physically. Some are just plain lucky to have been born attractive...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
May 25, 20232 min read
Do the kind of houses we grow up in shape our personalities?
The idea of individual rooms for children is a later day concept. Greater prosperity, bigger houses and of course the influence of other...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
May 24, 20232 min read
Childless by choice
“Are you married?” asked the first woman “Yes” replied the second “How many children do you have?” “No, I don’t have kids” “How long have...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
May 23, 20232 min read
“Why do people at my home watch such dumb TV serials?”
“I can’t believe the serial my mom enjoys. They are such crap” “Half the time one person says a dialogue and they show the reaction of...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
May 22, 20232 min read
Self-compassion - a skill in short supply for most people
When I talk to many people in a counselling session or in a general conversation, one thing that strikes me often is the total lack of...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
May 20, 20232 min read
Anniversaries of painful events
Whether consciously or unconsciously the mind remembers the anniversary dates of painful events in our life. The really emotionally...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
May 18, 20232 min read
Things not to say when someone has gone through a trauma
Everyone experiences traumatic events in their lives. It could be loss of a job, failure of a venture, the discovery of a...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
May 17, 20232 min read
Agape - the love for nature and natural phenomenon
When you are driving on the road you can see this huge hill right in the middle of the road. You know the road is going to bend around...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
May 16, 20232 min read
Training for something is different from trying something.
“I tried to learn dance, but I gave up” “I tried writing but lost interest” “I tried to learn cooking but was not successful” You can...
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Sreedhar Mandyam
May 15, 20232 min read
Finding happiness in routines, as life is 95% maintenance days
The human mind excitement and wants to be busy, wanting new experiences. We think happiness comes from the ‘exciting’ days of our lives....
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Sreedhar Mandyam
May 14, 20233 min read
“I don’t have any life-goals. Am I weird?”
There are perhaps two kinds of people in this world. The goal-oriented persons and the floaters. The goal-oriented person has very clear...
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