Category: Mind

5 Simple Practices to Enhance Your Happiness Quotient

On By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Heart& Soul-Motivation&Inspiration, Mind, Mind, Heart& Soul-Motivation&Inspiration11 Comments

5 Simple Practices to Enhance Your Happiness Quotient

“If you want to be happy, be.” ~Leo Tolstoy

How simple is the message of Tolstoy? Simply BE Happy. No bells, no whistles, no endless ‘how tos’…simple, BE happy.
But really, is happiness that simple? Can it be?
We have all been hearing and reading so much about Happiness. Just google the word and you’ll find literally millions of pages dedicated to … “How to find happiness?”
This, my lovelies, is NOT going to be one of those articles where I tell you how to find happiness…WHY? Continue reading “5 Simple Practices to Enhance Your Happiness Quotient” →

How to Promise Yourself a Truly Positive New Year

On By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Heart& Soul-Motivation&Inspiration, Mind, Mind, Heart& Soul-Motivation&Inspiration, Positive Self Reflection8 Comments

How to Promise Yourself a Truly Positive New Year 2016

‘For last year’s words belong to last year’s language And next year’s words await another voice.’ ~ T. S. Eliot

As the year end inches closer and closer, I find myself introspecting a whole lot. I find myself thinking about the year in terms of achievements, high points, low points, successes, failures, learning points etc. Introspection and a constant need to be a better more evolved human(e) being makes me think of the year that’s gone by in a learning light. I have definitely learnt a whole LOT this past year.

We are all in a state of constant growth, be it physical, mental or spiritual. We don’t necessarily like to believe we are growing constantly, cause that would mean an admittance to NOT knowing EVERYTHING. Funny how we love to show the world we are master champions about everything, but in reality we are just trying SO hard to fit in. Continue reading “How to Promise Yourself a Truly Positive New Year” →

Lets Help Heal the World-Light the Way with Peace, Love and Prayer

On By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Mind, Positive Prompts, Positive Self Reflection6 Comments

Sometimes all it takes is just one small prayer to change everything Positive Provocations“Sometimes all it takes is just one small prayer to change everything.”

I often very happily admit that nothing phases my inner peace and happiness. But lately, the horrific images in the news and the atrocities on human lives is leaving me in knots. I am constantly living, but those images keep haunting me. Not because I am scared…no, but because I cant wrap my head around WHY this is all happening. Why has this thirst for world domination become so important to so many?

In my study of world religions, NEVER and I mean Never have I come across any law or justification for taking life. All Divinity speaks of peace, love and oneness. ALL! Continue reading “Lets Help Heal the World-Light the Way with Peace, Love and Prayer” →