3 Positive Steps to Begin Fresh in 2024

On December 5, 2023December 8, 2023 By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn healing, Mind, Mind, Heart& Soul-Motivation&Inspiration, Mind-Mental Health, Positive Self Reflection, spiritual healing6 Comments

“Hold the vision, trust the process.”

As the year is coming to an end and a new year is around the horizon, most conversations have been revolving around How to start fresh in the coming year. Honestly, in my own life too, major changes happened in the last year and that is why as the year ends, my mind is on how to begin fresh in the next year too.

A feeling of, “…is this really my whole life?” is where it all began. Ironically this happened in the beginning of 2023, which led to my insides collapsing. It felt like everything around me wasn’t making any sense. Actually, myself most of all. I went from feeling apathetic to experiencing what felt like every emotion within a day, every day.

This has been an eye-opening journey–one that I’m still on–but I’ve gained a lot of clarity, by getting very honest with myself, and have expanded my ability to trust and surrender. It’s those times in life when we have no other choice but to let go that can be some of the most powerful, life-changing experiences.

Today, I’m sharing some things I’ve learned during this time that helped me to get clear within myself in order to start over with a fresh mindset and a more positive way of being in my life.

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How to Stay True to Your Soul?

On November 8, 2023November 15, 2023 By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn healing, Mind, Mind, Heart& Soul-Motivation&Inspiration, Mind-Mental Health, spiritual healing9 Comments

When you feel overwhelmed and the world is loud, you will find the most peace when you are able to stay true to your soul and are living in alignment with your higher self.

Why?

Because thoughts and actions taken outside of this place will always end up in the negative energy, thereby depleting you of your life force. You betray yourself when you are not in alignment with your soul, and that’s why you feel so bad.

Staying true to your soul means…

Staying true to your soul means honoring and accepting what you know to be true for you. It is what lights you up, and facilitates your to follow your bliss.

It means not defining yourself by….what your friends, parents, partners, acquaintances, the media, or any other outside influence says about you.

Why? Because they don’t really know you. Honestly, they can’t know you. Only your higher self fully knows whats in your heart.

Your mind on the other hand is not to be trusted.

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How to calm down quickly when you’re feeling stressed ~ 6 tools

On October 10, 2023October 21, 2023 By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn healing, Mind, Heart& Soul-Motivation&Inspiration, Mind-Mental Health11 Comments

“Stress is not what happens to us. It’s our response to what happens and response is something we can choose.” ~ Maureen Killoran

Today, is world mental health day, 10th October. The theme for this year is “Mental health is a universal human right“. The premise behind this theme is to improve knowledge, raise awareness and drive actions that promote and protect everyone’s mental health as a universal and basic human right.

Keeping that in mind, today’s article is about how you can understand and heal from stress.

More than two-thirds of visits to the doctors or surgeries are for stress-related illnesses.

Stress has been linked to headaches, backaches, insomnia, anger, cramps, elevated blood pressure, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia and lowered resistance to infection.

For women, stress is a key factor in hormonal imbalances resulting in menstrual irregularities, PMS, fibroids, endometriosis and fertility problems.

Stress can also be a factor in the development of almost all disease states, including cancer and heart disease; the leading cause of death in men & women.