Positive Reflections on the Year gone by 2024(+Free Printable)

On December 14, 2024 By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Emotions, Heal Your Soul Column, healing, Mind, Mind-Mental Health, Positive Self Reflection3 Comments

“We do not learn from experience. We learn from reflecting on experience.” ~ John Dewey

This is the last month of the year 2024, and for many, it can feel like a dark and quiet time. End of the year energy is usually very deep and that is understandable as we are all in this reflective space.

And that is why it becomes the perfect time for deep healing reflection.

I usually use this month to go deep into a reflective state, almost like a year end ritual that nurtures my heart and soul positively.

Rather than be in a state of angst and panic for the year ending, and the inner critic screaming of all the things I could not accomplish this year, I prefer this calmer way. That’s why I call it a positive reflection on the year gone by. Because honestly, by default we go into a negative state…which ultimately is not healing or productive.

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7 Daily Intentions I Set To Bring Clarity To My Day

On November 26, 2024November 27, 2024 By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Emotions, healing, Mind, Mind-Mental Health, Positive Self Reflection, spiritual healing5 Comments

“When your intention is clear, so is the way.” ~ Alan Cohen

Everyone has busy, stress-filled, hectic lives. Right? Some days I barely have time to grab a cup of coffee in the morning, so I think there’s no way I have time to set a daily intention each morning, and that’s precisely why I know I need to. If I don’t set an intention, I let the day determine my mood, rather than taking control and determining how I want the day to be.

An intention is an aim or purpose, something you plan to do or achieve and setting intentions can do truly incredible things for our life.

For me Intention setting is empowering. Instead of feeling like a victim of circumstance, I become the conscious creator of my days and my life.

The benefits of setting intentions are manifold, but it’s not as simple as wishing on a star or meditating on something you want. Here’s how to set intentions the right way…

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The Big Little Pleasures that are actually not so little

On November 8, 2024 By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Emotions, healing, Mind, Mind-Mental Health, Positive Self Reflection9 Comments

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” ~ Robert Brault

A few months back, my daughter had a sudden fainting one night, when her eyes were open but her body was not responding. She was crying but could not speak what was happening to her. And moments before that we were planning outfits for her week in college. We were giggling and laughing, while trying on clothes and then suddenly as she was talking to me, she just lay down and that was her state.

We all rushed her to the hospital at 11 pm that night. All the while I was trying to hold it together and my mind kept trying to find an explanation to her condition logically.

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