How to Crush Your Travel Fears

“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.”  ~Lao Tzu

I have to admit that I’ve always loved loved loved traveling, but since my little one was born nearly 4 years back ( ok not so little anymore 😉 ) I had this not so positive feeling when it came to traveling with her. I kept thinking, I’ll need to travel with so much stuff, and my child’s moods, tantrums etc etc. But in time I’ve realized those fears were baseless. The reason for coming to this conclusion is once you HAVE TO travel, the experience itself teaches you so much. It makes you realize that those fears were all in your head, and reality is far more simpler than that.
Just in the past year, I’ve traveled so many times I can’t even count. I was over the fear of traveling with my little one after my first airplane ride when she was eight months old, but the motivation to travel MORE Fearlessly came from The Fear Crushing Travel Guide. Read on to know how brilliant Farnoosh, the creator of this guide is at Traveling and all else 🙂 I had the amazing chance to interview this jet setting gal…the result is below. Enjoy!  Continue reading “How to Crush Your Travel Fears”

Equanimity Kung Fu Panda Style ~ Raoka

“Inner Peace. Inner..inner…inner peace.” ~ Master Shifu from Kung Fu Panda 2

Last week I had the pleasure of watching Kung Fu Panda 2 with my little girl. It was her very first movie in the cinema. She already had the panda PO toy, so she could identify with him. Po the adorably large, but beautifully intuitive panda is the main character in the Kung Fu Panda Movie Series. Po is large, with a big heart and amazingly innocent attitude. He goes from being a noodle cook to becoming the Dragon warrior or The Chosen One.

My experience of watching the movie was beautiful. I loved every bit of the movie and so did my little one 🙂

While watching the movie though I couldn’t help think of how ‘realistic’ all the plots were and how well it fit in with the Raoka Theme of Equanimity. Continue reading “Equanimity Kung Fu Panda Style ~ Raoka”

5 Simple Tips to Be Positive while IN the Eye of the Storm

“Accept periods of suffering with gratitude, knowing that suffering can teach you very important lessons.”– Barbara Ann Kipfer

Human beings are sticklers for routine. Whether we accept it or not, we like to know where everything is coming from, what time everything is happening. There is a time for eating, sleeping, schooling, reading….and lately I’ve noticed people even taking out time during the week to ‘just talk’. All in all we love our routine knowing.

But, what happens when you don’t know, when your routines go topsy turvy, when your plans go flying with the wind? Do you curb under the pressure of the unpredictability and uncertainty? Continue reading “5 Simple Tips to Be Positive while IN the Eye of the Storm”