We’ve become SO independent, it’s depressing us(and what you can do about it)

On September 15, 2024 By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Emotions, healing, Mind, Mind, Heart& Soul-Motivation&Inspiration, Mind-Mental Health7 Comments

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“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” ~ Ryunosuke Satoro

Many years ago, one of my spiritual teachers shared this story with me. I would like to share it with you all today.

The story is about a village where all the women washed clothes together down by the river. When they all got washing machines, there was a sudden outbreak of depression and no one could figure out why. It wasn’t the washing machines that could do such a thing. It was actually the absence of time spent doing things together. It was the absence of community.

We’ve all gotten so independent these days… Our birthday wishes have also becomes so impersonal over texts, whatsapp or facebook. We rarely pick up the phone to talk, everything is done over texts. I feel like the human to human connection in this uber connected world is severely missing. Read on to know what you can do about it…

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23 Empowering Quotes to Boost Body Positivity and Self-Love

On May 7, 2024May 13, 2024 By Zeenat Merchant Syal-Counseling Psychologist|Spiritual CounselorIn Emotions, healing, Heart&Soul-Inspirational Quotes, Mind, Mind, Heart& Soul-Motivation&Inspiration, Mind-Mental Health, spiritual healing7 Comments

This week I feel like sharing some of my new favorite self-love quotes that will make you think, help you remember and inspire you towards a deeper, a gentler and a more loving connection with yourself and your body.

Your self-love journey is actually the journey back to yourself. Back to loving yourself, as a child in your pure innocence, you did love everything about yourself, till ofcourse the world took over when you grew up. Believe me, it is one of the most beautiful experiences you can have. Life is too short to be anything other than who you truly are.

I know, I grew up with severe body image issues. Lots of trauma surrounding my looks and how I was treated and body shamed from very early on in my life. I have since done a lot of work to heal from it. Its a hard inner battle. One of the ways(among many others) that helped me heal was reading empowering words like the ones I am going to share with you.

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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.