A Space for Healing, Connection and Heartful Expression

On reading the book 'The Four Hour Work Week' only a few weeks back, I came across a principle that blew my mind-'Pareto Principle' aka 'The 80-20 Rule'. As per the rule, 20% of input( time, resources, effort) accounts for 80% output(results, rewards). When I investigated the principle further, I was astounded to see how much it made sense in my life. Just like Pareto said, almost 80% of my happiness and growth came from about only 20% of areas where I invested my time and energy. On the flip side, I spent 80% of my time, either on nonsensical things or on doing what was somehow detrimental to my growth and happiness. I understood Pareto's principle even better when I started analyzing my relationships with people in general. Most of us are fortunate enough to know at least some people in our lives who we can count on in times of need, the ones that applaud us when we achieve something worthwhile, the ones that uplift us, love us, bring out the best in us. L...

If you're like me, you've surely woken up at midnight and despite not wanting it to pop up at that hour of the night, thoughts about the recent horror movie you've watched just showed up. This created some difficult emotions inside of you. You didn't like them and tried to remind yourself that 'it's all in the mind'. But then, other scary scenes seemed to pop up in your head and you ended up tossing and turning around in your bed trying to force yourself to sleep in an unconscious attempt to make this fearful emotion go away. In case you fell asleep, bravo! But if you didn't, you were stuck there, resisting difficult emotions inside of you, offering yourself countless explanations on why you shouldn't think in a particular way. But, the fear never subsided, it was there making you uncomfortable. It was relentless, stubborn and didn't seem to go away. I remember when I was a school-girl, I used to be afraid to go to the balcony alone at midnight f...