The Game of Change

Geeta Ramakrishnan

Body and Language

Personal Health and Wellness Goals

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What does Holistic  Health and Wellness mean?

I look at health and wellness from a holistic point of view. If you were to measure your health, is it only your physical health? Do you have any lifestyle diseases or sleep deprivation. How much water do you drink. What about your physical activity level.  But focusing on this alone is not enough. Now you have your mental health to look after as well. What is your stress level, how do you handle stress, Do you get frustrated at work or at home, how do you express anger. The mental health also touches on your emotional health. Do you shy away from expressing your thoughts, your hurt? Once you start focusing on and putting your thoughts together on all these questions, you start to look at health with a 360 degree angle, with a holistic view . This will help you understand that being physical fit will support how you stay mentally strong to face all the stress and difficulties in life and enhances your ability to be more productive and successful.  And your mental fitness supports you being physically able and active.  

 Focusing on one at the cost of the other:

Often focusing on your professional life, family and social life, the health part gets ignored, not to mention your personal choices gets not time or attention at all. For example when you want to achieve in your professional life, you spend more energy and hours in that space. And you are unable to balance the time left for things you love to do or your family, cause you have just 24 hours and you are super drained already.

Prioritization Trick:

I follow this prioritization that has worked for me. I first focus on myself. What I want and why it is important. Then I add my wish list and work out time slots for the week: Yoga, meditation, workout and cycling time, add self-improvement time, which currently includes reading and taking a health coaching assessment exam. I fix my work time and note what I can focus within it for that week. I also put in family time,  my chill time and sleep time. I also make a weekly food and water plan chart. With most of what I want being slotted in the chart, I weed out the things that are neither important not urgent and keep it in my  future ‘todo’ list.

Does it Always Succeed:

I may not always stick to my plan, but that is still ok. Just the act of slotting things in makes my life less overwhelming, and increases the probability of me actually accomplishing my goals. And this is a good attitude to adapt. It goes a long way in supporting your goals and resolutions for the year. While not sticking to your goals can get you frustrated and can put you in a negative thought spin, and it is a natural way how your mind reacts. But telling yourself that you  are not perfect and things don’t always go the way you plan, helps you get back your confidence and re-focus on what you want to achieve.

How does this Tie Back with your Holistic Health:

This constant dance of doing things the usual way, getting overwhelmed, then taking a step back and reflecting and re-calibrating, helps you deal with the stress in life. This works well for your mental health, learning to cope with failures. Now you add some focus on your physical health, take some extra effort to do exercise and healthy eating. Your body and mind is offering you a holistic health package, going a long way in increasing your physical and mental wellbeing, and supporting you in your professional and personal goals.

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The Beautiful Concept Of Yin-Yang and its relevance in human partnerships

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Yin-Yang symbol, also known as the Tai-Chi symbol, is an ancient Chinese duality concept of co-existence, where two opposites are teamed to create one whole. Yin represents passive femininity and Yang represents active masculinity. Much like the Indian concept of God and Goddess. In the same line, relationships between two people can be looked as a partnership where you seek and derive strength from the opposites.

While gender equality involves focusing on providing men, women and gender diverse people with an equal opportunity, it can improve the organizational performance by enabling diversity which helps provide a holistic approach at work, it also addresses some legal issues of right to employment, land rights or even right to education. This holds good especially considering the reality that even today top managerial posts are still male dominated, in many industries and even in politics. One still needs to start with gender equity, which provides fairness.

Men and women have been genetically and socially wired differently. They behave differently, for example men want short explanations and to simply choose between A or B. Men like to narrow their focus and not get entangled with unnecessary information, Men decide rationally, are naturally aggressive, having a higher level of testosterone, women love to bargain, haggle, and want big explanations, more options and want to touch and feel things before deciding. Women tend to be emotionally stronger. Women are more adept in handling complex roles and multitasking, juggling multiple roles as daughters, mothers, wife, home-makers and professionals. They have better communication skills and articulate better, and lend clarity to the situation. Being better at recalling, they make better choices in tricky meetings. At the end of the day, taking into account that men and women can complement each other beautifully, and work in a holistically manner will be the best win-win, Yin-Yang way to success.

The Festive Self-Care Checklist

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The festive season is the perfect time to rewind, rejuvenate and also get ourselves back on track mentally and physically after some thorough recharging. Here are some tips to help us prioritise our self care during this crazy time!

Mid Day Article On Masks & Communication

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It is indeed a strange and sobering reality we all live in today. Yes, the pandemic has changed everything, right from our daily lives, to something as small as the way we greet people. Here are my excerpts from an article in Mid day, wherein I emphasise on the importance of gestures, and how masks have changed a lot of things.

Here is the full link to the article: https://www.google.com/…/expert-tips-on-how-to…/22849247

The Health Chart

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Health is beneficial for our optimal functioning as a human being. As we grow older, we realise that health is less an ideal concept and more about a way of life to help us stay fit and happy. Here is a special chart that outlines the key elements for good health!

My Weekly Meal Plan

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 Meal planning is a major boost in ensuring our body gets its much needed nutrients and strength to keep us fit and healthy! Here is my special weekly planner ahead of the weekend, so you can map out just what is needed for your precious body, to function at its optimal capacity and keep us disease free, fresh and productive in the process.

Healthy Recipe

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Packed with goodness, Bitter Gourd is not so bitter… when cooked with tamarind, spices and jaggery. Yummm.. Here’s a super special recipe by my grandmother that I’m sharing with you all, which is both super healthy and tasty! Because heath with taste is the best combo ever.

The Power Of Meditation

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Meditation is one of the rare practices that contributes to our mental, physical and spiritual well being – all at once. It has multiple benefits, such as building our patience, reducing our stress, strengthening our mind, increasing our immunity, disciplining our body and boosting our creativity. It is both an art and a science, and can help reduce depression, anxiety and can also promote kindness! Through the practice of Metta, a type of meditation also known as loving-kindness meditation, one can learn how to develop kind thoughts and feelings toward oneself, and in turn radiate and extend this kindness and forgiveness to the world around them!