Emotional Intelligence is an integral part of education. Education, in its best sense, should be holistic. Remaining holistic, consists of embracing one’s vulnerabilities. As an adult or parent, we often feel a sense of guilt when we join the race to keep up with societal perception of perfectionism; but the concept of guilt and blame […]
The innocence in a young child is the radiance and strength we need, to re-create the warmth and fearlessness within us. The warmth which is the essence for transformation; the willingness to alter our fixed ideologies. The fearlessness to explore what is deeply rooted. Ideologies created as a result of our past experience, current situation […]
As a mother of 3, continually having to overcome challenges and being able to alter my mindset through introspection, I share my knowledge through my profession and experience. As I started acquiring the methods to help me excel in my passion and discover my purpose, I reflected on my age and the time I had […]
As a teacher, I have often had parents comment that their child does not listen to them at home, or is very hyperactive, but he or she seems to sit and listen diligently at school. It is often the case that children will listen to their teacher more willfully than to their parents, and through […]
As the sparkly, white snow gently settles to the ground, and the children begin to create mountains of fun with their small hands, preparing to strive in this world of false glitter and glamour, I am taken back to how small they once were. I reminisce at how I held them in my arms, sang […]
Yet another talk on parenting. Another talk on how to acquire perfect children. Another talk given based on the generalised ideology that both parents follow a certain pattern of behaviour and live in an ideal situation. We live in a place where the art of dealing with challenges is assumed to lie in common sense, […]