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Prime Your MindWhen one door closes...Welcome to ‘Prime Your Mind’. This is Vidhya Raghavan and my topic today is “When one door closes”.
I decided to have some fun with this often repeated quote.
“When one door closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us”. Helen Keller
This quote has become so cliched that I decided to reframe it and play with it and come up with a host of interesting possibilities.
Lets explore different ideas with “When one door close2022-03-2103 min
Prime Your MindFind the othersLoyalty is important..so is finding your tribe. No matter how loving and loyal your support group is such as family and friends, the raw truth is that we are constantly growing and they may or may not be able to expand themselves to hold your growth. Family and friends hold a loyal space in our lives - at the same time, it is important to proactively seek and grow a tribe that supports the different phases of our lives and importantly nourish the parts of ourselves that have not yet been recognised by the people in our lives currently...2022-03-1503 min
Prime Your MindCreate conscious breakthroughsMy podcast today is about how to deliberately create a series of breakthroughs in your life.
I suspect that there’s a formula to achieving breakthrough experiences which can be replicated in any area of your life and I aim to capture that by sharing my swimming lessons experience first. If you have a tangible experience of a breakthrough in one area of your life, not only will it spill over in other areas of your life, I feel that you can consciously cause it to happen frequently.
About my swimming lessons, I’ve had a li...2022-03-1406 min
Prime Your MindWhat have you been up to lately?What have you been up to?
I had fun hacking this often asked question, “What have you been up to?”. We always answer this question at surface level with information exchange. What if we had answer it at a deeper and meaningful level?
Here are some of my ideas. We may not necessarily respond this way, but it is a fun topic to play with.
Let’s get started. “What have you been up to lately?”2022-03-1104 min
Prime Your MindMirror, mirror on the wallIf you can boldly look into your own eyes in the mirror, you can boldly face the world. The longer you can look into yourself, the stronger you hold your place in the world.
Often, we only look in the mirror, to appear good, to fix ourself, and mostly look and comment on perceived flaws with our physical features and wish it were different, sometimes with young daughters watching and emulating our relationship with our body.
Mirror work and gazing within yourself can help you tap into your creativity, reach untapped potential, facilitate healing, plant...2022-03-1013 min
Prime Your MindBeing in the body - MeditationThe trick to feeling grounded is to increase your presence within the body. When you are feeling stressed, anxious and overwhelmed, our awareness escapes the body and churns up the mind. When we pull our mind within the body and keep it there, chances are we feel more grounded.
Here, I created a meditation for being in the body for a special friend and I hope you like it. Please make sure you are listening to this podcast when lying down, not when driving, operating machinery of cooking.2022-02-0118 min
Prime Your MindWhat does my internal support system feel likeOne of the must have life skills that we all need to have is to develop a robust internal support system. I have only come across this as a concept and I have little or no idea what they mean and what it should look like.
So, I dropped this prompt What does my internal support system feel like into my heart and let it bubble up with responses. It came at a time of confusion and I needed answers. These answers are from imagination, but who cares.
So these were some answers that came...2022-02-0108 min
Prime Your MindOne morning I woke up differentConsciously or unconsciously, we are always unlearning, learning and letting go. But someday, we wake up to ourselves and realise that we have outgrown our old beliefs and responses. We are not the same person anymore. We have evolved and become better and our life is way easier. What a sweet and huggable moment that is…. It’s important to record those changes to reinforce it and celebrate it and make it our new baseline.
Let’s listen to:
One morning I woke up different. It was the day I realised my life changed.
2022-01-3102 min
Prime Your MindYes! I am changingYes, I’m changing:
A very long time ago, I heard the story of a little boy who would jump out of bed everyday and ask his mum eagerly, “Mom, have I grown up?” Despite his mom’s reassurances, he’d look at his toes and hands and feel disappointed that he has not grown overnight, in his sleep. After several months, his grandmother visited him and exclaimed how tall he had grown. He believed his grandma.
Wise ones have always said that destruction and harm is loud and painful but growth and healing is silent. Fo...2022-01-3004 min
Prime Your MindHarmonise Your LifeThat’s my topic to explore today. ‘Harmony’ is such a beautiful and mellifluous word that sits well within my heart. It helps settle and soothe whatever parts that are at odds with each other. ‘Harmonise’ is the word that impels parts within me to come together, merge and flow within myself. Including little acts of harmony in my daily activities like blending spices or salads creates a habit of harmony in my life.
Let’s listen to “Harmonising my way through life”.
It’s your turn now.
What does harmony mean to you?
How can you bring harmony into your life?
It can...2022-01-2903 min
Prime Your MindIf you hang out with me long enoughPeople are always influenced by us, one way or another - even if you have only met them briefly.
I thought I would explore this journal prompt, to bring into my awareness what impact I might have on people, and hope that its for the good. My intention is to amplify the good influence and become aware of the unwanted influence.
So, lets listen to If you hang out with me long enough, this is what will happen to you:
Its your turn now.
What would be the outcome for someone...2022-01-2802 min
Prime Your MindWhy does this always happen to me?I had a lot of fun with this question. A lot of times, my journal prompts are literally headlines - the repeat lines that run in my head. When something goes wrong and out of control, the frequent question that keeps running through my head is, “Why does this always happen to me?”, and I freeze up.
I decided to reframe it with something new and imaginative and scratch the old dialogues out of my brain. I caught myself creating a whole new mindset.
Here is the outcome.
Let’s listen to it.2022-01-2703 min
Prime Your MindNavigating for hopeMany many times during lockdown, I have experienced the depths of despair. Loss of job, being stranded, threat of overstaying visa, cancelled flights, and landing in a country after 30 nearly years without a local ID to get a SIM card, open a bank account, get WIFI or even get a house on lease. And I was going it solo!
How did I navigate through despair and unfamiliar territory when everything was slipping through the cracks?
Lets listen to "Navigating for hope".
This one is for you my...2022-01-2608 min
Prime Your MindSigns of WellnessIf you don't know what wellness is like, how will you aim for it? In a world of stress, confusion, chaos, chasing after something or the other, and, being someone who others want, I think somewhere, somehow, we completely forget about what wellness really feels like, inside and outside.
For me, wellness is not limited to the physical ability to move our arms and legs for daily functions. Wellness includes feeling physically vital, emotionally free, mental lightness and energetically clean.
The question is, if wellness is not in our recent experience, how will we crave f...2022-01-2507 min
Prime Your MindWhat do you spread in your life, like confetti ?I recall reading about a little kid who carries confetti in his pocket, in case there’s a celebration that day. I loved the idea so much and I thought to myself, how can I play with this idea? How can I bring this idea into my own life? So, I asked myself, “What do I spread into my life like confetti?”
Let’s listen to it.
Please remember to comment.2022-01-2404 min
Prime Your MindThings I love about myselfThings I love about myself:
That is one of the hardest topics for each one of us. If we had to make a list of things we love, it may not include us. We are conditioned to dumb down and negate ourselves, in the name of modesty. It’s a revolutionary act to like ourselves, and live our own lives and find our own truths. It’s bucking a capitalist system that feeds on your fears.
It didn’t come easy though. It took decades of work peeling away at layers and layers of false truths...2022-01-2304 min
Prime Your MindIts kinda cool to think that someone somewhere is having the best day of their life todayI decided to create a 'Good News Forum' with this headline.
In a world where bad news and distorted news dominate the media and repeats itself in our mind, I decided to imagine that all sorts of happy events and possibilities are happening out there in the world.
I am sure that if you poke a stick, in the direction of any of the four corners of the world, one of these happy events are already happening. If it isn't happening, then I will bless it, so that it happens. This is my way of reb...2022-01-2219 min
Books & MoreEpisode 31 : Pin kadhai surukkamA book by Pa. Raghavan about few interesting books and its authors2022-01-1704 minBooks & MoreEpisode 24 : Unavin varalaruA book on various food and its history of origin by Pa.Raghavan2021-11-2918 min
Cancer Healing Journeys by ZenOnco.io & Love Heals CancerHealing Circle Talks with Dr Vidhya Nair (24th January)Dr. Vidhya Nair is a psychologist & holistic doctor. She is a certified hypnotherapist and has expertise in healing anxiety, depression, anger management, identity issues & phobia. She has been counseling cancer patients since last few years.
Her therapy helps in healing cancer patients and getting them over worries that are pulling them down. It empowers them to fight cancer stronger.
She believes that it's important to decondition & recondition ourselves, for a better mental health.
ZenOnco.io - Making quality integrative oncology cancer care accessible to all.
If you or your loved one has been diagnosed with cancer recently, and need guidance...2021-02-011h 35
Cancer Healing Journeys by ZenOnco.io & Love Heals CancerHealing Circle Talks with Dr Vidhya Nair (24th January)Dr. Vidhya Nair is a psychologist & holistic doctor. She is a certified hypnotherapist and has expertise in healing anxiety, depression, anger management, identity issues & phobia. She has been counseling cancer patients since last few years.
Her therapy helps in healing cancer patients and getting them over worries that are pulling them down. It empowers them to fight cancer stronger.
She believes that it's important to decondition & recondition ourselves, for a better mental health.
ZenOnco.io - Making quality integrative oncology cancer care accessible to all.
If you or your loved one has been diagnosed with cancer recently, and need guidance...2021-02-011h 35