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Ikigai. It’s the Japanese word for ‘a reason to live’, ‘a reason to jump out of bed in the morning’. I felt so wistful when I read this, because I still was not sure what my Ikigai was. Ikigai, I

“When I grow up, I want to be a Mercedes” I once saw this car sticker on a Maruti 800. I recall bursting out into delighted laughter. Oh, how I loved the aspiration of that little car! How many times

“The only thing that’s keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself.” Tony Robbins When I became a coach in 2015, I worried that it really needed an HR background. Imposter syndrome kept me

Whether it was an observation during an MBTI certification that cleared up if I was a J or a P or something in an ongoing Coach training workshop, these moments have created a new awareness in me. As a coach,

My First Steps When I did my coach training some years ago, it was acute because I did not have an HR background. Even after many certifications, years of coaching and amazing results, when I first joined a group of

“I am an exceptional cook. I truly am”. Her voice rang with passion. This was the elimination round for the top 5 contestants, in a popular cooking show. The contestant placed her food for tasting, and as she walked away,

I had a stressed team leader ping me to share that one of the team members was unwilling to work on a Sunday. It emerged that it was not an urgent matter and also that the team member was otherwise

It was a year of cross functional training. Whilst in marketing, I worked on a new brand they were launching soon. It puzzled me no end that there would be such a buzz over the absorption capacity of the sanitary

He always attended events, distributed and collected many visiting cards. He even followed up with festive greetings.  But this rarely got him any business. As he reflected and shared, he had an AHA moment. He thought back to all the