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⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️ "To be a parent is

⚠️ TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️ "To be a parent is to forever have your heart walk around outside your body."⠀
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This past week our little one gave us a mini-scare with his tummy & chest abbo (pain). For someone who rarely ever complains of any kind of pain, it was extremely concerning for us parents every time he'd say, 'Abbo, I'm just going to lie down for a bit.' ⠀
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Thankfully, he is all fine now & nothing to worry about! ⠀
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💔 But immediately after, what hit me like a ton of bricks is the realization (thanks to a Clubhouse conversation) that I/we NEVER truly grieved and/or honored the soul that we lost 2.5 years back. ⠀
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When our little one turned 1, we found out that we were pregnant again, but within weeks that angel's heart stopped beating. While we were still trying to process that shock, the doctor said there might be an emergency complication of my uterine rupture & that I'd have to go into surgery. ⠀
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At that moment, our only focus was to avoid any further complications & that I stayed healthy (and here) for our baby boy who was already in our lives. ⠀
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So I/we quickly made peace that that soul & we weren't ready yet, and I/we were grateful for what we already had. ⠀
Were we upset? Yes! But, we also quickly moved on trusting that it was all for the best. ⠀
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But little did I know that in these 2.5 years the pain was buried deep inside, a wound that I needed to heal, one that I didn't even know existed!? Now that I think about it, the chain of events this past week followed by that CH conversation was leading up to this. ⠀
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The universe & its master plan, WOW! ⠀
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👼🏼 Finally this weekend I bawled my eyes out for the loss of that soul, and in the process, hopefully, healed those wounds. And yesterday, on Valentine's Day, we (finally) made that angel baby a part of our family, lit deepas (light), wrote a letter, made a snow angel (it snowed both days as if it was for that angel), & celebrated life beyond the realms of what we know exists! ⠀
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We are very sorry, you pure soul! Your mama, dada, & big brother love you very much, will meet you when the time is right!⠀
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Q to y'all: what wounds have you buried deep down that need acknowledging & healing?

What would you do if you were always exuding confi

What would you do if you were always exuding confidence? 💥 Or are you a 10/10 on confidence & already kicking-b***?⠀
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💯 Confidence is a basic foundation for everything we do & do NOT do! While this isn't the first time I'm talking about confidence, one of your DMs from last week prompted this post. ⠀ A compliment that I always get is how confident I am in how I show up & what I do. Trust me, it takes a lotta work. My confidence is how I'm even here today in the first place, & do what I do (without worrying what others think/say/or do not say). I had written about where that confidence comes from here 👉🏾https://bit.ly/3oOM2Ay ⠀ Last week, I shared on IG stories that that very confidence of mine was questioned a while back and how I spiraled (swipe right).⠀
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Honestly, someone's opinion of me/my personality is none of my business 🙅🏽‍♀️ especially when it doesn't serve me (the same goes for y'all too), but at that moment (& for the next couple of days) there were tons of ?'s in my head. I mean, nobody's an exception. ⠀ So why does anyone lack confidence? ⠀ Now, that's a loaded Q & there could be a dozen different underlying root causes (which many never dig deep enough to identify), but here are some common culprits —⠀
◼️Self-doubt: always looking at what's missing rather than focusing on what's already there ⠀
◼️Unrealistic expectations: oh, the need to be perfect & 100% at all times⠀
◼️Imposter syndrome: I am not good enough, self-judgment⠀
◼️Fear of failure, judgment, rejection⠀
◼️Lack of experience, skillset, knowledge⠀
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Which of the above rings true to you?
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💁🏽‍♀️But you know what? Lack of confidence is simply an indication of the areas of growth, that's it! But many overlook that very indication & constantly seek external validation. ⠀
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In the last 6 months, I've helped many of my coaching clients do just that - gain their confidence & step into their superpower, now they are truly kicking-b*** 🔥 check out their testimonials. ⠀
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✅ If you want to work on your confidence then book a complimentary coaching session👆🏾 ⠀
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Being stuck where we are or being proactive & taking action is our own choice! ⠀ #confidencecoach #confidenceissexy

Oh, the places we can go! ✈️ [ #Ad ] @qatarair

Oh, the places we can go! ✈️ [ #Ad ] @qatarairways launched its new route from Seattle to Doha this past Friday (1/29) and my family/I couldn't be more thrilled about this new addition to @flysea 💃🏽 You might have caught my excitement if you watched the stories. The travel itch just got a lot more intense 🌍 ⠀
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👏🏽 Having flown all over the world from NYC, the hubs & I were we were spoiled for choice. And that changed since we moved to Seattle as we don't yet have those umpteen flight options from here. Even flying back home to (Bangalore) India added extra wait/travel time, and that was especially hard on our parents. So you can only imagine why I am as excited as I am about Qatar Airways coming to Seattle (also to SFO & LAX). ⠀
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🎥 Backstory - About 10 years back, hubby and I were flying in Qatar from NYC to India to get engaged, we had gotten a free upgrade back then! And now, in a few weeks, it'll be our 10 years wedding anniversary & we were going to celebrate this milestone occasion in Bora Bora. 🏖 While that's no longer happening right now, a whole range of possibilities to travel to Africa, the Middle East & South Asia in Qatar Airways has opened up soooo many travel options for us (i.e. when our family chooses to hop on the flight again). QR is currently flying to over 120 destinations. So in a way, this news itself makes for our 10-year anniversary gift 💝 #travelcollab ⠀
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🧑🏽‍🦳👨🏽‍🦳 And believe it or not, our parents are even more thrilled about QR's new route. Given QR's high standard of service, logistics, & cost-effectiveness, our parents have mostly flown in QR all these years, even if that meant flying to the east coast to do so. 💯 But now they can directly catch their 1 connecting flight back home from right here in SEA. ⠀
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🙌🏽 I know that all you Seattleites share both in my experiences + excitement! ⠀
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🧳 So yay, great news to kick off the new month, & look forward to 'upcoming travels'. ⠀
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📸 Pic from our anniversary trip to South Africa back in Feb 2013 🦁 👩‍❤️‍👨 P.S. I was going to edit out the people behind us but it felt symbolic and chose not to - growing old and traveling the world together #qatarairways #travelpartner #airportdiaries

PINCH ME moment💃🏽 I'm selected to represent

PINCH ME moment💃🏽 I'm selected to represent @jayshettycertificationschool @Thinkific Amplify 2021 Summit - over 30,000 people & an incredible speaker line-up (some of whom I've looked up to & now I'm one of the speakers, WHAT?).⠀
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Come to my 'Workshop: How to turn your tiny passion into your life's purpose. Make an impact & an income!' & get ready to spark some fire! Also get a peek at the umpteen mistakes I've made, link👆🏾⠀
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🎤 Last year, right before COVID hit I attended a weeklong conference. On day 2, I told myself that I was going back to @altsummit this year as a speaker & present to that community of 1K people to make an impact. Shortly after that JSCS opened its doors. Given the circumstances, Alt Summit is canceled this year. But, I'm handed this amazing opportunity to speak to a community of 30K people instead, without even trying. ⠀
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Intention & Manifestation at their best 🤲🏽⠀
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A girl who’d barely have conversations in English until she was in 3rd-year undergrad. Yep, that's me! ⠀
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Now, I haven't done anything extraordinary in my life, but given my background, all this is beyond my wildest dreams. Coming to the US & making a life here was a dream that wasn't remotely accessible to me & my family. But 12 years ago I came to the US to do just that. From working b2b shifts day/night (16 hrs), sleeping on the floor of my grad school classrooms, walking miles to save $2, to the life I live today 🙏🏾⠀
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Prior to that, I lived in a small bubble & my worldview was even smaller (one that didn't go beyond my immediate family & a handful of friends).⠀
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But, I created opportunities, didn't give up, broke barriers, forged my own path, set a precedent & here we are today.⠀
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I'm only getting started.⠀
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As a woman, I'm not (just) about #kitchenhacks #momhacks & earn $ so we can live a decent life (while these are all life essentials, the buck doesn't stop there, it shouldn't stop there) but I'm also about (larger than) life hacks - to make an impact out in the world so BIG that is beyond my wildest imaginations 🔥 ⠀ 💥So keep showing up for yourself & the right people/opportunities will show up, MIRACLES will happen!⠀ OTN see you at #amplify2021 👉🏾

One of our parenting goals this year is to practic

One of our parenting goals this year is to practice conscious parenting on a much deeper level than we previously have. ⠀
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It's no breaking news that parenting is one of the most demanding & one of the most rewarding adventures. Much like a roller coaster ride, one moment you are in seventh heaven & the very next minute you are pulling your hair out wondering 'what the hell was I thinking?', also quite similar to my threenager's reactions, you never know when he is all hyper, excited & happy, & when he will open the flood gates & bring the roof down, & within seconds he is back to his cheerful self again. ⠀
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That's just 1 piece of the parenting puzzle. ⠀
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Conscious parenting is predominantly about parents letting go - from ‘I know what is best’ to ‘I’ve more experience’ to ‘I know how it should be done’ to everything else that we believe is true, which stems from years of our own conditioning & baggage that we have carried. ⠀
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It requires us to look inwards & heal our inner child rather than trying to ‘fix’ our kids. ⠀
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When we understand our ego, desires & attachments, & work towards letting it all go aka trash our own checklists, it allows us to free ourselves from forcing our own conditioning, beliefs, fears & shortcomings onto our kids, thus making room to reset expectations & encourage our kids to grow/develop into their own true beings. ⠀
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I strongly believe that kids are our biggest teachers in life, they always hold a big fat life-size mirror, it's like in.your.face, as long as we dare to look at it & then willing to do the hard work that follows. ⠀
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So yea conscious parenting is more about improving ourselves & less about our kids their behaviors & their accomplishments. ⠀
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But being a conscious parent is challenging & requires huge efforts/change on our part, it's doubly hard with being a #desiparent IYKYK ⠀
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OTN I went through @doctorshefali 's Conscious Parenting @mindvalley program quite a while back, finally sharing the 411 on the blog - what does it mean, challenges, do's/don'ts, tips, etc, head over now.⠀
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💥Yesterday was a huge milestone but YKW, it all begins at 🏡 it begins with us, each of us needs to step up & do the self-work!

Trying to find a balance between stretching & push

Trying to find a balance between stretching & pushing myself to newer & newer heights & slowing down, surrendering & letting go!⠀
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First, a little #BTS —⠀
What got me here won’t get me there - I first paid close attention to this phrase while watching one of Rich Litvin’s videos in August. ⠀
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While I do understand its meaning I wasn’t at that time able to make sense of how that applied to me? ⠀
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See what I mean when I keep referring to intellectually knowing something but the inability to internalize & live it!? I am NO exception, we are all a #workinprogress in our own ways! ⠀ Between the time I asked myself that Q & December, I came across several circumstances that kinda revealed to me how exactly & in what ways that phrase applied to me/my life. ⠀
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A result of one of those revelations was —⠀
The 1st bit above, I got that in the bag, in fact, I’ve come to become a pro at it, it's how I’ve done all that I’ve & gotten to where I am today, pushing past all the boundaries & overcoming all the hurdles that came my way, all along. ⠀
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And suddenly, BOOM, Rich's phrase...⠀
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The 2nd bit above, I need to slow down, surrender, & let go - a staggering realization that I had in the second half of 2020. ⠀
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While I do great with letting go when it comes to certain aspects (also what has helped me be who I’m today & get me here), I’m also the worst at it when it comes to certain other aspects (which is exactly what won't help me with who I want to be & what will get in the way of where I want to go). ⠀
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And the only way to let go is to surrender, for someone who is all about taking things into my own hands & making things happen, the act of surrendering (spiritually speaking) at all times is certainly a challenge of a lifetime that I've now taken on. Though I do believe in divine timing & trust that everything happens for a reason, it is hard to come to terms with the very thing at all times.⠀
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Hence my mantra for the year! ⠀
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Mind you, my version of slowing down is quite different from most, more on the blog along with why slow down to speed up?⠀
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📸 from 5 years ago, swipe for a blurb on the significance of '108' from that blogpost of mine. TIMING! 👉🏾

#couplegoals not talking about couple goals but ab

#couplegoals not talking about couple goals but about goal-setting couples, see what I did there!? Couples who set (and accomplish) goals together grow (old) together! 👵🏼 🧓🏼⠀
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My hubby & I setting goals together is one of my most favorite ingredients of our relationship secret.⠀
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💑🏽 A secret ingredient if you will! ⠀
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What once started as only setting travel-related goals together (a decade ago) has now evolved into us both thoroughly auditing the previous year(s) and coming up with not just better goals year after year but also a better vision (and mission) across all aspects of our lives. ⠀
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Setting & achieving goals as a couple has certainly brought us closer & closer allowing us to go through different seasons of life & grow & evolve together. ⠀
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🗻 It's made way for us to deeply understand what truly matters to the other as well as oneself - sharing our hopes & wishes, talking through our fears & struggles, & laughing at our silliest imaginations, & daring to dream our wildest dreams! ⠀
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⚡Challenge, encourage, inspire & support each other ⠀
⚡Call each other out on our limiting beliefs aka BS ⠀
⚡Push each other outside our comfort zones ⠀
⚡Appreciate the differences & use those to our advantage ⠀
⚡Show up for each other & support one other ⠀
⚡Share each other's mistakes & insights ⠀
⚡Learn from each other, teach/mentor/coach one another ⠀
⚡Don't drain energy but enliven & recharge each other ⚡Sync up & review progress as needed - daily/weekly/quarterly/yearly ⠀
⚡Reflect & celebrate successes & failures together ⠀
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🔥We are each other's safe space & dumping ground, & there isn't any judgment. When one of us slips the other is always there to keep a check, a prompt reminder - an in-house accountability partner. ⠀
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💝We dream together & intentionally design & co-create our present and future, and have built/building a life that we both love.⠀
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⚓ But none of it happened overnight, it's years of 'labor of love'! #evolvingtogether⠀
🔩 Do we both slip up from time to time? You bet! #workinprogress⠀
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Your turn 👉🏾 Do you & your partner set goals together? If yes, then would love to know what you do? If not, then this year is as good as any to start.

5 HUGE MISTAKES you are making as you set those go

5 HUGE MISTAKES you are making as you set those goals! ❌ ⠀
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Studies show that only 3% of people set goals. If you are one to set goals then you are already ahead of the game, I'm so dang proud of you! ⠀
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Science also indicates that only 8% of those who set goals actually achieve them. ⠀
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Why's that? ⠀
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❌ MISTAKE 1: DON'T make resolutions & mistake them for GOALS, they are both very different. How many of those resolutions do you even remember at the end of January? Yep, I thought so. ⠀
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❌ MISTAKE 2: You are all about WORK related goals. I get it, you are ambitious, want to excel at work, get that next promotion, eyeing the next big salary hike. BUT, you are doing all that at the cost of neglecting the other 8-10 aspects of your life. Result - feel guilty, regret, and/or burnout. ⠀
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❌ MISTAKE 3: Setting too MANY goals. In your enthusiasm, you want to go from 0 to 100. While I love that zeal setting too many goals only leads to disappointment as no one can ever invest enough time/energy into a dozen different goals all at once. Set a few RELEVANT goals, no more than 3-5, get laser-focused about them.⠀
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❌ MISTAKE 4: Not being SPECIFIC about your goals. Sure, 'losing weight' is on many people's list, but is that cuz everyone else is 'skinny' or you were several years ago, or is it for your own health? What's your WHY? truest desire? motivation? POA? timeline? Losing weight & being fit are 2 completely different goals! ⠀
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❌ MISTAKE 5: NOT investing in yourself! Do you save up/have a budget for your travels, kids' education, dream home, but no budget to invest in your own growth? See what's WRONG with that equation? Enroll in that certification, get a life coach, evolve so hard that you'll be shocked at how many goals you knock out of the park! ⠀
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So don't just dream it, but be it, do it, make it happen 💥 If you don't know how to get started or want to level up your game, book a complimentary coaching session with me. ⠀
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✅ Testimonials, go read what my coaching clients say about how working with me has helped transform their lives, one baby step at a time. Now get started by reading the ultimate guide to setting & achieving your goals, on the blog.

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