The world is facing uncertainty, with ongoing wars in different parts of the globe, an uncertain job market, and a tumultuous global economy. If you look at search trends on Google, terms like fear and anxiety are at an all-time high. In fact, one of my most-read articles is Swami Vivekananda’s Way to Overcome Fear…
Category: Personal Growth
This is Why I Took a Break From Blogging
It’s been more than 3 months since my last entry here on Fitonation. If you’re still with me on this journey, I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude for your unwavering support and belief in the mission of this blog. As I sit down to write these words, I find my hands fumbling, hesitant to…
Overcoming Low Self Esteem: The Stained Shirt Analogy
Have you ever felt that no matter what you do, you are just not enough? Read this article, as we’ll discuss how you can overcome the problem of low self-esteem. The Struggles of Low Self-Esteem The ubiquitous use of social media today has exacerbated the problem of inadequacy. No matter what you do,…
How to Come Out of an Emotional Storm: Gurudev Sri Sri Ravishankar
Life is found to be caught up in storms so very often. And you are not yourself when you are in an emotional storm. You don’t know what to do. At these moments, all your practices, concepts, ideas and ideals fall apart. Your devotion, your love and all the beautiful things you cherish in…
Memento Mori: A message all the wise men want you to remember
On June 12, 2005, Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple Computer, addressed the graduating class at Stanford. In his highly acclaimed speech, Jobs shared a few anecdotes from his life, which had taught him the most valuable lessons. One of them revolved around the realization of his own mortality. But why would he…
The Magical Power of Prayer and Chanting: My Personal Experience
I had just shifted to a new city and was trying to adjust to the demands of my new work environment. With concern for my health taking a back seat, sickness soon came knocking at my door, in the form of unrelenting high fever, cold and a really bad cough. Medications had failed to…
How to Work According to Bhagavad Gita
In order to live, we all have to work but no one teaches us the right attitude through which we should work. In this post, we lean on to the wisdom of Bhagavad Gita where Shri Krishna teaches us how to work. Bhagavad Gita starts with the mighty warrior Arjun not wanting to fight…
How To Deal With Failures: The Incident That Changed APJ Abdul Kalam’s Life!
“There are no right things to do in life. If you choose something and put everything you have into it, it’ll become a great thing.”– Sadhguru There are moments in an individual’s life, where it feels as if the world has come crashing down. This is specially true when we have failed to…
A Famous Psychiatrist’s Advice On How to Overcome Struggles in Life
“Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.”- Dr. Victor Frankl When I was a child, I attended a talk given by a famous doctor of Dehradun, at our school. After giving us several practical tit bits on how to best…
Research Says That This is the Most Important Quality to Succeed in Life
Self improvement industry is a multi million dollar industry, with hundreds of thousands of books and YouTube channels, trying to decipher the important attributes through which one can succeed in life. If you are like me, then chances are that every now and then you would have got overwhelmed by the huge gamut of…