In this blog, I will go through my learnings, hoping some of these learnings will help you in fine-tuning your personal development skillset. One of the first and foremost things I did was to examine my meaning-making of the word “Resolutions”. While the dictionary meaning suggests resolution as the ability to decide to do or not do something, I noticed my motivation to stick to the resolution waned off quickly. I found making decisions or “resolutions” was the easy part and sticking to them an uphill battle. Many pieces of research suggest that “meaning-making” is critical in getting and staying…

The first time I heard about Mother’s Day was some eighteen odd years ago, it was the year we moved to Australia. I was thrilled and intrigued by this concept of marking a day to celebrate Motherhood. George Dolgikh @ Giftpundits.com A first-generation Indian Australian, I grew up in a culture where the ‘mother child’ relationship is revered and considered the holiest of relationships. The Sanskrit phrase “Matha, PItha, Guru, Deivam” (Mother, Father, Teacher, and God) is a popular adage of Indian Culture that outlines the hierarchy by which one must offer reverence, placing mother even before God. While Motherhood…