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Reflection: Tool for Personal Growth

As a Freelancer or a Self Employed Individual inspite of the independence and freedom to manage what you choose to do, there are often many challenges that test you on your journey.

Here are a few mindful ways to destress through your challenges using reflection for your personal growth.

Breath: Start the day by find time for your health. You can simply start by observing your breath. Witness it, moving in and out of the body. Sense your own breath. Check the speed and patterns in your breath. Are you breathing fast or slow? Are you able to hear the sounds of your breath? Our breathing sends many signals to us about our health, if we only care to observe.

Meditation. Reflect on your life as you go into a deeper state of being.You can choose your kind of meditation from the many practices of meditation options. Be it breath awareness through deep breathing, or mindful walking meditation or sound meditation. Be fully present in the Now.

Movement : Reflect on the positive ways you can use your body to reset and recharge your self. Choose to take a mindful and conscious walk. Sense everything in and around as you move with self awareness Reflect on your day and observe your thoughts. Many thoughts will vye for your attention. Let them come and go as you witness their unfolding. You will find much inspiration as you go. You will note your state of mind. You will have clarity of your emotional and mental health. You will sense the truths of your life.

Journalling.: Writing your thoughts is a good reflection tool that helps process and synthesise new information and life experiences. In fact it increases creative thinking and problem solving. As you reflect on your reactions and responses you will find greater clarity on your path.

Reading : A beautiful practice for any time that you can be inspired is by inculcating a habit of reading regularly. Choose a good book take time to read. You will find yourself charged with many inspirations to kickstart your day. It can be a contemplative practice for some deep thinking and self introspection and improvement.

Feedback : An opinion of another about you is their assimilated perception that they may voice out to you with or without your asking. Seeking honest feedback from trusted sources can help you course correct yourself. It is how you take the feedbacks you receive and what and how you focus on it that makes all the difference. Be aware that feedback is a valuable tool for self reflection and personal growth.

There are many tools for reflection like the above. However even acknowledging ones feelings and emotions helps in understanding more and managing stressful situations better.

Reflection practices can be inclusive and expansive. Besides silent contemplation and introspection while learning from mistakes, participating in a conversation, be it Group discussions, workshops can be an engaging practice for Self awareness.. They are also opportunities for self growth.

©Savvy Raj


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Peace Heart

Cultivating inner peace
Begins with the awareness
Of your own breath


Just for a moment
Take a pause and reflect
On the inhaled breath

You cannot hold it much longer
You have to let it go.


Likewise to this
Think of all the conflicts
Of the storms raging within you
Think of burdens weighing you down


How long do you choose to carry them?
You have to let it go, one day or another
Why not now,? And live free
Sensing the lightness of being.


You have One life one heart.
Choose to live life with heartfelt peace.

©Savvy Raj


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Strength of Interconnects

Whoever made the movie “Avatar” knew this. The mycelium or mychrysis is a fungus that spreads underground, creating a communication network between all types of plants, a kind of internet that allows them not only to communicate, but also to take care of themselves, protect themselves, eat, to stock up on the water.
And when a tree is cut down from the forest, the mycelium informs a huge number of trees in the forest that one of them is dying, and all the other trees, through the mycelium, start tending to the remaining trunk to try to save that life.
They feed it with water, they protect it, because this dying log is part of the forest family.
Everything has a language.
It is a universal language.
We learn to reconnect with this non-verbal language, realizing that we are all part of one.
We are neither above nor below.
We are like children who still have a lot to learn from our older brothers, from the trees and forests and most of all from our Mother Earth…
It’s just amazing!!!
Respect to our Nature
Respect to our Mother Earth

This above forward is Courtesy – Krasi/Art.

Strength of the Interconnects

Trees teach us much

Every life has many lessons to share

If we only we have time to spare…

There is much going on beneath the earth

Which we take for granted

Let’s take a moment to care

To understand the differences

Between one life to another

As well as to understand

That we are part of the same source

Life manifests its magic in each of us

We are meant to survive and thrive

We are meant reach out and live

In the strength of the interconnects.

©Savvy Raj


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Betwixt and between


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Your life your way

What is your lifestyle in this moment?

Are you listening to your body and what it is telling you?

Do you find time to invest in yourself?

Are you on your priority list?

Do you have a habit of putting others happiness and health ahead of yours?

Do you accommodate for everything and are perhaps less assertive and over tolerant?

The truth is you can never give from an empty vessel. Creating a beautiful life that you love is as important as for others. If there are gaps in your vessel of life,what will you share from?

Creating your own well-being in life is a responsiblity to yourself.

Ultimately it’s all about finding time to find yourself your way!

©Savvy Raj


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6 Tips on Improving Emotional Health

Emotional Health & Intelligence

Your emotions are your friends. Sometimes you find them at war with each other. They need your understanding. They are your supportive vents of expression to take the pressure off and make you sense the pleasure of life.

Create a beautiful life by improving your emotional health. And develop your emotional intelligence. It helps you identify where your strengths are and where you need to work on.

Emotional intelligence gives you a headstart in managing not just your emotions but also an ability to understand and to even influence anothers emotions.

In leadership roles this gives you an edge in managing people and teams

So how can you begin to improve your Emotional Intelligence?

Start by cultivating empathy for life. See things from anothers perspective. It will increase your understanding and help build strong relationships.

Work on your communication skills by practice of listening actively and respectfully. It can positively impact the way you are perceived.

Practice self awareness to become more mindful of how you feel and how your own emotions affect your thoughts and actions.

Acknowledge stress and balance it well by being active by regularly walking or picking a sport, or even dancing.

Think positively about life by inculcating a positive attitude.

At the same time allow your self to seek feedback to understand where you are doing fine and how to improve further.

Emotions are part of being human. Working on your emotional health and developing your emotional intelligence can be a game changing skill in life.

©Savvy Raj


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Sounds Good?

Words are powerful and the power comes not from the meaning alone, but from the tonality of how it sounds when read alone or  along with a group of other words. Said, read, or written or heard these words carry immense vibrations  which can alter thoughts and perceptions.

As a writer… I have often thought about if the words I write, sounds alright.

Have you sensed what sounds  your words carry?
Have you felt the impact it will have on the reader?
Have you got any feedback on the tone of your words?


Perhaps now, I need to ask my readers here…


What tone does my writing leave you with? 

©Savvy Raj


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On Speaking

An essential skill in any job that requires talking & handling people is speaking well and communicating effectively.

Handling challenging questions during a speech can be effectively managed by  a few  practical and strategic ways using conflict resolution techniques.
Get yourself some time to think by
practicing listening actively when a question comes up and then repeating  it in your own words to check if you have clarity on what is asked.
Acknowledge the questions with empathic voice and body language can  ease and reduce tensions and help  build the flow of  communication.
Get yourself back into the arena
by reframing the questions to align with your context.
Using an assertive voice shows command over the context.

Always remembering the goal is not to score a point but or win an argument but to build and sustain a positive and respectful connection.

©Savvy Raj


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Sustain yourself

How much of you do you give in any relationship?

Today I am sharing a thought Provoker. This came as a social media forward. But it was thought worthy and I do have a few questions as well.

Speaking of relationships, have you felt drained out beyond compare?

Instead of feeling energetic after an interaction or a conversation, have you felt like when will it end?

When was the last time you felt a little too empty?

Do you stop giving, if you feel it is an unequal relationship and you feel pulled from all directions or due to habit or situation you continue to give as you do?

If you are a giver by nature, can you actually stop yourself at all?

It’s truly important to acknowledge your emotions and feelings. It helps to know your energy shifts.

A Stringed Existence

There is a lot of inextricable strings of emotions linked to relationships but if you are constantly feeling drained out and exhausted when with certain people, perhaps you need to check if you have over invested yourself. Be it in career as a workaholic or in family where your sense of self is feeling lost.

You have one life & it is your life…

Pause and take a breather and set yourself back on course.

While there are many kinds of people you meet. And it is really OK to be extra helpful, and give the best you can. In fact it energizes abundance to manifest in life… For when you give from a spring well of kindness, nature sets in motion, a share of kindness back to you in its own time.

Yet like many are energy givers, there are many energy takers. Often unknown to themselves they behave in a way that saps anothers energy when they are around you.

Do remember who ever you are with… Giving more or less will not have value. For less is not fulfilling and more is just excess and will never be utilised. But will certainly tilt your balance for sure.

In your actions too, exercise this wisdom and you will find yourself in a good space.

And most of all…

Choose your tribe well. It makes all the difference.

©Savvy Raj


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Gift yourself


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Timing

PRIME
PRISE
WINNER

These three words prompted 3 questions…

How important is the timing of your life?
Do you believe it favours enterprise and action?
What happens  if by chance you happen to miss out?

There is always time
But there is something more
In the prime time

In the prime of life
There is enterprise
To create ‘Winners Success’

For actions speak louder than words ✨

Then, there is always hope
For hope blooms
For you and for me

©Savvy Raj

My post today is inspiration from the above three words. I thank https://wp.me/p3RSgb-rxd for the inspiring post #3TC


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Dance your stress away

Movements are energy in action.And movements in a dance can heal and transform lives for the better.

How?The physicality of a series of rhythmic or structured movement like in a dance creates a chemistry of changes to integrate the body mind and soul in a flow gradually towards health and vitality.

©Savvy Raj


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Boosting Self confidence

A few practical coaching tools for Self confidence.

Transform self belief.
Help the client identify what’s holding them back and to constructively transform the inner dialogue with positive words and affirmations.


Cultivate compassion
Nurturing the self  in kindness and cultivating compassion fosters resilience and self worth.


Journaling,meditation,walking in reflection and exercising for better health is a way of acknowledging ones life.


Helping the client to improve from where they are without comparing with anothers journey is helpful in recognising their own accomplishments.


Building a circle of positive people who are supportive and encouraging because they believe in them , increases their self confidence.

©Savvy Raj


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Footprints

Leave footprints if you must .
On the sands of time in trust
Just remember ….
No footprint is permanent

All is a game
like the tides that tame
even the strongest surfer.
Eternal to all is time and nothing else
And sparking in the cosmos we are all just wayfarers.

Tread softly
Love authentically
Live lovingly
Behave empathically
Speak truthfully
Move consciously
Grow gratefully!

©Savvy Raj


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Value Of Mistakes

When we mix little curd, the whole milk become curd which increases its value . We take butter by churning ,which is costlier than milk n curd. When we heat the butter it becomes Ghee (Clarified Butter) which is expensive than milk & curd.

The ordinary milk when curdled, churned n heated, its value increases as Ghee.

Grape juice is not expensive. When fermented it becomes the more expensive wine.

If u make a mistake it doesn’t mean you are bad or useless. Pressures and mistakes make a man better & more experienced.

Colombus made a mistake on his voyage. He lost his way which resulted in the discovery of America.
Alexander Fleming’s mistake resulted in the invention of life saving Penicilin.

Never let ur mistakes make u fall. Your failures will polish you. It helps you identify where you went wrong, which plan failed, which approach becomes wrong.

What we learn from our mistakes, will lead us to the right path, to success.

Translated from tamil by my mother Anjana.