Savvy Raj

Live Life Lovingly!


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I am

Affirmations in Self Belief

I am all me

My imagination, my quirks

My thinking, my writings

My habits, my choices,

All is me.

I acknowledge

The human in me

Senses and all.

I experience

Joy & happiness

With gratitude

Love and blessings

Of infinite abundance.

In this journey of life

I am my dreams & vision

I continue to create 

& live life lovingly.

@ Savvy Raj


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Lead with empathy

Empathy  & Leadership

Empathic leaders find it easier to understand the challenges of their teams but they also need to be empathic to themselves to avoid burnout and manage their lives.

Stress Management for Leaders

If you are feeling stress beyond a level you can handle as a leader  you need to introspect.

There could be many factors that build up the stress often without your own knowing. It can happen to anyone after all we are only human. And it would be good to acknowledge the importance of work life balance and self care.

Are you biting more than you can chew? To manage work stress as a leader, while delegating work check, if you are delegating tasks with clarity to the team.

Are you approachable and exercising  patience in communication?

Are you checking if they have understood your requirements?

Are your mails, messages and your  attitude,  building people up?

Remember the way you chose to behave rubs off on people. While it’s only human to err  and there could be good & bad days, being  a leader  is a responsiblity. For you have the power to influence and impact lives. 

Likewise your actions  beliefs and behaviour can affect your own health.  Hence managing your own stressors empathically become paramount as a leader to get work done.

Every now and then tweaking your own approach, to the changing needs, being flexible and  adaptable helps you and your team towards reducing  work stress.

©Savvy Raj


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On guard

A barking dog seldom bites
A silent one has propensity.
Watch out for the signs
Too quiet or too willing…
Both are signs not to be ignored.

Who are very quiet and a little too willing to let you have your way should never be taken lightly.

For there is always more than what meets the eye.

©Savvy Raj


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On Respect & Inclusion

When you are in a position of influence especially as a coach, a trainer you are responsible to aid the development and building up of life. From the  life coaching perspective there are many humane standards that help reach the set goals.

As a coach, respect and inclusion  are significant  for the success of your coaching. It is important to  show  ‘Respect’ not only for individual  or team you are coaching by being unbiased and empathic of their abilities,  but also for your time and effort as well as respect for the reason and need for coaching .

As for inclusiveness, without it you cannot build rapport as a coach. Inclusion is also about being attentive and open minded of diverse perspectives and opinions.

Over the decades, coaching  individuals and groups as a Dance Educator & Trainer,and a Life Coach, I have had varied experiences of how being inclusive, empathic, open minded to listen and understand, sharing mutual respect has made a positive impact on the coaching process.

Both respect and inclusion can make a meaningful and lasting difference in the lives of those you coach.

What do you think? Do share.

©Savvy Raj


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You

No one but you

Knows your true self

Empower your self

Create your life

Being yourself.

Be kinder, be connected

With yourself.

Allow to express your self.

Your truths in your voice

Makes you feel heard

Your voice with your words

Makes you understand

You are more than enough

To sense the light in you

Find out for yourself

With all of you

Who you truly are.

©Savvy Raj


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A reminder

As you go through daily life
Just care to remind yourself
That you are being watched over
And cared far.
This simple habit will bring
You immense peaceYou will transmit universal love.
Peace be with you

©Savvy Raj


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Trust & Hope

Like a new dawn,
Trust new beginnings,
Renew hope, renew effort
Making it a day
Full of positivity & possibilities.
Step forward
With grit & gratitude
Each moment is special
Miracles happen in any moment.

©Savvy Raj


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Life Partners

Life teaches lessons in living

Not all are blessed with knowledge

Of where they are erring…

Most find out much later.

Perhaps that is the difference

Between a life lived

And a life lived well.

©Savvy Raj

Read this poignant life story share.

A GEM BY SAEED JAFFREY

DISCLAIMER: CERTAIN FACTS HERE MAY BE INACCURATE BUT THE ESSENCE OF THE PIECE IS STILL VERY MEANINGFUL ABOUT VALUING PARTNERS.

Saeed Jeffrey divorced Madhur Jaffrey for his second wife Jennifer. But this veteran actor has won the hearts with his heart-wrenching regret.

This came out, a few years after he left this world.
30-Jul-2019

From the diary of Sayed Jaffrey, the famous bollywood character actor:

I was 19 when I was married to Mehrunima who was 17. As I grew up, I was very fascinated by the british culture in colonial India. I learnt to speak English fluently, wear suits with grace, and developed impeccable etiquettes. But Mehrunima grew up to be my complete opposite – homely, a typical housewife. All my advices and admonishments couldn’t change her basic personality – an obedient wife, a doting mother and a good homemaker.

But she was not what I wanted. More I tried to change her, more we drifted apart. Gradually she metamorphosed from a cheerful affectionate young girl into a quiet insecure woman. Meanwhile I started getting attracted to a co-actor of mine who was all what I wanted in my wife.

After 10 years of marriage, l divorced Mehrunima, left my home and married my co- actor. I had ensured financial security of Mehrunima and my kids . For about 6-7 months everything went well. Then I started realising, my new wife was not caring and affectionate. She was only concerned about her beauty, her ambitions, her wants and desires. Sometimes I missed Mehrunima’s caring touch and concern for my welfare.

Life moved on . I and my new wife were 2 persons living in a house, not one soul living in a home. I never went back to find out what happened to Mehrunima and my kids.
After about 6 -7 years of my second marriage, I came across an article on a Madhur Jaffrey, an upcoming famous chef who had recently launched a book of her own recipes. The moment I looked at the picture of the smart elegant lady, I was stunned. It was Mehrunima. But how could it be ??? She had remarried and changed her maiden name too.

I was shooting abroad at that time. She lived in US now. I caught the next flight to US. I inquired about her where abouts and went to meet her. She refused to see me. My daughter who was 14, and son who was 12, told her they wanted to talk to me one last time. Her new husband was by her side. He was also my children’s legal father now.
To this date, I cannot forget what my children told me.

They told me that their new father knows the meaning of true love. He Broke Da Cage of Negativity. He accepted Mehrunima as she was and never tried to change her into what he himself was, because he loves her more than he loves himself. He let her evolve at her own pace and never tried to force his wishes on her. He accepted and enjoyed her person as it was. And she has bloomed into a confident loving affectionate self reliant lady today under her second husband’s selfless love and acceptance.

Where as I was full of selfishness, demands and unacceptance of her persona had crushed her and then in my selfishness had discarded her. Creating a Cage of Negativity.

The Greatest learning of my life-

You don’t change people you love, you love them as they are….

  • Sayyed Jaffrey


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Patience in Perseverance

Sometimes after we have done our very best
We need þatience as much as perseverance
Time heals it all they say
In throes of torment
We need to trust time to pass to a better moment.
We need patience in waiting.


©Savvy Raj


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Verses in Faith

For me the art of poetry is…
A faith in the verses that flow.

And faith in the flow that finds its purpose,
For faith is all there is,
Without it nothing is.

©Savvy Raj


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On Actions

An action that builds confidence is better than inaction which arises from fear.

At times the action is a success, at times may be the action needs a new direction to be successful but action is better than no action.

Savvy


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Change is a dare

Change…

Can be unsettling and startling for most

To accept, to digest & acclamatize in the new shifts.

And yet…

To create new spaces for light

To step up in the gamut of creativity

There comes a dare into the unknown

Exploring dimensions beyond.

©Savvy Raj


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Transform the World

All matter is energy 
And we are unique speckles of vibrations.
All resonating in the universality of life and living.
Trust you matter, more than you know 
Believe you can and are making a difference 
As you connect deeply in the universal flow 
Tune in to reflect the truth of your being.
 
Every word every deed 
Every step every move 
Impacts the larger whole 
Just as much as the world around you.
So start with who and what is around you 
Sense your intuitive self talking to you 
Telling much in all its subtlety.
Trust it, for it is abound
With the strength of the subtle energies.
Resonate joy, abundance, balance
Resonate love ,harmony and peace
For you have the power to transform your world.

©Savvy Raj


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The Power of You

The Power of You

Little do you know of what you truly are…

Infact you are not privy to the powers vested in you.

Your Creator your Source Coder

Manifested you from infinite intelligence.

You have a heart to love and feel

You have the strength of your mind.

You have the power of choice and will

You have ability to visualize your intentions.

You can make your life good and empower others to live well.

Your challenges, your doubts your insecurities,

Are water under the bridge

If you really care to see…

You are more than enough to take on the world.

For you were meant to survive and thrive

Many a solar cycles in your lifetime.

Trust in every cell of your being

You are meant to be

All that you truly can be…

Stay hopeful and empower yourself and others

For hope is here to stay…

Stay on…

And always remember

To acknowledge the’ Power of You’

©Savvy Raj


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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