Priyanka Nair (Joshi)'s Blog, page 27

Blogchatter Ebook Carnival is Here

So are you the one having a lot of thoughts in your mind and you have been piling up your diary, journal, or notepad with like thousands of words?

Do you want to take that step, you have been hesitant for a while? Now is the time, as Blogchatter ebook carnival is here

Who stole my peace?

Was it you, who tried to demean me?

or you, who broke my spirits?

Was it you, you hated me for being me

or you, who broke my heart?

I can’t sleep now

I wander alone

like a lost soul

seeking refuge in dreams

finding comfort in lies

who stole my peace?

it belonged to me

it was mine forever

and not for you to take

I travel solo

shallow and places hollow

nothing stays with me

while I fix my each missing piece

I wonder, who stole my peace?

love, Priyanka

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Wildflower

Like a wildflower, I grow from my roots

untouched, uncared I am own my own

I bloom without being planted

no one sowed the seeds of my existence

like a wildflower, I store an untamed beauty inside me

I see myself grow

I am available in abundance

hence valued less

Inured to settle for less

and how I am a glorious mess

euphoric with my own fragrance

I choose to dance to the mellifluous sound of the rain

hugging the droplets

as it falls on my unclenched petals

I am a wildflower I grow on a barren land

I dance like an agile peacock

I sing with the winds

and flow around valleys steep and thinned

I am wildflower..untamed and untouched.

love, Priyanka

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Dealing with Children amid Social Distancing

What no one is talking about except for mommies

If Sadness Had Gravity

I was high on spirits

had it all sorted out

I hardly had any confusion

or any doubt

But one fine day, sadness crept in

I tried pushing it away

like million times

it sat beside me

I felt lost

lost all the hopes

I knew life has to go on

Hello, said sadness

I felt numb and was about to succumb

I felt dark

but I had to do it right

deeply moved inside, I sighed

The hope was gone

but I must go on

I said to myself

and I took sadness in my stride

I accepted it with arms open wide

now we stay together

if sadness had gravity

It would have pulled me apart

I would have been broken and parched

but it stayed

it helped me shed the weight

I was carrying on my mind

for others who have turned blind

I found my gravity in the brevity

If sadness had gravity

it would have stayed forever…

Love, Priyanka

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15 Hacks For Staying Sane Amid Isolation

Few hacks for staying sane amid Isolation, as this coronavirus pandemic has inflicted deep fear and anxiousness within all of us.

For the first time in human history, we are going through a tough time. No matter how powerful a nation is or how small a county is, we are almost on the same page and dealing with the same problem.

Even I have been struggling a lot to keep up with my sanity, but I remind myself of all the coping mechanisms. I take one day at a time and try to be in the moment. It helps. Besides, I am here to share fifteen tips and hacks for staying sane amid isolation we are going through due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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15 Hacks For Staying Sane Amid Isolation

1.) Stop waking up anxious every day. It is ok to not have everything sorted and at the place. It is ok if you are feeling house arrest, replace the thought and see it as a step for your own safety and protection of your family.  There is nothing we can do except for staying at home.

2.) Stress on the quality of sleep, amount of water you consume and focus on your breathing. Ask our family members to do the same, it will help to maintain composure.

3.) Do not worry about gaining weight, saving yourself is more important at the moment. You can always do exercises and yoga asanas at home to maintain the track. You can surely start your regular workout once things are back to normal.

4.) Keep a personal check on your friends and family members.

5.) Try to eat in small portions and eat a balanced diet.

6.) Do things that you loved to do but never had time to pause and reflect.

7.) Record your skills/talents. Share them with your friends or simply enjoy doing it and keep to yourself.

8.) Managing finances is another stressor. Remember this was unplanned and uncalled. Going with the flow is all we can do to minimize the mental damage. For the first time you don’t to prove, give an excuse or convince anyone. The whole world is on the same page.

9.) Take this time to declutter unwanted and unused things from your house. If you are staying in a joint family encourage them to get rid of their unwanted belongings too. It could be a whole day activity.

10.) Try to be of help for the security guard, cleaner, helper or anyone who still shows up daily at work near you. Help them with food and essentialities.

11.) Keep your mobile away and spend some quality time with your spouse, other family members, and kids. Like we used to in the pre-internet era. 

12.) Situations are such that we are bound to get frustrated and bored but hold yourself, take two deep breaths, drink water and let the feeling go.

13.) Practise self-care. I know many women would say that due to the increased workload they cannot take out time for themselves. But we all are facing the same issue and for the first time, we are doing things without the rush. There are a little flexibility and understanding in many families and taking out a little time for self should not be a big deal.

14.) These are the tough times for individuals who are staying with toxic in-laws or spouses. They are facing a lot of abuse and violence. For them, I pray that they gain strength to stand up and call the respective helpline for the support.

15.) Lastly, spend quality time with your children. Do not force them to do things just because everyone is posting about the skills and activities of their kids on social media, do not force them to be what they don’t want to be. Just sit with them, talk, have a good laugh, watch movies, their favorite cartoon and try to do what they want to do, this will nurture your bond as well.

Remember when I say this, all this will be over one day and we will be talking about it over a cup of tea/coffee with our friends and family members and might even regret not doing a few things when we had the liberty of time in our hands, because of the mainframe we were in.

“Focus on the solution rather than the problem and the only solution we have is to stay inside our homes”.

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Stay home and stay safe.

Much love and gratitude

Priyanka Nair

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Day 21- Meditation and Wellness Series

Hi,

I hope you all are doing fine and holding yourself in these tough times. 

I am sorry as I missed posting a few posts last days within this series as I was facing a problem in accessing my blog, which is very sad as I could not even open my blog. 

I am back to my blog after three days and it feels like home.

I have written a lot about Meditation, it’s importance, it’s the type and ways to do it I blast a few days and I have personally learned a lot.

As the lockdown has been extended till 4th May in India, we will need more positivity and strength to move ahead, and I am sure we will get through this together.

I am sending positivity, strength, and power to everyone reading this.

Stay home and stay safe.

 

Much love and gratitude 

Priyanka

 

 

 

 

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Day 18- Task of the Day

Hi,

Only a few days left for this task series!

Keep meditating and connecting with your inner self.

Today, think of all the great things about you and say out loud 3 compliments to yourself. You can do it after your meditation practice or even before, this task will definitely boost your confidence.

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Much Love and Gratitude

Priyanka Nair

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Day 16- Task of the Day

Hi,

While you exercise and meditate today, make sure you take a few deep breaths outside.

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Much love and gratitude

Priyanka

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Mental Health Amid Novel Coronavirus Pandemic

Welcome to the 14th episode of my mental health awareness series.

Amid this Novel Coronavirus Pandemic, where health is not only restricted to physical health but with the passing days it is leading to several mental distress in individuals.

Novel Coronavirus pandemic is not only a severe medical tragedy but it is leading to a deep sense of fear of losing a job, loss of income, ill-health condition and the effects of isolation is such that we all we be under its hangover for coming few years.

We have our 14th guest to spread some light and enable people to speak and seek help if they are going through some mental illness in this situation. Mimansa Singh Tanwar is a clinical psychologist.

She is a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist working in the clinical space using evidence-based treatments with adolescents, parents, couples, and families. She holds an M.Phil in Clinical Psychology.

As the Lead Clinical Psychologist, she provides clinical supervision and assistance to psychologists to enhance therapeutic care across centers. She also leads the Fortis School Mental Health Program with a sense of passion for enhancing the mental health in children.

She has a keen interest in qualitatively improving the skills and well-being of adults who work with children. She has co-authored the parenting book ‘Raising Confident Children: A 52-week guide’. She has co-designed and co-authored ‘Talking about Mental Health in the Classroom- A Mental Health Curriculum for Teachers’. She has also co-created a comic series on mental health called ‘Laugh n Learn with Dr. Parikh – Study and Exam Skills’.

Her books are available on Amazon:

Raising Confident Children: A 52-week guide’. -https://www.amazon.in/dp/9353335728/?...

Laugh & Learn with Dr. Parikh: Study and Exam Skills: https://www.amazon.in/dp/9353335345/?ref=idea_lv_dp_ov_d

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mimansa.singh/

Please stay home and stay safe.

Love, Priyanka Nair

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