Wellness

It’s been almost 3 months since I deactivated my Facebook account and I haven’t missed it at all. That’s right, I do not miss Facebook. The obvious positives have been 1) I…

Moving to a new city where I didn’t know many people was an overwhelming and unsettling experience. The feeling of loneliness became pervasive and I had lost my sense of…

If we pay attention to what we say to ourselves whether out loud or silently, you’ll notice that many of our thoughts are negative. I find myself complaining about things…

What? Why? Is everything okay with you? What’s wrong? Did something happen? If you were to guess what I could have possibly done to elicit such a response from my…

I hadn’t given meditation much thought until recently. I didn’t see a need to meditate. Even during my most stressful times in undergrad or grad school, I did not think…

It’s been a year since my move to Atlanta and as I’ve written before, it was one TOUGH year. Moving to a new city where I had no friends or…

As I mentioned in one of my earlier posts I am quite an anxiety ridden person. At times this anxiety has been crippling causing nausea , sleep deprivation, and excessive emotions. As…

Anxiety. Worry. Worst case scenario. Stress. One of these should be my middle name. Fortunately its not — its Deepak. In the Indian (not Native American but of the Indian…

I recently fell in love with painting. I do have many talents but being artsy isn’t one of them. At the most I can draw stick figures. But I am…