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The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | Book Review

Updated on October 31, 2019 - This post may contain affiliate links which means I may make a small commission if you purchase something via a link on the site - at no additional cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. See the disclosure policy for more information.

the palace of illusions book review

“Some women are lost in the fire. Some women are built from it.” -Michelle K, Some This book follows the life of one such woman who was built from fire – Draupadi. She was a fire born princess who longed for love and acceptance from her family, a wife to five of the most powerful…

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AtoZ Reflections #AtoZChallenge 2015 @AprilA2Z

Updated on April 19, 2019 - This post may contain affiliate links which means I may make a small commission if you purchase something via a link on the site - at no additional cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. See the disclosure policy for more information.

As I write this post, I am overcome with a lot of conflicting emotions. The dominant one being relief with a tinge of sadness. I am relieved as I survived a month long blogging challenge. I know it probably is not a big deal for a lot of you, but to a newbie blogger like…

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Why You Must Have A Child-like Zest For Life

Updated on April 19, 2019 - This post may contain affiliate links which means I may make a small commission if you purchase something via a link on the site - at no additional cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. See the disclosure policy for more information.

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Have you ever noticed when some people walk into a room, the energy level of that room goes up a couple of notches? Sometimes a person’s sunny personality brightens even the gloomiest person’s mood. I know a few people like that. They bring their own sunshine, and have an irresistible zest for life. Moreover, I…

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Yelling Less : The Journey Within – by Shailaja Vishwanath

Updated on April 19, 2019 - This post may contain affiliate links which means I may make a small commission if you purchase something via a link on the site - at no additional cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. See the disclosure policy for more information.

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Today, I am very happy to welcome a very dear friend, Shailaja, to my space. I came across her parenting blog a couple of month’s back, and the first thing that caught my attention was the Yelling Less counter on the sidebar. It read over 150+ yell free days  at that point. 150+ days since…

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Why It’s Important to Identify Your X-Factor For Success

Updated on April 19, 2019 - This post may contain affiliate links which means I may make a small commission if you purchase something via a link on the site - at no additional cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. See the disclosure policy for more information.

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X-Factor is essentially considered to be an unknown but vital quality for achieving success. Interviewers and judges often speak of an ‘X- Factor’ when they consider multiple candidates for a single open position, or when they are deciding the winner of a contest.  In the above context, the term stands for a certain undefinable quality…

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An Antidote for Our Worries

Updated on April 19, 2019 - This post may contain affiliate links which means I may make a small commission if you purchase something via a link on the site - at no additional cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. See the disclosure policy for more information.

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Let me start off this post by saying that I don’t intend to preach on the futility of worrying, as I have met very FEW people who worry MORE than me. I am not sure if I have always been this way but certainly have been a major worry-wart after I had my son. I…

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The Importance of Having a Vision

Updated on April 19, 2019 - This post may contain affiliate links which means I may make a small commission if you purchase something via a link on the site - at no additional cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. See the disclosure policy for more information.

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I have always been big on writing To-Do Lists. It helps me clear the chaos in my mind and focus. I pen down daily and weekly goals for the things I need to accomplish. This works for me as I have always thrived on routine and structure. Having said that, there are times when I…

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Why It’s Important To Embrace Our Uniqueness

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We all know that we, as humans, have a lot in common. We are similar biologically and we pretty much feel the same spectrum of emotions too. But the similarity ends there.

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How Much Power Do Our Thoughts Have?

Updated on April 19, 2019 - This post may contain affiliate links which means I may make a small commission if you purchase something via a link on the site - at no additional cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. See the disclosure policy for more information.

Do you feel that your thoughts come in response to what is happening around you, and what you observe? I certainly used to feel so. But then I came across a book called The Secret. It introduced (to me) a concept called as Law of Attraction, which stated that we attract what we think.  This…

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Keeping it Simple

Updated on April 19, 2019 - This post may contain affiliate links which means I may make a small commission if you purchase something via a link on the site - at no additional cost to you. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. See the disclosure policy for more information.

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I once read somewhere that the best proof of someone’s intelligence is their ability to simplify the complex. The people who are confident in their knowledge do not hesitate to share it with others in a way that is easily understood. Whereas, people who attempt to talk over people’s heads through the use of overly…

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