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The 8-Part Formula to Vibrant Living

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The 8-Part Formula to Vibrant Living                                                                               -     Ms. Manisha Varma Ms. Manisha Varma is a Counselling Psychologist with over two decades of rich experience working with youth across the spectrum of psychological and wellbeing concerns. Vibrant Living is Living Life in its Entirety. Living Fully and Completely. Each one of us, so as to say, has it as our birthright to do so. But, we often forget the appropriate mechanisms for the same, which is why life seems dull and subdued in color. So, if there is a formula for Vibrant Living what could it be? Here is an 8-part formula for Vibrant Living - the "3A-1C- 4R method ". Lets delve into details step-wise. The 3A's are ACCEPT, ADAPT...

How to Heal Fully - Working with Vulnerabilities

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  Healing often tends to be interpreted as the opposite of Hurting. One hurts oneself either physically or mentally, and is left with Pain. If appropriate care isn't taken and you haven't tended to your wounds, then the hurt can lead to subsequent suffering with the pain. Many teachers and facilitators in the past have quoted, "Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional." What about psychological pain? How do we understand healing in that context?  When it comes to life experiences, Healing is a mechanism of assimilating an experience, usually unpleasant . By assimilation is meant - Agreeing that the experience has occurred;  Accepting that it has come into your life for a reason; and, from that space, Understanding the hold that it has on you currently, as well as aspects of the incident that you would need to release from your psychological space; and, generate valid takeaways. Healing brings to us life learning's; amongst which is working on one's own V...