FOUNDER'S NOTE

Some people believe that different colors are able to impact the body differently. Try these tips and see if they are tue:

• Red: Red is used to energize or invigorate a person who might be feeling tired or down. However, red may also trigger people who are already tense.
• Blue: can influence depression and pain. Darker shades of blue are also thought to have sedative properties and may be helpful to people who have insomnia or other sleeping disorders. 
• Green: Green is the color of nature, and it can help relieve stress and relax a person. 
• Yellow: can be used to improve your mood and make you more happy and optimistic. 
• Orange: like yellow, can be used to elicit happy emotions from people. It is also thought to be able to stimulate appetite and mental activity.

There is so much we can learn using unconventional wisdom, gut feelings, thinking outside-the-box.  Make it a habit.

We are all Just Memories

Someone wisely said, “In the end we are all just memories”.  Whatever we do, aspire, build, develop, we leave it behind and perhaps remain in people’s minds as slowly fading memories.  If we do all our actions, measure all our words and make the right gestures that have some impact on at least the important people around us, we can hope to live on in their minds as positive memories.

Memories need not only be pleasant and warm.  They can be good lessons for others to lead their lives, to guide them when they need to take decisions, and motivate them towards positive thinking. If the legacy we leave behind enriches even a few lives of those who we leave behind, we have achieved something great.

The year still has eleven months to go. Don’t wait……start making beautiful memories that will remain…..

At times someone we trust or love hurts us badly.

The person may have let us down, cheated us, humiliated us or ignored us.  When outsiders do the same we are upset for some time but we recover and move on.  But if the person was (or is) very dear to us then it becomes difficult to get over, and the emotional hurt persists for a long time.

Here are some simple tips to reduce the pain and thereby become more relaxed or functional:

1. Acknowledge and Accept Your Feelings, label them
2. Practice Self-Compassion
3. Challenge Negative Thought Patterns
4. Cultivate Forgiveness
5. Spend time with those who have been good to you
6. Do Healing Activities
7. Set Boundaries in to prevent hurt in future

Don’t expect quick results.  The above have to be practiced regularly for a long time before you feel lighter.  Best of luck!

Study Tips: Boring AND Difficult Subjects

On an average you study at least 5 or 6 subjects every year.  Some are actually interesting, some are not very interesting but at least they are easy so you breeze through them, while inevitably there are some that are boring and difficult at the same time.  How do you tackle them?  Do you tend to neglect them till the last moment, or avoid studying them unless absolutely necessary?

Try to change your attitude towards them and see what happens.  We are in the time of the year when you still have months for your annual or semester exams, so this is the right time to experiment:  Every time you sit down to study, pick up the textbook of the most boring subject.  Tell yourself that you will study it for only 15 minutes, not more.  Set an alarm if need be.  Then take up the book and focus on a particular topic, chapter, definition or calculation.  Keep reading, analyzing and understanding only that particular topic.  When your time is up, jot down a few crucial points from what you have learnt.  Keep that little note pinned on a notice board, or under a glass, and move on to what you consider more interesting subjects.  When you finish your study session, or when you are through for the day, read and revise what you had written on the note.

The next day start the same process again.  First revise the points of yesterday, study the “boring” subject for 15 minutes, and move on.  Slowly start either increasing the time span of your study, or give yourself more of the 15 minute slots in a day.  Every time that you understand and grasp even one small bit of the “boring” subject, it will start becoming interesting.  Of course, when you get stuck, seek immediate help and clarification so that you do not leave the topic pending.