Is your Mind affecting your Body?

Hinduism and Buddhism have several mentions of how ancient doctors understood of the "connect" between the Mind and Body.
Modern Medicine uses the term Somatization to define the physical symptoms experienced due to psychological stress.

The most common physical symptoms due to stress are -
1. chest pain,
2. acidity and constipation,
3. headache,
4. excess weight gain or weight loss
5. shortness of breath,
6. lack of sleep,
7. abdominal pain,
8. decreased immunity - frequently falling ill.
9. impotence,
10. cough.

Many people keep taking treatment for these symptoms for years, but the problems don't resolve till one doesn't calm down the mind.

Hence the Most essential Mantra is that a healthy mind leads to a healthy body.

For a health of you should -
a. vent out negative emotions
b. develop a proactive approach to life.
c. feed yourself with positivity and love
d. regular meditation and exercise
e. good and controlled diet and sleep regime.
and if everything fails -
f. consult a psychiatrist/counselor whenever required so.

Summer Holidays - What to Do?

The Summer Holidays are here, and I've received a few emails inquiring about the best "mind courses" or "mind exercises" for children during this time.

Here are some tips I have for both Parents and Children.

Parents

1. Relax - its a tough academic year ahead, for next 1 month just relax.
2. Do something you like - break your normal routine
3. Take up a small hobby.
4. Let go of your extended family/friends for sometime. This is the best period to Spend maximum time with your children.
5. Don't over think about the past, present or future.
6. Best time to rejuvenate physically and emotionally.

Children

1. Let them Relax - Don't burden them with tuition and activities.
2. Teach them the importance of Time Management and Self Management.
3. Emotional well-being - by helping them vent out their negative emotions.
4. Don't let them indulge into video-games or TV.
5. Let them go out and play with their friends.
If they don't have friends, admit them to activity clubs were they can make friends.

6. Invest in their health - make sure they sleep well, eat well and get enough physical activity.
7. Fight obesity - children are over-weight these days. Summer holidays put them on strict diet plans and exercise schedules.
Make them understand the importance of being physically fit.

8. Psychological Well-being - if the child is weak in studies or has a very shy/fearful personality consult professional counselor/psychiatrist at the start
of the holidays. make use of this time to help the child, get back his confidence and concentration levels.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Corporate Managing!

Corporate Sector is one place where people love to pass the responsibility.. The great majority are extremely restless and confused lot. Taking a small decision means exchanging hundreds of emails.
Even after all this "process" oriented approach.. There are a handful of people who speak and work to the point, the rest make use of "useless English jargon", to mask their restlessness, high anger/irritation due to ego, jealous and inability to make quick decisions.

Here are some examples, of "funny and sarcastic" but true phrases used by "Managers" all over Corporate world -

1. Out of the box thinking
Meaning: I don't care about your idea, I just want to show how bossy i can be.. so Try again!!

2. Leverage
Meaning: You need to be more selfish and manipulative... Rob, steal or borrow but get the work done.

3. I'll Revert back
Meaning: I just want to avoid You and your ideas... You can keep waiting!!

4. ASAP
Meaning: My seniors are asking me why isn't work done.. So I have passed the blame on you.. Now Deal with it.!!

5. Please do the needful
Meaning: I’ve no idea what/how/when to do, but you do it anyway. And ASAP.

6. Lets Touch base soon
Meaning: I have nothing too offer and I just trying to avoid you.

7. Pro-active
Meaning: You are going to get a lot of extra work, good news you’re not getting paid for it!!

8. I’m low on resources
Meaning: I am having a panic attack thinking I might have too take responsibility! Time to get some new faces and put all the blame on them.

9. Bring to the table
Meaning: We both need to get the best of each other, but I will do it by undermining your efforts because I am the Boss!!

10. Keep me in the loop
Meaning: I am scared and insecure personality. Include me in every single email chain and conversation, because I want to feel in control of the situation.

11. Core competencies
Meaning: I just want to prove that you’re good at nothing. Hence, this spine-breaking jargon that means nothing. I will keep throwing such words till you don't consider me god!!

12. Give 110%
Meaning: Prepare yourself boy, i want you too work 26hrs a day.. and still will curse you.

13. Win-win
Meaning: I will take everything.. you can keep wondering what happened!!

14. What’s the ballpark number
Meaning: We are just clueless on what we are doing here.. Lets just start with a random number to see how much we can fool ourselves.

15. Let’s take this offline
Meaning: Polite way of saying - I don't want to hear what your ideas!!

16. I don’t have the bandwidth
Meaning: I am dumb!!... I am in the wrong place, doing the wrong thing.. but I will put all that blame on you.. why? because I'm the boss remember!!

17. SWAT analysis
Meaning: I’ve no idea what’s happening, so let me do my mumbo-jumbo.

18. Better visibility
Meaning: I am insecure about your rise!! I feel you can threaten my job.. I want a detailed analysis of every move you make in office. I want to even know, when you are going to pee!! .. so tomorrow I can manipulate that information to create a negative report about you!!

19. Open door policy
Meaning: I will only have time for you when I want some gossip.. and whatever you tell me.. will be excellent fodder to manipulate you and your colleagues for my own benefit!!

20. Value-add
Meaning: I want to fire you, not because you are bad at your work.. but because I want to feel like the BOSS!!

This is a sarcastic take on the stupidity that goes around in the corporate world.
This is just the TIP OF THE ICE BERG.. with hundred more of such jargon doing the rounds..Sad enough they are true!! and even more worrisome its causing a lot harmful STRESS to people!!

GET CLARITY OF MIND.. ELSE STRESS WILL KEEP HAUNTING YOU!!