#relationships

Pick a category

RELATIONSHIPS:

(a) Self

(b) Others

(c) God/ Universe

Relationships are to us what soil is to grass.

Is your work a source

of happiness for you

or simply a means to

earn a living?

DREAMS, GOALS &

WORK LIFE

Happy people know how

to balance their heart

and mind.

MINDSET FOR HAPPINESS:

Shaping thoughts,

managing emotions

and future expectations

VALUES & HABITS

Our values lie at the root of our thoughts and actions. The right ones form the foundation of a happy life.

SIMPLE JOYS OF LIFE

Sunshine, rain, birdsong, good coffee, laughter and other petite joys.

HAPPINESS is learning to MANAGE your EXPECTATIONS from life and the people you love.

People don't hurt us, our expectations do. To manage our expectations is to manage how we'll eventually feel. We grow up LEARNING to expect because we see people expect things from us throughout our childhood. For love given, love is expected back. Ditto with respect, space, and more tangible objects. Thus, expecting becomes a ‘habit.’ But how can you better manage your expectations and prevent consequent heartache? (a) When a dog barks at you or you get soaked in the rain or

Stop pretending to be pseudo-strong, choose to be happy instead.

Deepti Malhotra

Feb 22, 2020
2 min

Stop pretending to be pseudo-strong, choose to be happy instead.

Not expressing sadness or pain is passe, it doesn't make you strong, just plain unhappy. Did you grow up believing that strong people don’t feel sad or at least don’t let the world know they’re sad? And when they feel heartbroken or upset, they keep it to themselves? Those were my beliefs when I was growing up. I was so inexpressive that on the rare occasion that a few tears rolled down my cheeks, people would be really surprised and would assume something must be very wrong

HAPPINESS is the warmth of old friendships.

Deepti Malhotra

Feb 4, 2020
2 min

HAPPINESS is the warmth of old friendships.

Every relationship goes through its ups and downs but an old friendship is worth preserving because it's a source of comforting joy on both good days and bad. I learnt a little something about it last week when a friend visited my city after two years and messaged me asking to meet up. The last time we had met, it had ended on an unpleasant note so I told him I wouldn’t be able to come. He insisted so I told him clearly that he had been an ass the last time we met and thus, m

How do you end your romantic relationships?

Deepti Malhotra

Jan 31, 2020
2 min

How do you end your romantic relationships?

The ending matters, just like the beginning. Relationships are such an important part of our lives especially those that we share with our partners but they don't always go to plan and often end sooner or more abruptly than we wish. How we choose to part impacts our state of mind and happiness in the long term. There’s enough emphasis laid on beginning well with good intentions and energy but what about the ending? I believe ending relationships on a good note is just as impo

HAPPINESS is discovering people you can engage in deep conversations with.

Deepti Malhotra

Jan 25, 2020
2 min

HAPPINESS is discovering people you can engage in deep conversations with.

A good conversation, like a good meal, both satiates and nourishes our soul. Bet this post didn’t come as a surprise! If you log on to read my posts everyday, I think you like deep conversations too.:) I can small talk but it is definitely not something I enjoy. I do not want to talk about the weather or gossip about someone. I don’t like to ask questions that elicit one line answers, I do not wish to indulge in formalities, I do not wish to engage in conversations that lack

HAPPINESS is ensuring the self-dialogue you're constantly having is empathetic and encouraging.

Deepti Malhotra

Jan 18, 2020
2 min

HAPPINESS is ensuring the self-dialogue you're constantly having is empathetic and encouraging.

What does the voice in your head sound like? I was working on a personal project yesterday which required me to work through my fears and discover their root cause one at a time. During this exercise, I found out that one of my fears had stemmed from negative adjectives that had been used for me by people who were supposed to be encouraging and supportive but were not, and it stayed with me. Over time the emotion built itself up into a fear. I reckon that this happens commonl

Deepti Malhotra

Jan 11, 2020
2 min

How honest are you with yourself?

Honesty may be the best policy but we wholeheartedly refuse to adopt it. Why? I’m an observant person and many of the lessons I have learned in my life have come from observing people. A lesson I learned many years back is: most people spend their lives lying to themselves. They lie about how happy they are with their lives, their relationships, their jobs, whether or not they find their goals inspiring enough and so on. People keep lying to themselves out of habit just like

HAPPINESS is taking a break when you can’t deal with life anymore.

Deepti Malhotra

Jan 4, 2020
2 min

HAPPINESS is taking a break when you can’t deal with life anymore.

The most important relationship in your life is the one you have with yourself. Life is hard from time to time for every one of us. In fact, if there aren’t any difficulties in your life you might actually be a tad unlucky because where there’s adventure, there’s joy to be found. Last week was hard on me. A project I was attempting for a second time and had been working on for months produced awful results yet again. It had improved tremendously since my last attempt but was

Pick a category

RELATIONSHIPS:

(a) Self

(b) Others

(c) God/ Universe

Relationships are to us what soil is to grass.

Read more.

Is your work a source

of happiness for you

or simply a means to

earn a living?

Read more.

DREAMS, GOALS &

WORK LIFE

Happy people know how

to balance their heart

and mind.

Read more.

MINDSET FOR HAPPINESS:

Shaping thoughts,

managing emotions

and future expectations

VALUES & HABITS

Our values lie at the root of our thoughts and actions. The right ones form the foundation of a happy life.

Read more.

SIMPLE JOYS OF LIFE

Sunshine, rain, birdsong, good coffee, laughter and other petite joys.

Read more.

HAPPINESS is learning to MANAGE your EXPECTATIONS from life and the people you love.

Stop pretending to be pseudo-strong, choose to be happy instead.

HAPPINESS is the warmth of old friendships.

How do you end your romantic relationships?

HAPPINESS is discovering people you can engage in deep conversations with.

HAPPINESS is ensuring the self-dialogue you're constantly having is empathetic and encouraging.

How honest are you with yourself?

HAPPINESS is taking a break when you can’t deal with life anymore.

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