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23Apr 2020 by Anirudh Mohan No Comments

Insecurity & Our Relationships

Relationships

Near the beginning of my meditation journey, I did a lot of reading on the topic. And by a lot, I mean a lot. One of the books that seemed to influence me the most was 10% Happier by Dan Harris. In that book, Dan mentions his father telling him, “The price of security is insecurity”. As someone who naturally worries a lot in his day-to-day, the quote struck me. He later amends the quote to “The price of security is insecurity, until it’s useful”. This stayed with me. A few months later, as I was working on my relationship with my girlfriend, this quote came back to me. We both have dealt with insecurities in our relationship with each other and this quote kind of helped me put it…

5 Easy Hacks to Lose Weight (without the gym)

Fitness

As hard as it can seem, there are a myriad of different ways one can lose weight. There are many weight loss tricks or hacks out there Below is an old old picture of my progress with weight loss. If I remember correctly, this was close to 30lbs of sustained weight loss over a period of time . While I always recommend tracking your macros to completely understand how to manage your food consumption, the principles below are great to see some initial progress - Hack #1 - Skip a Meal The underlying condition behind fat loss is a basic caloric deficit. What this means is that to maintain our weight, we have to eat a certain number of calories per day. Those, are our maintenance calories. To lose weight,…

8 Step Meditation Guide

Mindfulness

Those who know me well, know that I’m a big big fan of meditation. Meditation has helped me manage stress, deal with my anxiety and improved my overall mood among other things. Will it do the same thing for you? Maybe. It depends. For many people, meditation may seem something foreign, pseudoscientific, creepy or even all of the above. I mean, I’m sure none of us one want to be the oddball in our social circle. I mean, what would that do to our self worth? (Sarcasm) I’ve always been very open with my beliefs and most people in my life know that I’m not very religious (or at all). I’m skeptical about most things and I love questioning absolutely everything. Having said that, I gave meditation a shot. I…