Shobha Nargundkar

Good things,New Ideas Went to Mumbai to be with Suhita and Jayant as he recovers from bypass surgery.Was a very nice and relaxing experience for me.(and hopefully for them!) Reread The Journey by Brandon Bays.. an amazing journey for her and well written... new insights into myself “Yes” factors Anjali & I flew to Mumbai and back!(despite Anjali preferring to go by bus!) Succeeded in getting Anjali to drink milk from a cup/glass! Marketing activity for workshops - met a lot of people, some of them might work out! bought myself clothes at Mumbai!(Felt some guilt pangs...they passed..) Out of comfort zone these are basically things that i do after a battle of 'yes' and 'no' in my head. flying vis-a-vis other modes of transport.. to and from Mumbai - overcame guilt and did it.. spoke to strangers about our workshop and the possibility of offering it at different locations Since I wrote all that, one more week has passed, some more things have happened. wrote a sor...

I didn't add much directly to my book this week other than jot down some more ideas. I still don't have a structure in place. Good things,New Ideas Chitra helping out with Anjali gives me time to do all this.. its the best thing that happened to me lately! Met a few people and counseled them. Organised and attended the 'Champion's mindset' review Read 'Emotional Freedom Technique' and practised it on self. Looks like a good book to read in a group and practice the simple tapping technique. Deciding to take ownership for learning to drive a car,for fitness “Yes” factors I saw that i now personally know people who buy life insurance in crores! Yes! Wrote more blogs to get the hang of putting ideas and thoughts into words. Got a couple of followers on the blog and a lot of encouraging comments.. Got invited to a party after a long time and had fun.(our contribution to the 'potluck' was tender coconut icecream from Natural's which was a big hit) was ...

I don't know what to write about.. but i want to say something. lets see where this goes. its hot in hyderabad and I am grateful for the AC. People working in offices with ACs must be attending office regularly, someone said.I agree. I would too and feel very good about myself..working through this scorching summer. But its not the same when you work at home or work from home. Only my bedroom has the AC and working in the bedroom is not a very exciting idea. And since its so hot elsewhere, I move to the bedroom and sleep. As I drift into unconsciousness an endless stream of thoughts unconnected,flit across...should I be switching the AC on..waste of power, pollution, heavy bills and so on...so all in all not a very 'feel good' experience. Having grown up in a middle class family with no AC even in the hottest of climes..(have been at Godavarikhani when temperatures touched 50 degrees C).. its probably a 'core belief' about what's 'good' and 'not goo...

I dreamt this dream a couple of days ago.. We (Hari & I) see a body lying in the bushes outside our home. Its some other place not where we live now and we are scared(at least I am) that the police will come to us for questioning, and for no logical reason other than my fear of the law and the authorities, I fear being dragged or implicated in the death of this unknown person, especially if we tell the truth about our whereabouts and about not knowing anything. So we decide to stay away(at least I ask Hari to stay away from home and he agrees) and then we plan on what to tell the police if they come and so on... All this planning ...just because we saw a body lying outside at a distance in the bushes! Hari leaves and suddenly I realize(thank God!) that we don't need to make any elaborate plans to evade anyone or anything because we haven't done anything unlawful and that is the truth! I frantically try to call Hari and cannot get through for a while and i'm worried now ...

Inspired by you Ranjani, to take a look at my week since the workshop!Thank you. So what did I do this week that was out of the comfort zone.. 1. We went and watched a movie leaving Anjali at home..she was very happy to see us go! 2. The movie was Avatar(our first IMAX experience with the glasses on and all that!)..slight discomfort. 3. Pushed myself thru the discomfort to start jotting down ideas for my book.. (Some ideas seem to be just popping in .. god's hand at work perhaps.. 4. Now when I get some ideas and don't jot them down, I feel uncomfortable 5. Lot of anger popping up... ackowledging it ..yet to work on releasing it.. (probably the reason for Anjali's fingers getting stuck in the car door...my fault.. not serious damage, but painful for the last 3 days) Nice things that happened this week : Anjali's school had a grandparent's day at school and since Aai couldn't come, Asha Maushi and Kaka who live in Hyderabad agreed to go and everyone had a grand t...

I participated in the workshop 'The Champion's Mindset' by Hari over the weekend. It was very tough for me because I have always felt 'blank' and confused whenever somebody talked about dreams, ambitions or goals. I don't think its because I don't want to achieve anything in life or make a difference, but because I'm afraid to accept them myself and take the responsibilty of achieving them. I wouldn't have any excuses for not being rich or successful or famous if I set some goals for myself and went about achieving them. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is that, in a workshop setup, I could not escape from myself and therefore had to ask myself uncomfortable questions about my dreams and goals and my capabilities and skills. Which I did. And surprise ... apart from regular goals like lots of money, and very ambitious (though improbable) goals like wanting to sing(I don't do any other than with my daughter Anjali(she's two-and-a-half)), the...