Question 10: Are you comfortable asking for support? I had a few eventful months moving homes, moving at work, moving to places with my feet and in my mind — and Question 10 remained there, hanging for reflections and answers in the meantime. Now it’s time to get back into…

Question 9: What drives dopamine in you? I asked this question as I visited Dopamineland : moving from one room to the other and going through the ‘immersive’ and ‘multisensory’ experience, I made a mental note to do a thorough research on the ‘hero’ hormones and how they arise in…

Question 8 : When do you feel ‘free’? Freedom: scattered across lyrics and movie titles, remembered through stories of communities, pondered on thousands of pages and expressed through the rebellious teen’s mind. What a hefty concept to think, what a grand notion to make sense of! And even more complex…

Question 7: How comfortable are you with the uncomfortable? Practising this question has been very real: it has been observing and reading on the moments of discomfort but also allowing myself to experience my own discomfort rather than fighting or fixing it. The moments of truth are there in everyday…

Pausing in the company of words Pausing in the company of words can be soothing and energizing at the same time. Pause, read, reflect, pause, breathe and move forward. I’ll start with a quote from Pihkal. Somehow the book remained on my Kindle for almost a year and then I…

Reflecting on Question 6 Feeling good. The ultimate superfood. The alternative exercise. The long-lasting effect. The immersive experience. Feeling good is the holy grail of the world around us. …

Question 5: How do you respond to rejection? This question has been an interesting one as the first few responses I’ve received made it obvious that rejection is a broooaaad theme. There’s a plethora of areas where we might define the spectrum for rejection: friendships, work, family… The triggers are…

It has been a heavy week on planet earth. As spring blossoms start spreading the earthly hope around, humankind is suffering with the raw and violent reality of a war. …

Practising on Question 4 Before I was familiar with Joseph Campbell’s work, I kept coming across this idea but somehow thought it was relevant to the whole ‘find your passion, quit your job and get to be on a TED talk someday’ aspirations. This was the time when I had…