"Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire." — Dan Brown That one important project you’ve been meaning to work on since six months, those heavy emotions that have been knocking on the door which you’re too afraid to open, the difficult conversations you know you must have but cannot bring yourself to - all of these have in common the human tendency to avoid what seems too difficult, overwhelming or too important to risk with a ‘weak’ start. Why We...

Having expectations is often like basking in the sun- go overboard and you risk suffering from burns of disappointment, but you can’t completely avoid or do without the warmth and hope altogether because they provide essential nourishment for your soul. Understanding our tendency to ‘expect’: To expect is to believe and assume that the future will unfold a certain way. This belief is based on a mix of hope and trust that the factors we’ve considered in making this prediction will stay...

“Those who have a 'why' to live, can bear with almost any 'how'." - Viktor Frankl Purpose is a heavy word. We talk a lot about finding it, but there's no fixed template for how to go about discovering it, or even for what a life's purpose should/can look like. And we don't deal well with uncertainty as humans. We would rather not search for an answer to the question about life's purpose than dive into uncertain, seemingly vague waters. So here’s an attempt to decode what a sense of purpose...