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Happy Women

March 8, 2020March 8, 2020 - by Shefali - 2 Comments.

Sometimes with all that goes on in the world, I struggle a bit with what would be actually meaningful on Women’s Day. Here’s a proposal for men and women who’re …

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Tarot Meditations November 2019
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Tarot Meditations: November 2019

November 3, 2019November 4, 2019 - by Shefali - Leave a Comment

I love when my cards talk like this. Last month’s reading showed that it was time for exploratory first steps towards making something real (Page of Pentacles). This month’s cards …

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how to not talk about spirituality
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The Null, the Full, the Spilling

October 25, 2019October 25, 2019 - by Shefali - 2 Comments.

Most often experiences begin from the outside- something is experienced in the sensory world, and an internal response emanates. Other experiences begin on the inside- and then there is an …

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Tarot Meditations October 2019
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Tarot Meditations: October 2019

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 - by Shefali - Leave a Comment

The cards this month bring a delightful energy we often hope for – new beginnings: 2 Page cards! One in the area of material reality/ abundance, and the other in …

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Strangers
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Strangers

April 12, 2019April 12, 2019 - by Shefali - Leave a Comment

It is too soon to say whether the light-headedness is to be attributed to mild euphoria or to having had five test-tubes worth of blood withdrawn. But I want to …

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Everything Now
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Everything, Now

March 16, 2019March 17, 2019 - by Shefali - Leave a Comment

It’s something like the first full day of spring. The sun’s burning so bright in its passion, like it’s finally coming out, after a lifetime. So bright upon everything. The …

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Fiction Files

She’s here

March 13, 2019 - by Shefali - 2 Comments.

She won’t leave me alone. Is what it is. I didn’t call for her, yet here she is. My companion for the whole day it seems, no matter if it …

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The Utter Delight of Working from Home

December 27, 2018December 30, 2018 - by Shefali - 2 Comments.

Working from home is all about efficiency. It helps you fully realize your capacity to disappoint ALL stakeholders in your life (personal and professional) simultaneously.

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Fiction Files

My Free Hour and I

June 7, 2018June 8, 2018 - by Shefali - 2 Comments.

Even till the last minute that he showed up, I kept guessing whether or not we would actually come face to face after all- my free hour, and I. Yup, …

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Meaningful Life
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My-Way: The Quest to Craft Meaningful Lives

March 15, 2018April 2, 2018 - by Shefali - Leave a Comment

Maybe it’s just me, maybe it’s the stage of life (what is ‘just on the other side of 30 called these days?), maybe it’s the stage(s) of life of people …

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Poetry Pages

On Showing Up

January 29, 2018January 29, 2018 - by Shefali - 2 Comments.

Showing up says That I can move beyond  My like and dislike my fear or distrust

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Slow Living.. What, Why, How

January 22, 2018April 2, 2018 - by Shefali - 6 Comments.

Three years into this blog, now is a good time to pause and re-examine my personal meaning of slow living, as well as the whether/ why/ how of it.

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The Universe says Happy New Year

January 3, 2018 - by Shefali - Leave a Comment

On the eve of the new year, I wrote about how it is only the lone individual trying to pull together the universe and time and their own life. While …

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Hair-raising conversations..

November 22, 2017 - by Shefali - Leave a Comment

They say a woman who has cut her hair is about to change her life. Every now and then, I have this urge to cut my hair really short. The …

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Not to be, to be

November 8, 2017 - by Shefali - Leave a Comment

You are this person in your mind. You do certain things, which define who you are and what values you hold… except in that particular situation when you didn’t do …

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A Moving Experience

September 26, 2017 - by Shefali - Leave a Comment

Today it is exactly one month since we moved into our new home. We are far from done in terms of all the setting up and settling in activities, but …

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To Potential Sarahah Users

August 21, 2017 - by Shefali - Leave a Comment

My non-anonymous constructive message to anyone considering using Sarahah: You are wonderful. And you have flaws. You probably have an accurate enough understanding of both aspects yourself. If you really …

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Independence and Freedom

August 15, 2017 - by Shefali - 2 Comments.

 There are many notions mixed up in my head Because the reality of the world is of many mixed notions Notions.. emotions.. solutions? I remember my grandmother’s stories Relating the …

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Tenderness

August 3, 2017 - by Shefali - Leave a Comment

Know that feeling, when in the middle of a busy day, you come across a profound saying? Or moving art..? or a picture of your childhood? Or a child’s laughter?

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Trust the Path

July 19, 2017 - by Shefali - Leave a Comment

We cannot typically know the destination, but we can usually if not always, see the path. Do you trust the path? If one is anxious, frustrated, depressed, impatient- it is …

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Goodbyes

June 19, 2017 - by Shefali - 2 Comments.

A colleague I had been working with for past few years, went into retirement today. We had had the ‘event’ with the team to mark the transition, and yet when …

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Books & Beyond

The First Pharaoh of Egypt

June 9, 2017 - by Shefali - Leave a Comment

This book made me really think about my reading choices. It is almost 500 pages long, and I realized that if I had more time, I would not have read …

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The Reading Rebellion

May 16, 2017 - by Shefali - Leave a Comment

We all have fantasies. And I believe if we take them not just on face-value, but identify the underlying need that they indicate, we learn much about us and how …

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Looking in the Closet

April 18, 2017 - by Shefali - Leave a Comment

I stumbled across a piece on how Frida Kahlo’s closet was opened a good 50 years after her death to unlock insights into her personality and story. By no means …

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