JUL
02
Lifestyle
Building a Life That Supports Your Health Instead of Fighting It
I have often wondered why taking care of our health feels so difficult for so many people, even when we genuinely want to feel better.
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JUN
28
Nutrition
Why I Stopped Chasing Superfoods and Started Trusting My Kitchen
There was a time when it felt as though every few months a new food was being introduced as the answer to better health.
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JUN
25
Lifestyle
Healing Started the Day I Stopped Punishing My Body
If someone had met me in my early thirties, they would probably have thought I was trying very hard to become healthy. And to be honest, I was trying. Just not in the right way.
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JUN
25
Strength Training
Muscle Is the New Anti-Ageing Secret Nobody Told Us About
If someone had spoken to me about muscle mass ten or fifteen years ago, I honestly don't think I would have paid much attention. Like most women, I associated muscles with athletes, bodybuilders or people who spent hours in the gym.
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JUN
21
Ayurveda
Small Ayurvedic Changes That Can Help Reduce Inflammation Naturally
A few years ago, if someone had asked me what inflammation was, I probably would have associated it with an injury or an infection. I certainly didn't think it had anything to do with the way I was living my everyday life.
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JUN
18
Lifestyle
Why Stress Management Should Be Part of Every Fitness Plan
One thing that has always intrigued me is how complete our fitness plans look on paper and how incomplete they often become in real life.
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JUN
14
Nutrition
Foods That Support Hormonal Health Without Making Life Complicated
One of the first things that usually changes when a woman starts experiencing hormonal imbalance is the way she looks at food. Suddenly every meal begins to feel like a decision that could either improve her health or make it worse.
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JUN
11
Strength Training
You Don't Need a Gym to Build Strength – Here's How to Start at Home
It is interesting how differently we look at strength training compared to almost every other skill we learn in life. When we decide to learn driving, we know we won't become confident on the first day. When we begin learning a new language, we don't expect ourselves to become fluent within a week.
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JUN
07
Ayurveda
Seasonal Self-Care: Simple Ayurvedic Habits for Every Ritu
One thing I have often wondered is why we naturally change so many things with the changing seasons, but rarely think about changing the way we take care of ourselves.
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JUN
04
Nutrition
My First Experience of Weight Gain
I was always lean during my school and college days, without actually doing anything about it, (thanks to my good metabolism and active lifestyle), therefore never understood the importance of good nutrition and exercise as never needed that.
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JUN
04
Lifestyle
Your Body Isn't Tired Because You're Lazy – It's Tired Because It's Overworked
One thing I have noticed over the years is that women apologise for being tired far more often than they should. "I don't know what's wrong with me these days."
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MAY
31
Nutrition
Healthy Eating Doesn't Mean Giving Up Indian Food
If there is one thing I have noticed over the years, it is that the moment someone decides to eat healthy, their kitchen begins to change in rather unusual ways.
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MAY
28
Yoga
Yoga and Strength Training: Why I Believe They Work Better Together
One question I am asked quite often is whether yoga alone is enough. Sometimes the question comes from women who have been practising yoga for years and genuinely enjoy it. Sometimes it comes from women who have recently started strength training and wonder if they should continue with yoga.
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MAY
24
Ayurveda
Ayurveda Isn't About Fancy Herbs: It's About Living in Sync with Nature
Whenever I tell people that I follow certain Ayurvedic practices in my daily life, the first question I usually get is, "Which herbs do you take?" Some people want to know which kadha is good for immunity, while others ask if there is an Ayurvedic medicine that can help them lose weight, balance hor…
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MAY
21
Lifestyle
The Power of Tiny Habits: How Small Daily Choices Create Big Health Changes
There is something about transformation stories that fascinates all of us. We love reading about dramatic weight loss, extraordinary fitness journeys and people who seem to have changed their lives almost overnight.
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MAY
17
Nutrition
Protein Isn't Just for Gym-Goers: Why Women Above 35 Need More of It
There was a time when the word protein hardly appeared in everyday conversations. If someone mentioned it, I immediately associated it with bodybuilders, athletes or people who spent hours working out in the gym.
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MAY
14
Strength Training
I Thought I Needed to Lose Weight. What I Actually Needed Was Strength.
There was a time when I genuinely believed that losing weight would solve most of my problems. Looking back, I realise how much power I had unknowingly given to those few digits.
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MAY
14
Strength Training
The Biggest Myths That Stop Women from Lifting Weights
Whenever I introduce strength training to a new group of women, I can almost predict the questions that are going to come up.
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MAY
10
Ayurveda
My Favourite Morning Ayurvedic Rituals That Take Less Than 15 Minutes
People often assume that following Ayurveda means making drastic changes to your lifestyle or spending hours every day on elaborate rituals. I used to think the same.
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MAY
07
Lifestyle
Sleep: The Most Underrated Wellness Tool for Women Over 35
There is something interesting about the way we look at sleep. If someone tells us they have started going to the gym, we admire their discipline. If they wake up early for yoga or make time for a morning walk, we immediately recognise it as an investment in their health.
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MAY
03
Nutrition
Stop Dieting. Start Nourishing: A Better Way to Eat After 35
It is surprising how early most of us start thinking about dieting. Somewhere along the way, we begin believing that eating healthy means eating less. We learn to feel guilty about enjoying our favourite foods, celebrate skipping meals and convince ourselves that hunger is a sign of discipline.
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APR
30
Strength Training
Why Every Woman Above 35 Needs Strength Training (Even If Weight Loss Isn't the Goal)
Whenever I tell women that they should include strength training in their weekly routine, the first response is almost always related to weight loss.
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APR
26
Ayurveda
Understanding Agni: Why Digestion Is the Foundation of Good Health
Whenever someone joins my yoga classes or reaches out to me for guidance, I notice that the conversation usually begins with concerns like weight gain, hormonal imbalance, thyroid issues, PCOS, fatigue or difficulty losing weight despite eating healthy.
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APR
23
Personal
That Closed Dark Room: My Phase of Depression
We are a complex combination of different phases of life, feelings, relations, decisions, outcomes of our decisions, work and much more than we think. No one part of our life or one decision or its outcome or one feeling or one relation can define who we are.
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APR
02
Personal
If I Could Go Back and Talk to My Younger Self, Here's What I'd Say About Health and Happiness
Every now and then, I find myself thinking about the woman I was twenty years ago. Not because I wish I could become her again, but because I sometimes wonder what I would say if I had the chance to sit beside her for a quiet conversation.
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MAR
12
Personal
Perimenopause Didn't Change Me: It Introduced Me to a New Me
If someone had asked me in my thirties what perimenopause would feel like, I probably would have imagined grey hair, missed periods and a few hot flashes. I had no idea it could make me question my own body.
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