Self-Care With Shaki

Most of us think that happiness lies in accumulating the positive. We try to set out for a voyage to find a better life while carrying a bag of unwanted sorrows with us. No matter how far we go in search of happiness, we will never find it until and unless we let go of our bag of sorrow. "Letting go" is more easy said than done. It is a very simple way to have a happy mind yet a very powerful one. Letting go is not forgetting a painful memory, it is not just erasing something from your mind. Letting go does not work like that. Trying to forget or erase a memory will not work most often. Because, you will actually not forget the memory but you will suppress it. Suppressing a negative thought might be a relief for the short term. But, in the long run it is obviously a problem. So, most effective and efficient way to live a happy life is not in avoiding the negative but in letting go of it. Letting go is nothing but not giving your power to that f...

Clarity in mind means peace in life. Our unconscious mind loves clarity and it works better in clear situations. Most of us are clouded by our thoughts, distracted by social media, depressed by our environment that makes the situation of our mind worse. If you religiously follow the below simple steps, you can step into a more clear version of your reality. 1. Sleep Sleep calms the chaos in our thoughts. Every person process millions of thoughts per second. All these thoughts come to rest only when you are asleep. It is important to have at least 8 hours of proper sleep.   Good sleep improves your mood and you will be all set with a new clarity to start your day. 2. Brain dump This is one of the most important ways to calm your thoughts. Take a journal, and write down whatever pops up in your head for the next 10 mins. You can write anything you want. If you don’t know what to write, then write 'I don't know what to write'. It...