Happy New Year friends!

New Year comes up with new hopes, new desires and new aspirations!

Let’s welcome New Year with a mindset made of Iron which is tough to be broken easily. Powerful mindset is an incredible tool to achieve success in life. It needs to work out every day for the right functioning. At Womenlines we strongly believe ‘We are what we read’, thus Womenlines team is committed to publishing empowering content and inspirational interviews from Influencers across the globe. Womenlines’ branding campaigns are quite innovative which can help to enhance digital reach out of your product or service.

It is all about how you are becoming a better version of self everyday friends. Use every day of the year for your betterment with mindfulness.

Let excellence be your brand!

Charu Mehrotra

Founder Womenlines

Your mornings hold big treasures for you if you are ready to dig out with discipline!

The Book ‘The 5 AM Club’ by famous author Robin Sharma will fuel you to start using your morning time mindfully. ‘Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise!’- This quote which we are reading since childhood has such a deep meaning, which I fully believe now after reading the book The 5 AM Club.

Here are the powerful keynotes from the book-

1. Protection from distraction is precisely you need to work if you are serious about dominating your field and winning at your crafts. Neuroscientists call this peak mental state we are speaking of, where our perception becomes heightened and our availability to original ideas rises.
2. Less is more, you know? Geniuses understand that it is smarter to create one masterwork than one thousand ordinary pieces.
3. Developing high awareness around the things we do and having a painstaking approach to make our work perfect. Refining the details, sweating the little points, producing with precision rather than being unprofessional and careless.
4. There is tons of competition at ordinary. But there is almost none at extraordinary. There has never been such a glamorous opportunity to become pearless because so few people are dedicated to world-class in this age of such scattered focus, eroded values and deteriorated faith in ourselves.
5. Many of us lead time-starved lives, we absolutely need to have at least an hour first thing in the morning to refuel, grow and become healthier, more peaceful people.
6. No one will believe in our ability to do great things until we first believe in our greatness and then put in the sincere and rigorous effort to raise it. As Picasso said- My mother said to me if you are a soldier you will become a general, if you are a monk you will become a pope. Instead, I was a painter and became Picasso.
7. Rescript our personal story. Every time you become aware of yourself dropping into victim mode and make a strong courageous choice you rewrite the narrative. Each time you vote your superior self you starve your weaker side. An addiction to distraction is the death of your creative production.
8. In some way, new technologies and social media are not only eroding the Everest of our glorious productive potential they are also training us to be less human. We have few real conversations, fewer true connections, and fewer meaningful interactions.
9. People are making more mistakes in their work than ever before because they are not present to what they are doing. their precious concentration has been hijacked by a foolish use of technology.
10. Simplify everything, become a purist, less really is more socially have fewer friends but go deep with them. An intense concentration only on what matters most is important. Simplify, simplify simplify. Stop managing time and start managing focus.
11. Geniuses understand that every morn we wake up with the limited amount of will power as well as mental focus, so rather than wasting these valuable gifts by spreading them over many trivial choices, they automate as many basic things.
12. Continue calibrating your mindset, purifying your heart set, fortifying your health set and escalating your soul set.
13. Once you reclaim the power blocked by layers of toxic emotions and the wounds of the past, your heart set, mindset and health set and soul set will soar exponentially, 
14. And calm performers are the highest achievers!
15. 5 assets of genius are highest in the morning- mental focus, your physical energy, personal willpower, original talent, and daily time.
16. Four practises can help in making a financial fortune- positive expectancy, active faith, ever-increasing gratitude, and extreme value delivery.
17. Your thoughts, your feelings, your words, and your deeds are the four resource that will allow you to materialize miracles in the world.

Let Excellence be your brand!

Charu Mehrotra

Founder Womenlines

Womenlines takes pleasure to welcome Dr Ai Addyson-Zhangin the ‘Entrepreneur of the Month’ show at Womenlines! Dr Ai Addyson-Zhang is an Adobe Education Leader and Forbes featured entrepreneur. Ai is also the founder of Classroom Without Walls, which is to humanize online learning and to accelerate personal and professional transformation.

Listen and read about her interesting journey in her own words-

1. Please share with our reader’s little bit about yourself!

 Dr Ai Addyson-Zhang is an educator and an entrepreneur. She received her MA and PhD in Communication from Syracuse University and the University of Maryland. Ai is the founder of Classroom Without Walls, an alternative school for entrepreneurship. As an Adobe Education Leader, Ai is passionate about incorporating social media and creative technologies to enhance student learning and to acquire skills that help them become future-ready. Ai’s work has been featured in Forbes, Inside Higher Education, Pearson Education, and Mark Schafer’s book among others. Ai hosts a weekly live streaming show, in which she interviews leading social media and digital marketers such as Seth Godin. Ai additionally contributes to Entrepreneur and Thrive Global. Ai worked closely with Crystal King to develop a workbook for HubSpot Academy’s Social Media Certification. Ai frequently speaks at academic and industry conferences including VidCon, Social Media Week Lima (the largest social media marketing conference in the midwest, and others.

2. So when did you started working and what inspired or motivated you to take a plunge into your present venture?

I started teaching in 2005. I want to make a difference in education because of how I much suffered through the traditional educational system.

3. Can you share with us some of the challenges you faced during your initial days?

 Balance my full-time job and side hustle. Have no idea what I was doing.

4. So how do you balance your personal and professional life?

 I integrate the two. It is like having children. Once you are a mom, you are a mom regardless of where you go and what you do. Your mom identity is a part of you. For me, being an entrepreneur is the same. It is a part of me.

5. What would you suggest to other aspiring women who want to venture out on their own?

Work with a mentor or hire a coach. They can offer you so much support and give you so much advice that can shorten your learning curve.

6. Is there any person who has mentored/supported/inspired you?

 It is hard to list one. There are so many. If I have to choose one. It will be Mark Schaefer.

7. What do you have in the pipeline for your venture’s future development?

 My Entrepreneurship Immersion in Singapore.

To know details about the Entrepreneurship Immersion programme in Singapore in Dec 2019 click https://www.classroomwithoutwalls.ai/

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Womenlines takes pleasure to share about Ms Ketki Vinayachandra as an ‘Influencer of Health’ at Womenlines panel. Ketki is sharing articles and videos related to excellence in health through Naturopathy at Womenlines on first and last Thursdays of every month. The first series ‘Flab to Fab’ is a must watch as Ketki is sharing incredible tips to reduce weight. Ketki is a trained Naturopath and she is quite passionate about creating awareness about Naturopathy across the world. Listen to Ketki in this episode 10 of ‘FLAB TO FAB’ part 2-

. Bad fats
. What does bad fat do?
. Sources of bad fats
. A demo tip..on how to go through the festive season if you have many dinner invites and can’t avoid fried food
.How do u have it and still not have it in your system??
Stay tuned to find out!!

Ms Ketki Vinayachandra, BscM (Hons), ND, AND, Dip Nut, ( Aust), NHAA Member Naturopath, Herbalist, Nutritionist, Iridologist

“As a Naturopathic health practitioner, I strongly believe that we need to invest wisely in our health. The everyday choices we make in terms of our lifestyle and how we treat our body can either create healing or disease. While ageing is inevitable, diseases are not. Talk to me to customize a treatment plan for you today!

Womenlines is delighted to share about Anjalika, an IITTI (CANADA) certified professional Image Branding & Lifestyle Consultant, as an Influencer for Image Branding at Womenlines. Yes womenfolk, gear up to learn the tips and tricks to carry yourself with excellence and make excellence your brand. In her sharing for this month, Anjalika is sharing about etiquettes to follow while flying-

Air travel used to be lots fancier; travellers then, made effort to actually dress-up for their flights. Boarding the aircraft with a slight jaunt in their steps, they all had huge smiles plastered on their faces – lots of excitement in their hearts; with the anticipation and expectation of being welcomed warmly by the flight attendants and being served delicious warm meals while flying.

Air travel has lost its glitter but your air travel etiquette does not have to. What is more annoying than to find fellow passenger stretching out his or her legs on the headrest of the seat in front. Even worse, the news made rounds recently; someone was trying to dry his undergarment under the aircraft air vent fixed above every seat! Oh yes, course these are the over-the-top flying blunders; but the little ones we subconsciously do onboard flights sometimes can be disturbing too.

Let us take a look at some ways on how to be on your best behaviour while cruising at 43,000 feet. After all, the sky is the limit when it comes to preserving humanly etiquette.

* Do not talk too much.
Try not to be a chatterbox – know when to talk – when to pause – when to stop. One of my pet peeves is getting a neighbour who starts talking as soon as I rest my back on the seat. This person will talk about anything and everything without hitting the pause button. If you are anything like me, I value my personal time (and space) while travelling; respect that.

* Respect the space of those around
I was on the way to the States recently and while waiting for boarding, noticed fellow passenger bringing with her a cabin-sized suitcase, huge paper bags containing last-minute airport shopping, a baby bag with baby’s necessities and of course, her baby. How she even managed to be at the boarding gate is beyond me. Do not bring into the cabin more than what you can manage. Imagine filling up the overhead compartment with all your belongings; leaving nothing much for your fellow travellers; not to mention the fiasco you are creating while trying to juggle all these into the aircraft.

Another way of respecting those around you is when travelling on the coach, try not to recline your seat all the way; this diminishes a good chunk of space for the one behind you. Also, try to adhere with the proper timings of reclining; lift your seat to its proper position while the meal is being served; this definitely will give much better space to the one behind. Oh and yes, always look before reclining your seat. You do not want the one behind to be soaked in café au’lait just because you decide to recline during his coffee moment.

* Alcohol
Try not to drink too fast to max out on what is allowed on the flight. I know its part of the fare that you paid, however, that does not make it necessary to gobble up everything. Sitting next to a boozy-woozy in a cramped metal tube, high up in the sky is really not fun.

* Travelling with a child
Make sure he or she does not continually kick the seat in front. If he or she does it, apologize and keep an eye on your child. A little tip from this Mamma – pre-boarding bribe or pre-flight pep talk usually helps.

* Communicating with Flight Attendants

Ensuring the safety and comfort of passengers is a flight attendant’s utmost priority; try not to take too much of his / her time. There might be other passengers in a much dire need than you. Be reasonable, practise courtesy always and don’t forget your THANK YOUs.

* Scents
Dousing too much perfume before or on flights is not a good idea; someone might have an allergic reaction. Also, limit the use of medicated oil while flying; something that soothes you might be of annoyance to others.

* Sounds
Nothing like listening to your favourite songs while flying; keep the volume on your earphones down. Your tune of choice might not be the cup of tea of other fellow passengers.

* Footwear
If you are to adhere strictly to the rule of travel etiquette, shoes are to be kept on throughout the whole duration of your flight, however, should there be a need to remove your footwear, the next best option is to at least leave your socks on; never bare feet.

* Wake your seat mate-up

Before making a beeline to the bathroom, make sure you wake your seatmate up; do not just squeeze through. Isle seating passengers, you have the obligation to make things easier for the middle and window-seated mates. So before you reserve your seats, decide which role are you most comfortable with

Zu Anjalika Kamis Gunnulfsen is the Editor (Singapore) for Marketing In Asia and certified Image Branding & Lifestyle Consultant. She was also crowned Mrs Singapore Globe 2017. Born in Singapore and blessed to have lived in a couple of other amazing cities in the world, Anjalika is currently expatriating in Kuala Lumpur. Follow her on LinkedIn, Instagram and blog

www.zuanjalika.com,   

LinkedIn –https://www.linkedin.com/in/zuanjalika/

https://www.instagram.com/anjalika_mrssingaporeglobe2017/

Womenlines takes pleasure to welcome Tazeen Siddiqui at Meet the Author session at ‘Books for Excellence’  show at Womenlines. Tazeen is the Managing Director of Mansha Educational Society, chairperson India for International Long Term Economy, Expert columnist NTD TV, presented papers at Harvard University and IIM Kozhikode. She is the author of a wonderful book ‘Know me Ma’. Listen to Tazeen at the ‘Books for Excellence Show’, what made her write this book-

Know Me Maa…

This book takes you to the journey of understanding the child’s heart and mind, his emotions in different phases of his life and how satisfaction ignites excellence.
We must not just hear the child but understand them by connecting to their feelings not just words. Look into their eyes to give them the strength of life and hear their feelings to keep them happy for a lifetime. Tazeen strongly believes “Classrooms are not made up of wall windows or doors, they are made up of thoughts, Ideas and Vision.

Click ‘To Buy‘  to visit Amazon link to place order for your copy of the book ‘Know me Ma’!

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Let Excellence be Your Brand!

Charu Mehrotra

Founder Womenlines

 It is a pleasure to share about Senior Physiotherapist Shubhangi Gaikwad from the United Arab Emirates as an  Influencer for health and fitness at Womenlines panel. A Dedicated PT offering 7 years of acute-chronic care experience; a history of “exemplary” ratings on performance reviews; solid credentials that include, BLS/Dry needling/Manual Therapy certifications /certified FMT and a master’s degree in physical therapy in Neurology. This month Shubhnagi is sharing a very informative article bout neck pain-

In recent years neck pain complain has been increased tremendously. Every other person knows the term cervical spondylosis. Was it the case previously? Absolutely No.

 What is the reason behind the rapid increase in patients with neck pain? There are two major root cause in the present era- 

1. Technology
2. Stress

Yes, we all know and agree on the fact how much we are exploited by the technology i.e mobile and laptops culture. Its overuse has changed our basic lifestyle. For example, when I was a kid first thing I use to do after waking up in the morning was to open my window curtain and look outside to see the sunshine and love to hear a bird chirping. But in today’s scenario, things are not similar. Now the first thing I do is check my mobile. And the first thing we hear is notification bells. I am pretty sure it’s the case with most of you as well.

We are always in a head-down posture looking at our mobile phones. Or using a laptop on lap, slouching on the couch. These bad postural habits constantly put pressure on our neck and people end up in pain.

Secondly Stress, yes, another major factor associated with neck pain & headaches. Many studies show that stress aggravates neck and back pain too. And stress has become part of life in some or other form.

      If we talk about women, whether they are working or homemaker they are always in stress of time management to prepare food on time, picking up and dropping kids in and out of various classes, their studies, getting work done at home, buying groceries, taking care of family, managing office, socialise etc. Many of you will think I pen down the normal routine of a woman, but these small tasks build up into the chronic task. I meet thousands of Patient of various nationalities, and one very common thing found among all is every female doing all this routine chore is not doing with a pleasant mood. They are under a certain amount of stress. Eventually, the stress- pain cycle start and they develop chronic pain. When our body is under a certain level of chronic stress it leads to constriction of blood vessels and increases the blood pressure. The neck and shoulder muscle is always in a contracted state under a stressed condition, resulting in tight neck and shoulder blade muscles. Which hinder the smoothness of neck movement. And finally, we end up in neck pain.

Why pain persist after treatment?

Many people seek medical treatment for neck pain but again one common finding is the recurrence of neck pain. The reason is simple we take symptomatic treatment i.e, medicines aim to alleviate your pain and muscle spasm. We feel better for a few days and then the pain comes back…why? This pain is not due to any physiological effect in the body, it’s mostly related to altered biomechanics and myofascial dysfunction. Taking tablets will not cure the root cause.

What is the solution

The solution is to keep your muscle, fascia, joints flexible and healthy. Plus keep our self-calm and stress-free. Some of the tips will help you to keep your neck pain away 

1. Correct postural habit:

• Use mobile correctly, don’t look down, lift the mobile
• While using the mobile, laptop, computer keep your shoulder relaxed
• Adjust your seat and height of monitor correctly
• Put on screen time regulator on your phone
• Get ergonomic consultation

2. Do regular stretching exercises

3. Go for Stress management

4. Do meditation to keep your calm

 5. Time management to avoid unnecessary stress of routine work

I hope after reading this article, women out there can take care of themselves in a better way.

If you have any query do write to me. Connect to me at any social media.

Shubhangi Gaikwad, Shubhangigaikwad06@gmail.com,

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