‘Power  Meet for the Powerful Woman’- a panel discussion was organised on 20th Aug at The Hive, Lavender Singapore, by ‘Life by Design’, a Life Coaching Practise founded by ACC coach Taruna Aggarwal.

In this incredible panel discussion, three successful business women from Singapore- Shagun Chand founder Utsav, Shalima Motial founder Dream Catchers and Namrata Pande Srivastava founder Evente Clinic discussed what makes them successful! The event also showcased an exhibition ‘Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame’ a celebration of the women in Business and Enterprise who have made or are making an impact on society – the boundary breakers, the risk-takers and change-makers, the role models and standard setters. In 2005, the Singapore Council of Women’s Organisations (SCWO) launched The Wall of Fame to honour Singapore’s pioneering women activists.

Women Entrepreneurs are a different breed, what makes them succeed? What are the qualities and specific skills they need to succeed? All panellists shared their entrepreneurial journey and key factors which helped them to achieve success. Taruna Aggarwal moderated the panel discussion very well with her powerful and well-timed questions.

The panel discussion was successful in inspiring the participants. At the end of the discussion, Q/A session was carried out where participants got answers to their queries related to the entrepreneurship journey from the panellists.

Namrata Pande Srivastava–

• “Planning is very important for your venture. Plan year ahead what you are going to do and with whom you are going to collaborate.
• “Have a strong belief in your gut. You will never be wrong.”
• “Women should start participating in family decisions. Raise your voice and develop your opinion by creating awareness about things happening around.”

Shagun Chand-

• “Work Hard, party hard, both are important in life.”
• “Having a good team can be helpful to you. Teamwork can create wonders and you can achieve big things in life”
• “As an entrepreneur be mindful about your presentations, your collaterals, how you represent your brand. Beautiful representation with confidence can help in creating a much bigger impact”                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Life by Design was started by Taruna Aggarwal, ACC Coach with a passion to empower Women and Youth by re-awakening self-belief and self-confidence in our abilities.Taruna started Power Meet for the Powerful Woman with a vision to create a platform where women connect with a sense of uninhibited belonging, a place where we all support, nurture and empower each other. The mission is to bring powerful role-models and influencers to Share, Learn and Grow together. The Panel Discussion Women Entrepreneurs- what Makes Them Successful was one such PowerMeet. To know more about Life by Design please visit www.lifeby-design.com.

   

Womenlines Influencer for Yoga, Archana Amlapure is sharing an incredible secret to achieve goals in life-

How many times you set a goal and feel that you can never achieve it?
Do you set the goal and lose focus easily?
Most of us set the goals as a new year resolution, it can be as simple as getting up early every day or as big as setting up company. But statistics show that 92% of new year goals fail by Jan,15th.

Yes, setting Goal is one part and achieving the goal is another and important part of the Goal.
Many times, we want to achieve something, but we feel stuck, seized and stumbled.

I am going to share an open secret with you..The one mantra to achieve what you want in your life.
That is Meditation.
You need focus, consistency, determination and courage to achieve goals and meditation is the way to build all these qualities.

It is said that those who control their mind win and those who lose their mind are losers. Very often in the process of achieving a goal, we tend to lose our mind, but the key is to be patient and perseverant.

Modern research shows infinite possibilities and powers of mind and the brain. The power of the subconscious mind is more powerful than the power of the conscious mind. To construct a goal is the task of rational and conscious mind. While achieving the goal is the task of imaginative, intuitive mind, which is subconscious mind. Thus, the combined effort of the two will help to achieve a goal.
Very often we set goals like .. losing weight, getting up early, exercising regularly or even bigger life goal. But most of us can’t keep up with that, they lose focus, enthusiasm, became impatient or fall into the comfort zone.
In order to achieve goals, one needs strong will power, consistency, focus and this is basically the work of the right brain, which is intuitive and connected to the subconscious mind.
Our brain is divided into two parts ..right brain and the left brain. One is rational, which is left the brain and another one is intuitive, which is the right brain. Left part of the brain deals with analytical, rationalizing, logical skills. The right brain deals with the creative, imaginative and intuitive brain.

We use our left brain too much…thinking, analyzing, constructing, but we do not use the right brain much. . The right side of the brain is connected to the subconscious mind and developing this side helps in achieving goals.
Our education system also puts emphasis on developing our analytical and logical brain, but do not work on their imaginative and intuitive part. People who are successful often use their both parts of the brain.
We do not use even use 20% of our capabilities, now the study shows that we do not use even 1% of capabilities, that means how successful a person might be he never uses his capabilities fully.
To develop the capabilities, we need to develop and balance both sides of the brain and need to activate the right brain.
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How meditation helps to activate the right brain-
Inactive, wake state, we have about 14 to 21 pulses per second, which is beta level.
In the dormant state, rest, relaxed state, pulse rate is 8 to 14 per second, which is alpha level.
In deep sleep- 4 to 8 per second, which is theta level.
The lower level is 0 to 4 delta level.

When we meditate, our breathing becomes slow, blood pressure drops, the parasympathetic nervous system becomes active. The number of thoughts gets reduced; all the energy will be concentrated on this. Our pulse rate drops and if we stay there for a long time, we remain in alpha level and right brain or your subconscious mind gets activated.
At this stage, if you set your intention or visualize the positive result of your goal, you are a step closer to achieving the goal.
Meditate, because some questions are not answered by google.
The answers /solution what you seek never come to you when the mind is busy, they come when the mind is still.
In addition, Meditation help to increase your focus, concentration, determination and builds up your willpower, helps in making you emotionally balanced, Which is the basic ingredients required for achieving Goals.

How can you do it?
1. Commit to just 2 minutes a day.
2. Select a time ..
3. Find a quiet spot. Sit comfortably.
4. Start with just 2 minutes.
5. Focus on your breath.

When you notice your mind wandering from the breath, just notice it and don’t berate yourself or try to push away the thought, but gently return to the breath.

Repeat this process as many times as you need to.

Some tips to keep it going-
1. If you are wondering if you are doing right or wrong. Don’t worry, keep it going. It is normal to feel uncertain, confused and lost. As long as you are doing it, you are fine.
2. If your mind keeps going through to do list or past, don’t stop or control thoughts. Keep it going, just notice them, acknowledge and slowly train yourself to stay longer. Everybody’s mind works the same way.
3. Don’t worry about the length of meditation. According to your comfort and convenience, start at 2 min and increase gradually up to 20 mins.
4. Be gentle. Don’t judge yourself. If you do judge yourself, don’t judge yourself for judging yourself. 🙂

Dreaming is Fun but achieving them is more fun if you have the right tool with you.

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Once I was having a casual conversation with a friend, who is working in a mental health organization, about how they approach a patient with certain disorders. It was interesting to know that there were a lot of therapies along with the group and individual session, where patients were engaged in different activities to challenge themselves.

After an insightful evening with her, I felt can diet play a part in preventing or delaying the onset of mental disorders, and how food and its nutritive value can have a positive effect on health?

I noticed that majority of people associate food with weight loss, I mean less food is equivalent to weight loss and they don’t give much thought to the nutritive value of what they are putting into their bodies. Although in Indian homes we are used to hearing traditional home remedies using home spices commonly available in our kitchens by our great grandmothers to cure simple ailments like cold, cough and stomach ache but surprisingly nothing (that I have heard of) to prevent or cure mental illness.

But we surely know as a layman that what we eat affects how our immune system works, and how our body responds to stress. There is a definite connection between how food can affect our moods too, not only th taste but its appearance and texture can be de-stressing and stimulate to the senses.

On the other hand brain development or growth and inflammation too is directly or indirectly affected by the kind of food we eat . A balanced mood and feelings of well-being can be protected by ensuring that our diet provides adequate amounts of complex carbohydrates, essential fats, amino acids, vitamins, minerals and water.

Whole grain cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables are more filling and because the sugar in these foods is absorbed more slowly and don’t cause mood swings. These foods are more nutritious as they contain thiamine (B1) a vitamin that has been associated with control of mood and folate and zinc, (shown to improve the mood of people with depression). Magnesium an important mineral helps cure insomnia (lack of adequate sleep associated with many other mental and physical disorders)

Since olden times we hear that breast milk is the best milk for infants and it is proven to be beneficial for a baby’s general wellbeing including mental health. Slowly when natural, healthy home cooked foods are introduced into the diet of a child it helps in brain development. Eating real food that nourishes becomes the protein-building blocks, enzymes, brain tissue, and neurotransmitters that transfer information and signals between various parts of the brain and body and hence helps in brain development.

Omega 3 and Omega 6 also have known to improve cognitive development. Certain foods may be the reason behind the actual mental disorders.

A nutritious brain diet follows the same logic as a heart-healthy regimen or weight control plan.  Sugary and high-fat processed foods should be limited, and we should  opt for plant foods like fresh fruits, veggies, and whole grains.

Recent results from a large trial in Europe show that such an eating plan may also help prevent, and not just treat, depression.
“A very large body of evidence now exists that suggests diet is as important to mental health as it is to physical health,” says Felice Jacka, president of the International Society for Nutritional Psychiatry Research.

A healthy diet is protective and an unhealthy diet is a risk factor for depression and anxiety.” Although experts caution that while diet can be part of a treatment plan, it shouldn’t be considered a substitute for medication and other treatments.

“Talk therapy and even the psychiatric medications can be helpful, but first, we have to approach the biochemical root cause.”
Integrative psychiatrists, on the other hand, might use these medications to stabilize a patient who is in a crisis state. Their overall goal, however, is to treat the underlying health issues through nutrition, supplementation, and lifestyle changes.
So as the saying goes “WE ARE WHAT WE EAT” we can actually make a real difference by slowly changing poor eating habits and making lifestyle changes. Nutrition and diet can be targeted as a preventive approach towards mental health.

By-
Renuka Sharma

You are what you eat!!

Health and Nutrition Educator

Specialist Diploma in Nutrition Science

Womenlines welcomes Anji Hallewell as an Influencer of Positive Mindset on the Womenlines panel. Anji is a Natural Strengths Coach, Trainer, and Founder of Hidden Lava.  In her sharing for this month, Anji is talking about how resistance can become your biggest opponent-

Last year, I hosted a talk where only 16% of those who registered attended (note to self: don’t hold a talk on a bank holiday Eve!). What this really highlights is the power of people’s RESISTANCE. You see all 100% of people started off in the same place; they had an intention to attend because something peaked their interest. Despite something resonating with them, a whopping 84% of those people decided not to come on the day. Perhaps they were tired after a hard day’s work, had another social offer that night or simply didn’t want to walk in the room alone. Whatever the individual reasons were, the truth here is that all 84% of those people allowed their resistance to win by listening to the excuses it created to stop them from growing.

Guardian of Your Parameters
Your resistance has learnt what your zone of comfort is and where the parameters are. This overprotective guardian sees its job as to keep you inside those walls. When you have ideas about stepping out, your resistance receives an alarm signal, to which it must defend.
Resistance is part of your identity, of which you have been perfecting since birth. You see your identity is made up of a few different components, some good and some not so good. You have strengths, negative traits and psychological resistance. We all have fear, worry, doubt within us, but how much does it lead your decisions?  

When it Shows up
If you want to make a big change in your life, let’s say to switch careers, you will feel emotion rising that makes you rethink your original desire – that’s resistance. And resistance has a plethora of tactics up its sleeve which are designed to stop you in your tracks – fear, doubt, anxiety, procrastination. Resistance is defending the castle walls every single day, and until you become aware of it, you will never be the owner of your own destiny. Until you decide that you are going to consciously take control of your decisions, rather than your resistance calling the shots, it will dictate your life.

Beyond the Fictitious Wall
We’ve all experienced events in our lives that have instantly pushed us beyond the fear, doubt and worry. It’s as if we saw through it, enough to bypass its hold. So, what is that? What have we engaged with or shed to bring that shift in our thought process? Beyond the wall is a part of us that is full of knowledge, clarity and courage to progress in life. It’s the place where your natural strengths and talents also lie. But does it just have to be the big events in life for us to push past this and listen to what it is that we really want? Well, I hope not as that would just be tragic.
There is certainly another way to bypass the resistance, but first, you need to face it. Resistance is a strong force in which you can not fight or ignore. In martial arts, the first thing that happens in the Dojo is for both opponents to face one another, By looking each other in the eye, they are acknowledging that they see one another. This is what you must do with resistance. You must look it in the eye to let it know that you see it. When you truly acknowledge it, you can decide whether you want to keep giving it your energy. What you are actually doing here is deciding whether you believe the story that it has been telling you. That disengagement will be enough for you to use its strength to take it down and connect to your natural strengths.

Anji Hallewell

Coach, Trainer & Founder

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Uplift  Networking Meet/Rediscover  Your Purpose Learning  Session (a joint venture by Dream Catchers founded by Shalima Motial and Womenlines Online magazine, founded by Charu Mehrotra ) was organised on 7th Aug at the famous eating joint Myras@stadium in Singapore. This was the third meet organised by Uplift in last one year. The Uplift group believes that just like food, inspiration doses are must in the present rush in daily life. Therefore on the Uplift facebook page founders keep sharing inspirational stories, quotations, videos every week!

In the meet passionate ACC coach and founder of Life By Design, Taruna Aggarwal empowered the participants with the success mindset and enabled them to eliminate their limiting beliefs. Taruna passionately shared with the participant various tips and ways through which women can come over the blocks which stop them to take action in life. Certain activities like listing out the present challenges in life on a balloon and popping it up later gave a great opportunity to participants to just think about themselves and get mindful what exact challenges they are actually facing in life. In the rush of life, they are never thinking about it also that they can actually manage their problems easily.

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In present times when things are changing so fast, a woman has to become stronger both physically and mentally, so she can take care of her family in a better way.  Valuable sharing by Taruna Agarwal was really helpful in achieving self-awareness in the participants and making them mentally strong.

Visit Uplift page on facebook to be part of the group!

Charu Mehrotra

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Womenlines takes pleasure to welcome Abha Maryada Banerjee, leadership author and motivational speaker as a guest influencer at Womenlines.

Abha Maryada Banerjee is India’s first woman motivational speaker of international acclaim, rated as one of the Top Ten Life, Business and Success Coaches in the Asia Pacific. An expert at Leadership, Human Peak Performance and Emotional Intelligence, Abha has been the Peak Performance/Mental Strength Coach for Indian Olympic Athletes. Her sharing below is a dose of motivation for womenfolk to change themselves for a positive approach in life-

Talk of change and we have no clue where to begin..

Here is the remaining  N-Z list of all that we can do and feel the difference-

13. N- Turn away from negative influences: Negativity diverts us from staying connected to ourselves. Negative influences pull us to                 the  outside causing friction inside as well. As we act from within, we must not allow anything to disturb that.

14. O- Keep the conduct optimized: Our choices are related to what we value, what rational principles we follow and the character that we have been able to build so far. Living with sincerity increases the odds in our favour, of positive results in life.

15. P-We are all born with wisdom waiting to unfold: It is through our own lives, that we can achieve this state of understanding about our selves and others. Wisdom is in our own nature and this knowledge is available to everyone, who is willing to recognize, accept and live according to nature. Our humanness, including our mind, emotions, and the capacity to act are the tools we carry all the time. All this is in our control not outside or beyond us.

16. Q- You can only experience YOU through experience: We have been taught to fear experience. But if we understand that we are the creators of experience and at the centre of our minds and bodies, there will be no fear to experience life. From the Center, you can expand into any experience and come back to the centre. Life will remain aligned and in order.

17. R-Your standards are within you: World standards are not you. If you remain centred, the world becomes on the observation field in which you can go and come back. Each time you take a stretch and come back, it broadens your perspective about yourself and life in general.

18. S-Develop the Center and Nucleus: The Center develops from sensitivity, concentration and careful thought about nature’s principle within all things. This way you are never thrown off the centre by the inevitable difficulties of life. When something goes wrong, you act from the centre and make choices.

19. T- Use your mind and free will to understand your World: Each time you will discover something about the self. You started out just for this.

20. U-Human Nature is actually good: Expression is the way we communicate with the World and it is a choice of our life’s journey. The expression is essential and we all must make it a way of life because every time we express, we add something to this World. It is also our duty to express and understand expression to build our own selves.

21. V-Become highly functioning as a person: Become proactive and experimental. Find your roles and play them well. Put the best knowledge into it. Life continues to unfold through its ever-changing cycles. If there is no one to enforce discipline or provide correction, be willing to doubt and question yourself but be ready to correct yourself. That is how we develop our potential.

22. W-Use every opportunity to maximize yourself: Understanding what you learned through any experience is lasting and useful. Make it your own, apply it and you will begin to see every opportunity as an opportunity to grow and learn.

23. X-Looking at positive in everything: In situations, in people, interpretations, perspectives in the function of how we interpret. Sometimes, things are truly negative, discern and move away. Evolve and help evolve others, we are all part of someone’s self-esteem.

24. Y-We live in a 3D World with no glasses to help us experience the same. The reason why there is unhappiness is that we can only see bits and pieces of the dimensions. We continue to live around fragmented versions of life. What we need is a 30 D mind and belief system to create continuous understanding and all that we can possibly be and do. We must weave this into our fabric as deeply and specifically, we can. This is the only way we can proactively and progressively control our progress. Let it become a positive virus infecting every bit of our mind and body.

25. Z-YOU Are INTEGRATION: Excellence is a process of liberation and appears in cycles of learning. There are no quick fixes. It is a process of peaks, valleys and plateaus. Only a very strong belief that it is changing and changing for the better because you are moving towards the better will you be able to achieve success. As you choose to improve areas of Incompetence, you will become more and more authentically integrated.

Abha Maryada Banerjee

www.AbhaMB.com

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Shout out to all music lovers in Singapore…Womenlines is proud to support an exclusive musical event presented by potpourri.sg

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Womenlines as the digital marketing partner for the talk ‘Find Your Healthy Balance’ by registered dietitian Ujjwala Baxi, at Myras@ Stadium, Singapore, on 29th July, sharing key points from the talk. Talk emphasized on the role of nutrition in maintaining health-

Enlightening and Informative- two words will best describe the talk delivered by Dietitian Ujjwala Baxi on 29th July in Singapore!

Ujjwala is a passionate dietitian who wants to create awareness in people that they should regard their health as wealth. She says that “Good health  is all about mindfulness in life about what you eat, in what mood you eat and how much you eat.”Her tagline for her venture itself is so inspiring ‘Poshan -Cure thru Diet- Be a healthier version of yourself!’

Key points from the talk-

1. Get mindful of your sugar intake per day. Not only direct sugar but indirectly also we consume sugar from other food sources. This will help you to eliminate that food from your diet which provides you higher sugar content.

2. Develop the habit of always reading the ingredients of the product you are buying. Especially for kids, you should be aware of what type of sugar is there, are there many such ingredients like enzymes, MSG, emulsifiers which can harm your kid’s health.

3. Get mindfulness regarding not to heat cooking oil till smoking point. Also never grill or roast till the food turns near to black as it is carcinogenic and can lead to cancer.

4. Plan the amount of your food intake as per your daily activity. If you have a sedentary day you can reduce the food portion accordingly. But if you have a hectic day then you can go for high energy food like a banana.

5. Stop experimenting with so many varieties of bread available in the market. Go for choice in the wholemeal range of bread.

6. While planning food for the family you should think about getting the high cellular level energy after eating it. Create awareness regarding which food products provide what level of cellular energy in the body.

The whole sharing was incredible and it was a great learning session for the participants. Participants got a chance to get their hair analysis and energy levels checked at booths of Epigenetic and Energia. Kavita from Fitpro carried out a very interesting session of exercises at the beginning of the talk.

Participants received goody bags with many gifts and discounted vouchers sponsored by the sponsors at the event!

Back pain is the leading cause of disabilities nowadays and it is a very common issue. Yoga can help to get back pain relief

Though there are various reasons for back pain. Most common nowadays is the sedentary lifestyle and stress.

Watch this video by Womenlines Yoga Influencer Archana Amlapure, an expert in yoga field in Singapore running Ojas Yoga Centre. You will see how to get back pain relief with Yoga, Pranayama and Meditation!

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Look Good, Feel Good, Be healthy and happy!

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