The Values Workshop

Parenting is difficult but so is managing a job. Many women have serious issues resolving both their need to feel satisfied about their career,  and their participation in their kids' journeys. We also talk about Covid and a story which is as remarkable in its reality as it is in its intensity. A wonderful 'discovering life' kind of chat, this. Do check it out. For more videos, check www.yout...

We have a guest who has been in advertising and marketing, has run a  catering business, been a homemaker and a parent. Her views and attempts  are aspirational in all things she does and it reflects in her words.  The care, concern and emphasis on parenting, being a good kid herself, a  person who wants to live her dreams as well as all the vulnerabilities  which go in be...

Our guest this week is a seeker and a corporate management professional. She talks about various things - her outlook of her own clash between seeking and providing for material needs, the young generation and their clarity and opportunities, along with their complete lack of direction at times, her present outlook of work, and her life coming full circle in advertising and marketing, her practice...

We speak to an excellent teacher and a concerned mother in this episode.  We speaks of women and the ease with which they can multitask, adults  being kids at times, the wisdom of what Covid taught each one of us  irrespective of our age, how kids can handle things when trusted, the  need to have faith things will work out well on their own. Quite a lot  of ground, you wou...

Our guest is a guy who reached the top from a humble background, a  professional who quit when he was at the peak of his prowess, a family  man who took a back seat from material things to pursue a new passion.  Remarkably confident about his vulnerability, he speaks about the major  decision he took to quit his dream job and lives to tell the tale. What a  journey this se...

We discuss relationships, the values which help sustain us individually as well as our rapport with people around us. We talk about learning to live within a marriage or any relationship, the adjustments required and the particular mindset with which this couple approaches difference of opinion while supporting each other. A present-day kind of problem-solution approach is spoken about with some w...

Challenges are difficult to face often, especially when the mind is in a dark space. Even people closest to us might not understand at times, why we struggle with the things we do. We discuss a serious subject but in a light, everyday manner. This leads to understanding the problem better and also offers hope in practical actions. A great chat, this second part. For more conversations, check www.y...

In this conversation, we chat about the pressure to be someone, how to  handle failure, running after material dreams with a couple from the IT  industry. Interesting perspectives are shared by both, and lead to a  practical everyday understanding of the struggles faced by most of us  today. An insightful discussion, this. Check it out. For more videos, check www.youtube.com/c/...

Coming of age is often seen as a positive phrase, but here we have a  teen who speaks his mind and we gain a new perspective on it. He talks  about the pressure academic success puts on this current generation and  his own struggle to live up to his chosen values. A wonderful look into a  teen's mind. Do check it out. For more videos, check www.youtube.com/c/thevaluesworkshop

We sound wise when we are in a good position, but the moment challenges appear, we are back to our fragile ways of reacting. In this part, our  guest discusses a particularly difficult episode, and we don't leave it  at the story. We go deeper in to the mind state and see the change -  from fear to calm, being a conscious choice. What a wonderful end to a  superlative chat. Don...

In this episode we are back with Sujatha, who was the co-creator of the  initial podcasts. She is now into counselling, trying to give back to  society. She has always been uninhibited in her expression, and here she  talks about understanding the death of a loved one, and how it pushed  her into a journey of self-discovery. It has been a tough task making  peace with her...

Our guest is a photographer who has an interesting journey so far. He  has recently ventured into teaching photography. His matter-of-fact  answers belie the wisdom and practical world-view he brings to his  thinking. We also learn how a professional journey requires different  approaches and a deeper understanding of one's own standing and  limitations and how the market...

One of our most spiritual conversations yet, this chat is in a way a step-by-step guide to self-growth from a vulnerable position. Our guest opens up without inhibitions talking about the setbacks, her moments of clarity and hard-earned wisdom, and the reasons she could reach those depths within herself. What a journey, what a conversation. Unmissable, if you were to ask me. For more conversations...

'Most times I feel a little lost.' That is how our guest answers his  first question describing himself. He is a charming, intelligent and a  passionate guest who describes his state of mind, his inability to stand  injustice of any kind, his struggle as an empath and much more, including talking about a book all of us must read, as well as some of his strong feelings about the stat...

What are the questions I will ask this particular guest of mine, mind-reader of sorts that she is? This question ran in my mind many a time, till our schedules matched for this episode to happen. Going impromptu, I have at best, the first question in my mind, a conversation starter so to speak. This freewheeling conversation with someone who weighs her words carefully and uses them with strong int...

A first for me in many ways. I chat with a pair of twins and struggle to  probe questions which will help us have exposure to differing views.  However, the fact that they look similar does not mean they react  similarly to things. The love and the bonding is evident too and makes  for a wonderful experience. The world would be a better place, if  everyone would handle eac...

This episode covers a lot of contemporary ground. We talk about how we change over time, our values too may evolve and how this growing up affects not only us but also those close to us. We also chat about how our values start gaining meaning when we are pushed in a corner by either events or people. An interesting episode, this. Don't miss it. For the video, check www.youtube.com/c/thevaluesworks...

This is an amazingly fragile kind of conversation because the guest feels she is not articulate enough and we start with looking at this assumption deeply. This track triggers off some revelations by me on the things I feel vulnerable about - just what the Doctor ordered in this kind of series. The guest has no inhibitions about sharing her vulnerabilities and strengths and the ways she is able to...

This series begins with a couple whose personalities shine through their  individuality as much as their togetherness. The way their contrasting  attitudes, their mutual respect and their complementing point of view  merge in this single but different conversation gives me hope we have a  great series here. Do have a look. For the video, check www.youtube.com/c/thevaluesworksho...

This one is a good mix of a practical yet thoughtful talk. Our guest discusses the state of the world as it is today, post Covid, its impact  on people, the great spate of resignations, our own mental health, some hacks which help her along with what is the right way to view pressures - whether personal or professional - a lot of things to ponder over in this conversation. Do check it out. Fo...

How does death impact our relationships? How does religion influence our  understanding? Has Covid taught us a new lesson? Or is it that the  lesson was always there and we did not 'get it'? The last episode in the  series on Death has the guest overwhelmed with the depth of her own  answer at least once. What a moving end to a topic which should have run  forever. Don't m...

A chat which starts on a light note, and goes deeper and deeper as time  progresses. We discuss calmness, the necessity of accepting things as  they are, times when there is no choice but to act, the privilege of  panicking (yeah!) and many more varied points which seem as wise ways to  deal with the unsatisfactory parts of life. Do check out this  absolutely fascinating c...

As death catches you unprepared - especially when those you are close to  you move into the great beyond, it hits you hard. Not only the  mortality of our existence, but our context of life and how we deal with  it on a daily basis. This is a short but extremely sensitive talk on a  subject hard to discuss when one is overwhelmed. I think you should take  time out for it....

His voice and music are loved by many and it took me a while to get the courage to put his fame aside and allow this conversation to be normal. I  guess I needn't have thought much - this has turned out to be as normal a conversation as it could be. A look into his approach to work, his initial struggle with success, his grounded way of understanding the industry and the process of creating a...

Death comes most times unannounced and our guest talks about the little  things one can take time out for when we still have our loved ones with  us. She also discusses how certain factors or behaviour patterns by  people close to us can irritate us during this sensitive time. Many  little insights in this chat with a young wise guest. Don't miss it. For the video, check www.yo...