Wellness Minutes

I have noticed I often live my life and do things with a tremendous sense of urgency. I don’t always stop to ask myself if something can wait a few minutes. I treat most things as “now - now- now” . I don’t know about you - but I officially realised this sense of hurry and urgency around everything is NOT sustainable. It is extremely stressful and my brain has gone into the habit of trying to do a...

This is a guided meditation inspired by the work of Tara Brach, read more here : https://www.tarabrach.com/meditation-the-rain-of-self-compassion/  We'd love to hear from you, send us a text! Support the show Thank you for listening,  much metta,  Dr G https://www.pranhwellness.com/

In episode 23, I spoke about the lizard brain, mouse brain and the monkey brain. This episode (episode 24) is about Understanding how different parts of our brain can work in harmony is something that you can figure out once you become curious about your stress responses and you start learning to observe your stress instead of automatically acting on your lizard brain’s impulse that tells you to f...

As the host of Wellness Minutes, as a Community-Clinical Psychologist and as an activist, I have an eye on your wellness as an individual and also as part of this huge civilization called the human civilization. So at the start of this new year, as we take this brief pause between Season 1 and Season 2, I wanted to send out my warmest wishes to each and everyone of you on this first day of the New...

Last episode of Season 1, stay tuned for Season 2 - launching in 2021!  I'd love to hear from you! write to me at healingwaters786@gmail.com  Stuff I mention in this episode:  a. This Inspiring quote by Viktor Frankl (author of Man's Search for Meaning) whose work has contributed to my wellness manifesto : "Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our re...

While attending to the outside world - whether it is taking care of the needs of your family, your friends, your boss or your patients and clients, you are consistently activating your sympathetic nervous system - which is like the accelerator in your car. Inserting pockets of slow driving, cruise control or coming to a complete stop is a way to prevent your car from overheating.  To contrast agai...

As human beings, our mind is full of thoughts and we don’t always realize that we spend a lot of time with thoughts that are mere stories - they are not true. I recall the serenity prayer from Stoic Philosophy, which goes like this “Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the strength to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference”. That wisdom is something th...

I remember the time I would travel in crowded trains in Mumbai - years ago, when I still lived there. I recall how careful i had to be to hold onto something so I didn’t lose my balance while the train was moving. I learned the fine art of engaging my core muscles so i could be still even on a moving train, I had to find a way to sway with the movement of the train but not lose my balance. The las...

I occasionally use the term “mindfulness” and today I thought I would do an episode about what I mean when I talk about mindfulness. Mindfulness has its origins in different spiritual traditions. In Hindi we use the word “dhyaan” and there are other words for mindfulness in different languages. Mindfulness practices in the health research field have been influenced by a variety of Buddhist traditi...

our senses can play such an important role in not only recalling memories but also getting our mind to focus regardless of what is going on. So today’s episode is about using our sense of smell to coach our mind to focus plus get the natural benefits of aromatic herbs.  We'd love to hear from you, send us a text! Support the show Thank you for listening,  much metta,  Dr G https://www.pranhwellnes...