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The gut leads to happiness, young and old are rushing to acquire a six pack. Apparently, a six-pack abdomen today is the sign of health and vitality. Thus, young men and women spend hours each day in the gym building those six pack abs. So, I assume if they have such beautiful washboard six packs where you can count each of the pack, the insides of the abdomen must be equally healthy.

So, My focus is on teaching you how to make the inside of your digestive tract healthy leading to a happier you. Firstly, it is well-known fact that a healthy and clear digestive track leads to happiness. Thus, the ability to clear the stomach at a minimum on a daily basis is essential for your well being.

According to Dr. Kirsten Tillisch of the UCLA:

“Time and time again, we hear from patients that they never felt depressed or anxious until they started experiencing problems with their gut. Hence, Our study shows that the gut–brain connection is a two-way street… ‘When we consider the implications of this work, the old sayings ‘you are what you eat’ and ‘gut feelings’ take on new meaning.’”

In my opinion, one of the most significant books on stomach health has been written by Dr. Suhas Kshirsagar. One of the best ayurvedic holistic doctor/author. Thus, reading his book and research has opened my mind. Dr. Kshirsagar has written a book called “The Hot Belly Diet”. It is a very easy to read book, and should be essential reading for anyone who is feeling any discomfort in their gut. Hence, an extremely simple and easy book to follow, of about 300 pages it includes recipes and instructions. I have learnt the following few pointers from his book, and I am sharing them with you

Once in 90 days, it is extremely helpful to clear your digestive track by drinking two table spoons of castor oil mixed with fresh orange juice first thing in the morning. Please be sure to stay at home when you do this, as you will have multiple bowel movements, and a excellent cleansing of the stomach

Ayurvedic supplements Triphala and Trikatu are not habit forming, and should be a part of your daily routine

Eat three meals a day (not 5 or 6 as being suggested these days), with lunch being your heaviest meal of the day

Preferably be vegetarian (or reduce the amount of red meat in your diet)

This book is highly recommended to all my readers, as it contains numerous nuggets of healthy living.

A tip that I learnt from observing my father is to eat at least half a cup of yoghurt twice a day. Make sure it’s either homemade i.e. the healthy bacteria in it alive. If it is store purchased yogurt verify that it has the live probiotic bacteria in it. A research funded by Danone and conducted by the researchers at UCLA (Dr. Kirsten Tillisch et al) indicated that a controlled group of subjects who had yogurt twice a day for four weeks compared to those who were give a placebo or no yogurt had improve emotional reactions. We have seen that yogurt has been a stable in the diets across the Indian and the Mediterranean diets. Incorporate yogurt into your diet and within four weeks you should see your health improve and your happiness index increase.

“You can talk with a close friend or relative about what’s troubling you; but it’s not the same as professionally-trained experienced psychologist who knows exactly what kind of help you need” – Dr. Prerna Kohli.

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About Dr. Prerna Kohli
She is a 100 women Achievers Award Winner (2016) from the Honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a Clinical Psychologist, a Public Speaker, a Workshop Facilitator and a Holistic Practitioner. She offers Heart-based workshops and lectures that focus on Life Balance, Self-awareness and Inner Peace. Dedicated to sharing her knowledge and compassion with others, Prerna blends intuitive wisdom with solid understanding, creating a powerful holistic approach, specializing in the areas of Emotional change.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a leading Psychologist in India and provides families, individuals, parents and children counselling on being happy.

Diwali, as we all know is the Hindu festival of lights, it occurs during the months of October and November. Thus, Diwali is associated with Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity, and marks the beginning of the financial year in India. Hence, for most Hindus, Diwali is a period of festivities and joy and happiness. Thus, people celebrate by exchanging gifts with friends and family, going to parties, decorating their homes, painting their homes, buying new clothes, jewellery and other beautiful things for themselves, their loved ones, and their homes. The air is filled with the feeling of festivity, joy and happiness.

Unfortunately, some people suffer from depression during this period, while, everyone else seems to be beaming, bursting with Diwali joy and you’re feeling wretched and exhausted.  Those people who are suffering from depression or who have had depression in the past, need to be especially careful when coping with Diwali stress.

 Here are seven steps to manage Diwali Stress: 

Keep it simple: Reduce the number of parties you attend, reduce the number of gifts you give

Do something different: Travel, go out of town, do something different to avoid the madness of Diwali

Don’t do the unimportant stuff: Don’t be under pressure to do everything that was a tradition in the family, cherry pick and do only those activities you enjoy

Don’t worry about things outside your control

Find positive ways to remember loved ones who are no more

Don’t look for the perfect gift, it is the thought behind the gift that counts

Stick to a budget, don’t allow the financial strain to cause you mental anguish

Remember that during the Diwali period, stress is caused by media, social media, friends and relatives who create unnecessary expectations. So, If you are feeling overwhelmed with the Diwali season stress, it is best to meet an experienced psychologist, who can help you manage the stress.

“You can talk with a close friend or relative about what’s troubling you; but it’s not the same as professionally-trained experienced psychologist who knows exactly what kind of help you need” – Dr. Prerna Kohli.

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About Dr. Prerna Kohli

She is a 100 women Achievers Award Winner (2016) from the Honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a Clinical Psychologist, a Public Speaker, a Workshop Facilitator and a Holistic Practitioner. She offers Heart-based workshops and lectures that focus on Life Balance, Self-awareness and Inner Peace. Dedicated to sharing her knowledge and compassion with others, Prerna blends intuitive wisdom with solid understanding, creating a powerful holistic approach, specializing in the areas of Emotional change.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a leading Psychologist in India and provides families, individuals, parents and children counselling on being happy.  

As parents we expect our children to perform brilliantly in school. But most of child  not doing well in school. if your child performing poorly in school. Then It is important to remember this quote:

“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” – Anonymous 

Each child has his or her own inherent skills and things that they enjoy doing, and as a parent, it is important for us to identify those skills whether it is painting, dancing or singing and help them excel in those areas.  Despite this, it is important to understand the root cause of why your child is not performing academically at his or best in school.

These are 7 reasons if your child performing poorly in school :

Cognitive deficits: A quick IQ determination helps here.

Learning disability: Is the child suffering from any learning disability such as dyslexia?

Social-emotional difficulties: Secondly, does the child have issues in interacting with peers, anger management etc?

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Third, is the child suffering from ADHD?

Executive dysfunction: Also, is he facing trouble doing executive function includes mental processes such as planning, organizing, sorting, regulating, prioritizing, and abstracting?

Bullying in school: Importantly, Is the child being bullied at school?

Dysfunctional Home: Lastly, Is the home life dysfunctional? That is to say, are the parents constantly fighting, or are there other issues in the parents’ marriage?

The reason that the child is not performing well in school can be varied and multiple, instead of unnecessarily disciplining and punishing the child, it is far more appropriate to meet with an experienced psychologist.

“You can talk with a close friend or relative about what’s troubling you; but it’s not the same as professionally-trained experienced psychologist who knows exactly what kind of help you need” – Dr. Prerna Kohli.

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About Dr. Prerna Kohli

She is a 100 women Achievers Award Winner (2016) from the Honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a Clinical Psychologist, a Public Speaker, a Workshop Facilitator and a Holistic Practitioner. She offers Heart-based workshops and lectures that focus on Life Balance, Self-awareness and Inner Peace. Dedicated to sharing her knowledge and compassion with others, Prerna blends intuitive wisdom with solid understanding, creating a powerful holistic approach, specializing in the areas of Emotional change.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a leading Psychologist in India and provides families, individuals, parents and children counselling on being happy.

A common management term is FIFO, which means First In, First Out. This term simply means that the item which comes first must go first. This term is also applicable to human beings, to maintain the equilibrium that those who are born first should also die first. When this order of nature is broken, it leads to immense sorry.

In my private practice, I observe that parents who have lost their children are the neediest of psychological counselling. Thus, the death of a child is the most devastating loss. So, the parent mourns the loss of his or her child’s life, the missed potential and future together.

Hence, there are some steps which the parents can take to make to be able to cope with the death of their child.

Be Gentle with yourself: Firstly, don’t blame yourself for the death of your child.

Get Plenty of sleep: Secondly, Science has shown that a loss of this magnitude is equivalent to a major injury, and your body needs rest to recover

Remember to eat: In this grief, there is a loss of appetite, make sure that your body receives enough nutrition to sustain

Drink Water: It is very important to keep your body hydrated to function correctly

Avoid Alcohol and drugs: Also, don’t use abuse alcohol and make it a crutch to cope with this grief

Medication: Most importantly, don’t self-medicate, use antidepressants under the guidance of a doctor only

Meditation: Lastly, Meditate. It brings solace and the ability to cope with the loss

For a parent, death of their child is the worst possible pain, and they most likely need professional guidance to cope with this pain. I strongly urge the surviving siblings and parents to seek professional help from an experienced psychologist.

“You can talk with a close friend or relative about what’s troubling you; but it’s not the same as professionally-trained experienced psychologist who knows exactly what kind of help you need” – Dr. Prerna Kohli.

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About Dr. Prerna Kohli

She is a 100 women Achievers Award Winner (2016) from the Honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee.

 Dr. Prerna Kohli is a Clinical Psychologist, a Public Speaker, a Workshop Facilitator and a Holistic Practitioner. She offers Heart-based workshops and lectures that focus on Life Balance, Self-awareness and Inner Peace. Dedicated to sharing her knowledge and compassion with others, Prerna blends intuitive wisdom with solid understanding, creating a powerful holistic approach, specializing in the areas of Emotional change.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a leading Psychologist in India and provides families, individuals, parents and children counselling on being happy.

When your spouse dies your life changes immensely. Thus, you are in a state of mourning and grieving feeling the sorrow of this loss. You may feel shocked, numb and fearful. This is a misnomer among people that if the death of the spouse is after a prolonged illness there is ample time to say goodbye and prepare for death, vs. a sudden death. Whether sudden or not, the death of a spouse leaves scars that take time to heal.

For some this grief leads to depression, and this depression needs to be handled under the guidance of an experienced psychologist.  What is depression? Depression is a state of low mood and aversion to activity that can affect a person’s thoughts, behavior, feelings and sense of well-being. It is important to understand the difference between grief and depression. Grief is an overwhelming sense of loss post the death of a loved one, grief comes in waves, and then recedes and returns when a memory, incident, or emotion triggers a recollection of the deceased. Over a period of time the grief reduces, and one is able to rekindle memories of the deceased with joy and happiness. A perpetual grief is an indication that the remaining spouse is under depression.

 If you or someone you know is depressed after the death of a spouse, you need to take the following steps to manage the stress:

Start exercising, go for long walks, bicycle or start some form of exercise

Get sufficient sleep, 7-8 hours each day

Explore a new skill which involves group activities such as a cooking, photography class etc

Meet with friends and loved ones who can offer support

Join a support group, in the Indian context, become a regular at the “kirtan / bhajan” session. Very few support groups for spousal death are available in India, so the kirtan / bhajan sessions provide a similar support

If despite these interventions you still have:

difficulty performing everyday activities

feeling guilty or blaming yourself for your loved one’s death

feeling as if you have no purpose in life

losing desire to engage in social activities

wishing you had died as well

feeling as if your life isn’t worth living if you don’t have your loved one

You must seek professional help, and meet an experienced Psychologist.

“You can talk with a close friend or relative about what’s troubling you; but it’s not the same as professionally-trained experienced psychologist who knows exactly what kind of help you need” – Dr. Prerna Kohli.

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About Dr. Prerna Kohli

She is a 100 women Achievers Award Winner (2016) from the Honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee.

Dr. Prerna Kohli is a Clinical Psychologist, a Public Speaker, a Workshop Facilitator and a Holistic Practitioner. She offers Heart-based workshops and lectures that focus on Life Balance, Self-awareness and Inner Peace. Dedicated to sharing her knowledge and compassion with others, Prerna blends intuitive wisdom with solid understanding, creating a powerful holistic approach, specializing in the areas of Emotional change.

 Dr. Prerna Kohli is a leading Psychologist in India and provides families, individuals, parents and children counselling on being happy.