Parth Sawhney

External events are not inherently good or bad. They are what they are. It’s the way that we perceive them that determines whether we suffer because of them or not. As Epictetus pointed out, “It isn’t events themselves that disturb people, but only their judgments about them.” We

Some of us get into the rut of compulsive giving. It comprises of charitable acts that are motivated, not inspired, driven by selfish feelings of shame, guilt, obligation, or ego. Intentional giving and learning to be a healthy giver can get difficult. Compulsive giving and excessive caretaking essentially communicate that

If we want to live great lives enriched with freedom and happiness, then we need to leave the hate and bitterness from our past. If we fail to do so, we’ll always be imprisoned by it. Our true nature is to love, not to hate. And the more we

Just do a tiny life experiment. Go talk to a familiar stranger today (I know it sounds paradoxical). This person may be someone who you see daily on your commute to work, or they may be someone who lives in your community but you’ve never had the chance to

Often times, we let our circumstances, the place we’re in, and the people that we meet and spend time with dictate our emotions and our level of happiness. It’s not easy for us humans, but we need to train ourselves to be happy no matter what conditions we

Is it possible for us humans to eliminate all of our flaws and live as perfect beings for the rest of our lives? Of course not. When we look at great people like Buddha, Marcus Aurelius, Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr., and Nelson Mandela, not only do

So many of us are seduced by the notion of ‘being busy’. We take pride in it and even sometimes flaunt it. We want to show to the world that we’re frantically moving from one task to the next one, skipping meals and not even pausing to catch our

We wish to attain financial freedom and build a better future for ourselves and our family, yet we end up spending recklessly and take part in impulsive purchases. We say we want to find a better, well-paying job, yet we hardly look around and take any action. We desire to

We all have a dark side within us, the one that keeps us away from loving ourselves and the people around us, from letting others love and adore us, and from enjoying the juiciness of life. It’s important that we look for the buried negative feelings from past events