All of us consider ourselves open-minded and accepting of all kinds of people in the world, but when it comes down to our actions, we are mostly neutral. In this episode, we build awareness on gender identity and sexual orientation as a spectrum, with the hope that understanding leads to acceptance and inclusion.

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Ep 22: Making our minds queer affirmative

I've battled with existential questions of Who I am and What I should engage in this short life of ours for a while now. If you have too, this episode delves into my journey of self-discovery and reveals one of the most important life lessons to remember. Tune in till the end to hear what that secret recipe is.

Ep 29: A Life Lesson to Remember

In today's hustle and bustle of lives, we often fail to get to know ourselves better, deeper, and journaling is a great way to connect with our inner most self. In this episode, I talk about why journaling, how you can inculcate it, and share details of a Journaling workshop I plan to run in October. Reach out to me @BeingMeraklis on Instagram to be a part of this Mental health Awareness initiative.

Ep 28: Journaling to connect with your inner self

Have you desperately wanted to change your behaviors and actions, but find yourself trapped in old patterns? Change is never easy. Here's a secret ingredient on how we can make change happen in our lives. Follow us @beingmeraklis for more such insights.

Ep 27: The Secret Ingredient to Making Change Happen

We are back to taking requests from our listeners. Today's episode breaks down motivation and how we can stay motivated towards achieving our goals. Try out the techniques here in your life and reach out to me @BeingMeraklis on Instagram to tell me how they worked for you.

Ep 26- Motivation to get started and keep going

In a world where there is so much beyond our control, meditation could be a tool to make our inner environments resilient to deal with external chaos. In this episode, I bust myths on meditation, share my personal experience with meditation, and recommend tips on how you could get started on your meditation journey.

Ep 25 - My personal meditation journey & how you can get started

Catch me in conversation with Sachin Chidambaran, Lead Trainer at Samaritans Mumbai, as we discuss suicide prevention. Can we as a society be aware and open to have such conversations and connect with those feeling isolated and cut-off? What is the purpose of hope really? How can each of us play a role to connect (really connect) with those around us and have deeper conversations?

Ep 24 - Let's Talk Suicide!

The last three months have been nothing but an upheaval of diverse emotions. Oscillating between overwhelm and overcompensation, chaos and calm, despair and hope. The rollercoaster is fun in the short run but these swings in our emotions can impact us in the long run and that is exactly what we are going to speak in this episode – how can we build emotional resilience to deal with the chaos on the outside. How can we anchor ourselves so we feel more tethered, balanced as we navigate through this crisis.

Ep 23: Riding the emotional rollercoaster in a pandemic

2020 has definitely not been a year where things have gone the way we anticipated. In a world where we are surrounded by negativity and are constantly triggered, I speak about how we can manage the self in a world full of chaos.

Ep 21 - Managing the self in a world of chaos

Despite being in the 21st century, divorce still remains a stigma in countries like India. Catch me in conversation with Anusha Swamy as we discuss how sometimes marriages don't work out despite best intentions and why being happily divorced is a better outcome than both parties suffering through a relationship. Tune in to here words of wisdom shared by Anusha from her own personal experience.

Ep 20 - Accepting being happily divorced

We all battle several internal battles daily and struggle to accept ourselves wholly and fully. In this episode, we speak with 2 stellar advocates of mental health who talk about how we can bring about that congruency in our thoughts, feelings, and actions, and lead lives from a space of unconditional positive regard for ourselves.

Ep 19 - Combatting Internal Battles

I was triggered by the events that unfolded from the #boislockerroom scandal. A few thoughts on how we can and should strive for a permanent solution to weed out gender bias at its core.

Ep 18 - Letting go of Gender Bias

If you have dreamed of a life beyond 9 to 5 and have always wondered where to start or how to go about it? Then this one's for you. We speak with Saurav Arya a.k.a @IndianDigitalNomad who quit the 9-to-5 in 2011 and has never looked back. Having traveled to over 91+ countries and running a content design firm and 2 AIRBNB's based out of Bangalore, he created a lifestyle to live life on his terms. Don't forget to tune in till the very end as he shares his best secrets about living life to the fullest.

Ep 17- How to work remotely and create the life of your dreams

Having more bad days and good in these ever-changing times? Here's a quick approach that you can follow to turn around the not-so-good days.

Ep 16: How to Cope with Bad Days?

Life in the time of CoronaVirus has taken quite a different turn, hasn't it? From the hustle and bustle of being always on the run to come to a screeching halt, we are now faced with a very different reality. Tune in to the episode to learn about how we can cope in today's scenario.

Ep 15 - Life in the time of Corona

Being Meraklis is a podcast about life through my journey of self-discovery. A conversation on life in all its glory, the joys and struggles, triumphs and failures, successes, and their lessons. This podcast is a reminder of how we are not alone in this journey and on the simple things we can do to make this life a memorable and beautiful experience. 

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Ep 22: Making our minds queer affirmative

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