We all are passing through a life-altering phase as individuals & as well as a society. Keeping up with these stressful times has been a herculean task for all of us. Dr.Vandana writes about setting, focusing and achieving life goals to design one’s own life by virtue of self love and self-affirmations Dr. Vandana Prakash BAMS, MD (Ayu) Govt. Medical Officer, Indian Systems of Medicine in Kerala, India When life…
Exposing kids to screens and technology is always a controversial topic. However this is a time when even classroom learning is happening through screens. In my experience, screens have been nothing but beneficial. The key is to choose good content and sensible usage. There are a number of free educational games and learning apps for kids available on various platforms. Read on to find the best nine Learning Apps for…
Have you been waking up in the morning and jumping straight into your chores/work/duties and then later in the day worry about not having time for yourself? As homemakers, we all tend to put our interests in the back burner. The first thought as we wake up is about things we need to do so that everyone else at home have a smooth day. There begins the chase where we…
Homemade cleaning products or natural cleaning solutions are easy to make, safe to use and inexpensive compared to the chemicals filled cleaning products that are available in the market. This post is all you need to make and save your batch of all-green-cleaning supplies for your home. Pin, share, or save this one so that next time you do your cleaning chores, you have everything handy. Side effects of Chemical…
Waste management and disposal is a serious problem we face that affects our environment and the future of our planet. The trash we create is being dumped in landfills and surfacing in oceans at an alarming rate. The best way to deal with waste is to not create it at all or at least significantly reduce the waste we contribute to landfills. Hence leading a Zero-waste life is the need…
Living in a rental, should not necessarily stop us from adding a personal touch to the space we live in. In fact for as long as we live there, we are calling it ‘our home’. That said, while living in a rental, it may not make sense to spent on high end furniture or huge wall arts. With a little help from Pinterest and a loooott of creative thinking, putting…
Decluttering your home is indeed a therapeutic process. It is a process of going through and organizing all that you own. You can never ask someone else to do it for you, because only you know what is important to yourself. A lot of us are confined to our homes, of course for the health and safety of ourselves and all around us. The brighter side of all this is…
Weekday mornings are hectic as hell, whether you are heading to the workplace or even getting kids ready to school (or doing both). In my case, I followed an easy-breezy daily morning routine until the kiddo started school. But once school started, there was so much to fit into my morning planner. It became inevitable that I create a morning routine, that was easy to follow and stress-free. Having read and…
We are all well adapted to the home environment by now. Our children have learned to accept their new schools as zoom, Cisco, hang out and the list goes on. How are we embracing the new changes in our life? Being a mother of two, and communicating with like-minded moms, I got to learn a lot during these two months. Initially we were perplexed when we heard schools are coming to…
2020 was a total surprise package. When a lot of us planned our new year resolutions for this year, little did we think that our lives would change so much and for this long. That we will be ‘asked’ to stay home to save our lives and others is something that we never thought in our wildest dreams. Since this is something that has affected almost all parts of the…