So let's get started. Adopting pause a new way. Let's imagine a scenario.Your colleague comes and tells you that they've had a baby girl. What's your instant reaction. Another scenario, a peer comes and tells you that they've become a parent through adoption.What's your instant reaction. For most part, and for most people in scenario one, it would be, "Oh, lovely. So cute. Congratulations." And perhaps in the second scenario, more tentative, more cautious. Wow, what a noble deed. What a good man you are.Som ...

When was the last time you really asked someone, "Hey, how are you?" not as a greeting but with a questions that needed an answer. For the long time that I thought that I was great at connecting with people until I got m I make a mistake so big it changes the way how I see people forever. I used to believe that the biggest mistake in life was about failing.failing an exam, filling a goal, filling a job. But then I made a different kind of mistake. But it didn't shows up in my grade, my career, or my achieve ...

Picture [Music] this. You switch on the television at 9:00 p. m.The news is on and a dozen people are squeezed into little boxes on your small TV screen, shouting over each other. The anchor shouts, "Let me speak." Another panelist yells, "No, let me speak." Within seconds, you wonder, "Wait, what's the topic again?" The original point of the gathering slips away beneath all the noise and chaos. You blink trying to focus, but the words just blur together.It's exhausting, frustrating, and strangely familiar ...

Suicidal empathy is killing Western Civilization.It is good to have empathy, but we cannot allow our empathy to be abused to the point of extinction!iamyesyouareno (@iamyesyouareno):Suicidal empathy. Many such cases. https://t.co/5CaWri2Q9v ...

[Music] So, I'm standing in the middle of the dance floor waiting for my niece to throw the bouquet. I don't want to be here. But my mom nudged me and said, "Go on, get up there. It'll do you good. " I'm surrounded by the bridesmaids and a gaggle of gorgeous 20-year-olds, all a good four inches taller than me. I feel like I'm in an episode of Sex in the City. The bride hacks the bouquet and I half-heartedly stick my arm out and smack. The bouquet lands in my hand. I caught the bouquet. I caught the bouquet. ...

[Music] So, last Friday night, I completely crashed. Like complete system shutdown. And I was asleep by 6:00. And I don't mean sleeping sweetly like a princess. I mean snoring like a chainsaw through barbed wire. This happened while I was waiting for my husband to get home. And just to set the stage, he's in medicine, so his days can be really dark up to and including death. And that night, I knew he needed to talk. So he came bouncing in the door like a golden retriever, flopped onto the couch, woke me out ...

Good morning, wonderful audience. How many times has someone ever made a comment that made you feel insecure, but you had to slide off the table because it seemed normal. Like, you're so skinny the wind could blow you away, or you look like you have a big appetite.Have you ever indulged yourself during these conversations and added on to it. I bet you 100% you probably have because honestly I have too. This is a form of bullying that often goes unnoticed but can be just as painful as other types.It's called ...

Japanese educator and author Dr. . Da Sakua has said and I quote, "Happiness is something we build for ourselves. It is not something that someone will give us." I unquote. Life is all about making choices and we are known by the choices we make.Right from choosing the right answer in the MCQs to choosing the dress to wear for a party to choosing the right friend and to choosing the right career options. We make innumerable choices in our life. If made right, these choices lead us to happiness.Then why not ...

[Music] It was 3 years ago on a Thursday afternoon where my life changed in an instant. I was sitting in the car looking out the window watching the raindrops race each other down the glass when all of a sudden out of nowhere my ear popped and then silence. Not a muffled sound, no faint echo, just silence except for a long sharp ring sound that filled my head.Panic surged and I did what any 13-year-old with an iPhone would do. I Googled it. WebMD had a blunt response.Hearing loss, and for once, WebMD wasn't ...

[Music] When I was 13, I traveled with my school to sort of kids conference. teams from many parts of Brazil were there. And I remember looking around and thinking, "These kids are so different. This is so cool." I was amazed by everything.But beyond their accents, I couldn't stop thinking about two things. First, the amount of kisses they will give to say hello and goodbye. In my state, we give one kiss.In other places, they give two or even three. Second, the color of the beans. In my state, we eat brown ...