Impromptu Valentine’s Day dance reel with a very special surprise!😋😄🥰♥️ #PehlaNasha with my dearest mother @poojabediofficial 💃🏻🥰
Choreography by @dimplekotecha
Video by @adityabhansali_
Styled by @sheefajgilani
What’s classic for you?
For me…?
White shirt & blue jeans
Kanjeevaram sari
Butter on toast
Old monk rum n coke
Bananas with Malai and sugar (Kela cream)
Mohammad Ali road at Ramzan time
A solitaire diamond
Chand baalis
Rolls Royce
Ambassador car
Lady by Kenny Rogers
Chura liya hai tumne
Ub 40 & gypsy kings.
Jo jeeta wohi Sikandar
Sholay
Gone with the wind
The Good, the bad and the ugly.
The Godfather
What are your favourite classics?
Happiestestest birthday daddy dearest!!!
Thank u for a lifetime of amazing memories & for shaping my life in the most important ways.
So proud of you & all that you have achieved and who you have evolved to become.. personally and Professionally.
Love you ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@ikabirbedi
I’m Getting ready for an intense 2024!
Starting off on what I have prepped as a power packed year ahead!
Physically, on the 1st of January I start the 75 HARD challenge!
Mentally I’m going to enrich my learning through the @iimbangalore @nsrcel_iimb @goldmansachs Finance for Growth part 2 course for women entrepreneurs in January.
Emotionally and Professionally I’m going to start the @jayshetty certification course and grow my lifecoaching skill sets even further and in different ways… the more you learn how to help others, the more you help yourself in the process.
Financially… i look forward to taking my company @magiciansofwellness and brand @happysoullifestyle to the VC stage.
I’ve worked very hard to get to where i am today and look to your love, support & good wishes to energise my journey ahead.
Love, hugs and warmth & good wishes to each of you.
May you have a fabulous last day of 2023 & a BRILLIANT 2024!
thank you for this moment:
@pinkiemakhijani
@aafreenmakeupandhair
❤️
Its all in the Aura!!! Grace, dignity, style, warmth….
My first interactive memory of #rekhaji is when
She taught me make up in the late 80s (of course at my dad @ikabirbedi request) because NO one in the industry could match her prowess.
In #khoonbharimaang she had aced both avatar looks and we were in awe of her ability to be whoever she chose to be.
In hindsight i wish I had take acting advice/lessons as well.
Through the years.. whenever we have met she has always exhibited sooooooo much warmth and affection.
Those who have met her know what I mean when I say… she is a true SUPERSTAR in every positive sense of the word.
Iconic of an Era where there was so much allure, personal power , charm and dazzle that resonated from them onscreen and offscreen.
Thank u for great memories❤️
Yes!!! I do love love love Awards!!
But this one is SUPER SPECIAL for 3 reasons.
1. Its for being an INSPIRING woman and I’m so thrilled to have been able to bring about positive change in the lives of others. Its a huge driving force for me. To see the world a healthier and happier place.
2. It acknowledges my brand Happy Soul and company Magicians of wellness India pvt ltd which is focused on holistic wellness. Mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, sexual, social & environmental wellness.
3. The AMAZING @sushmitasen47 who has been a pillar of inspiration for women World over presented it to me.
It’s so important to walk your talk. And most importantly to acknowledge that every single one of us has the ability to being about positive change in the lives of others… whether awards validate it or not.
May you all inspire and be inspired.
Life is so incredible when vibrations are positive.
@economictimes
#etawards2024
#inspiringwomenleaders2024
@happysoullifestyle @magiciansofwellness
@onextelcommunicationmedia
Yes!!! I do love love love Awards!!
But this one is SUPER SPECIAL for 3 reasons.
1. Its for being an INSPIRING woman and I’m so thrilled to have been able to bring about positive change in the lives of others. Its a huge driving force for me. To see the world a healthier and happier place.
2. It acknowledges my brand Happy Soul and company Magicians of wellness India pvt ltd which is focused on holistic wellness. Mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, sexual, social & environmental wellness.
3. The AMAZING @sushmitasen47 who has been a pillar of inspiration for women World over presented it to me.
It’s so important to walk your talk. And most importantly to acknowledge that every single one of us has the ability to being about positive change in the lives of others… whether awards validate it or not.
May you all inspire and be inspired.
Life is so incredible when vibrations are positive.
@economictimes
#etawards2024
#inspiringwomenleaders2024
@happysoullifestyle @magiciansofwellness
@onextelcommunicationmedia
Yes!!! I do love love love Awards!!
But this one is SUPER SPECIAL for 3 reasons.
1. Its for being an INSPIRING woman and I’m so thrilled to have been able to bring about positive change in the lives of others. Its a huge driving force for me. To see the world a healthier and happier place.
2. It acknowledges my brand Happy Soul and company Magicians of wellness India pvt ltd which is focused on holistic wellness. Mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, sexual, social & environmental wellness.
3. The AMAZING @sushmitasen47 who has been a pillar of inspiration for women World over presented it to me.
It’s so important to walk your talk. And most importantly to acknowledge that every single one of us has the ability to being about positive change in the lives of others… whether awards validate it or not.
May you all inspire and be inspired.
Life is so incredible when vibrations are positive.
@economictimes
#etawards2024
#inspiringwomenleaders2024
@happysoullifestyle @magiciansofwellness
@onextelcommunicationmedia
Yes!!! I do love love love Awards!!
But this one is SUPER SPECIAL for 3 reasons.
1. Its for being an INSPIRING woman and I’m so thrilled to have been able to bring about positive change in the lives of others. Its a huge driving force for me. To see the world a healthier and happier place.
2. It acknowledges my brand Happy Soul and company Magicians of wellness India pvt ltd which is focused on holistic wellness. Mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, sexual, social & environmental wellness.
3. The AMAZING @sushmitasen47 who has been a pillar of inspiration for women World over presented it to me.
It’s so important to walk your talk. And most importantly to acknowledge that every single one of us has the ability to being about positive change in the lives of others… whether awards validate it or not.
May you all inspire and be inspired.
Life is so incredible when vibrations are positive.
@economictimes
#etawards2024
#inspiringwomenleaders2024
@happysoullifestyle @magiciansofwellness
@onextelcommunicationmedia
Yes!!! I do love love love Awards!!
But this one is SUPER SPECIAL for 3 reasons.
1. Its for being an INSPIRING woman and I’m so thrilled to have been able to bring about positive change in the lives of others. Its a huge driving force for me. To see the world a healthier and happier place.
2. It acknowledges my brand Happy Soul and company Magicians of wellness India pvt ltd which is focused on holistic wellness. Mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, sexual, social & environmental wellness.
3. The AMAZING @sushmitasen47 who has been a pillar of inspiration for women World over presented it to me.
It’s so important to walk your talk. And most importantly to acknowledge that every single one of us has the ability to being about positive change in the lives of others… whether awards validate it or not.
May you all inspire and be inspired.
Life is so incredible when vibrations are positive.
@economictimes
#etawards2024
#inspiringwomenleaders2024
@happysoullifestyle @magiciansofwellness
@onextelcommunicationmedia
Yes!!! I do love love love Awards!!
But this one is SUPER SPECIAL for 3 reasons.
1. Its for being an INSPIRING woman and I’m so thrilled to have been able to bring about positive change in the lives of others. Its a huge driving force for me. To see the world a healthier and happier place.
2. It acknowledges my brand Happy Soul and company Magicians of wellness India pvt ltd which is focused on holistic wellness. Mental, emotional, physical, spiritual, sexual, social & environmental wellness.
3. The AMAZING @sushmitasen47 who has been a pillar of inspiration for women World over presented it to me.
It’s so important to walk your talk. And most importantly to acknowledge that every single one of us has the ability to being about positive change in the lives of others… whether awards validate it or not.
May you all inspire and be inspired.
Life is so incredible when vibrations are positive.
@economictimes
#etawards2024
#inspiringwomenleaders2024
@happysoullifestyle @magiciansofwellness
@onextelcommunicationmedia
I decided to embark on the #75hardchallenge .
And OMG!!
Rules
2 exercise session of 45 minutes each of whoch 1 compulsory outdoors
Read 10 pages of a non fiction book
Drink 4 litres of water
NO sugar
NO alcohol
Make a sensible meal plan. (I chucked out gluten and fried food from my diet)
If you miss ANY OF THESE. U RESET back to day 1.
And it a true TEST! Not just of your strength, commitment, dedication and focus.. but also honesty!!
Because who else knows except for you as to what u missed and whether it should be overlooked without the overwhelming reality of a RESET!!!
I persisted and I persevered!!! Despite hectic schedules.. walked even at 2 am.. and woke up at 5 am… if I had to.
And then…. day 68!!! GULP!!!
I woke up and burst into tears. In sheer exhaustion had not done my daily log… and realised I had FORGOTTEN TO READ 10 pages. !!!
Everyone told me to carry on.. that I should read 20 pages the next day.. etc etx.
And it did. But it didn’t feel right.
A challenge is a challenge. I failed.
And either I reset or rest till I can do it again.
I won in so many ways…
And this challenge has done SO MUCH FOR ME!!!
Gratitude.
And I look forward to retrying it later this year!! Whoever wants to join this in a group endeavour with me write your names in the comment and let’s try to WIN TOGETHER ❤️
What do you wonder about?
I also wonder why we allow politics & Religion to merge.
I Wonder about how incredibly multiple centuries exist in one country at the same time. A woman in purdah/ burkha is as much an indian woman of today, as is a girl in a bikini.
I wonder why we negate our ancient powerful sciences like Ayurveda and place faith in Pharma. (the third leading causing of death after heart disease and cancer is medical error)
I wonder why we live with outdated laws (you legally still need a PERMIT to drink)
I wonder about the apparent sinister vaccine agenda that was thrust upon humanity and injected into billions under duress and co-ercion.
I wonder why bilkis bano had to go through what she went through for years AFTER having gone through the most traumatic ordeal
I wonder why the media didn’t go beserk reporting the manipur crisis.
I wonder why Corruption is an accepted way of life in India.
I wonder why so many are so scared to speak up in a democracy.
I wonder why so many of us feel our choices, our voices and our votes don’t matter.
it’s your life, your country, your choices.
Responsibility for where you are today begins and ends with you.
Life is to be LIVED!
It’s so important to get out of our RUT and experience the joy of being on this amazing planet.
There’s so much to do, to see to experience.. be it sport, food, experiences and nature.
Want to do #cycling #horseriding
#swim #trekking #golf #archery ?
Eat the most amazingggggggg food?
(I’m still lusting the galouti kabab and avocado cream cheese sushi)
Had such a wonderful time at @mementosbyitchotels_udaipur filled with all of this and more.
Most importantly the amazing love, care and attention by their entire team.. especially nidhi (an absolutely phenomenal asset to @itchotels ) as are also Anchal and debo. ❤️
Thank u for fabulous memories.
Are you scared to love? to move on? to try something new?
What is it in your painful past that has robbed you of your ability to create a life of your choosing?
Why would you allow a couple of bad eggs or failures to dictate the rest of your life to you?
Of course it hurts when things don’t pan out the way you envisioned, or you are let down, hurt, or rejected.
But does that mean you stop dreaming, needing, caring,daring or loving to your full capacity?
Are you deluding yourself when you say “it doesn’t matter”, “i don’t need it”, “it’s not important” ?
Why would you let past experiences, or other people determine or dictate how the rest of your amazing life should be?
it’s YOUR LIFE! AND YOU have the power to paint it with the colours of love, joy, happiness, success and gratitude.
If others seek to disempower you, you need to ask why you surround yourself with those who do not look to see you truly happy or why you choose to stay trapped in the memory of what was vs what can be.
It is ONLY YOU who leads your life, and walks your path.
Only when you are happy is it time to make others happy.
Only when your well is full, can others drink water from it.
Free yourself from the past, not because you necessarily forgive it, but because you matter more.
MAKE YOURSELF & YOUR HAPPINESS your mantra for 2024.
@happysoullifestyle
Are you a do-gooder?
With all the chaos, violence, injustice, stress, divisiveness, shocking reality of situation in #gaza or what #bilkisbano went throught, we often, sadly, hear people saying they have lost their faith in humanity.
What I feel is even sadder is that they believe they don’t have the power to make a difference.
we all do. No matter how big or small the situation.
it’s so easy to help someone. It could be as simple as giving someone a tight hug, a shoulder to cry on, being the 3 am friend they know they can call if in distress, sharing positive and pro-active perspectives, speaking p against injustice, or even making time to spend with a lonely, perhaps old person.
Some people help because they are asked, some people help because they feel obligated and for some it’s just a way of life. You can do it with irritation or with a happy heart. Your attitude determine your emotional reward
Some people give money, some give their time & some lend their status/ power/ position/ voice to make a difference.
It doesn’t matter which category you fall in.
To be honest there is no superiority in how you help another.
Any action that touches the life of another & empowers, enables, lights up and creates positive change, even in the tiniest manner, is an action that gives the beneficiary hope, faith, gratitude and strengthens their belief in life, the universe…. & humanity.
Although all spiritual and self help books talk about giving without conditions, it’s a human expectation to receive some sort of acknowledgement, respect, reward, recognition, or even payback in some form.
Gratitude may not come naturally to the recipient, but that should never stop you from being the best you can be.
Do good, be good, experience good, share good, attract good, give good, live good.
If you operate from a source of “inner happy” it’s magical how wonderful it feels to have the ability to help or the ripples of positive change you create by simply being you.❤️
Achche din or Purane din or Naye din??
Every Govt brings with it their agenda’s. Some politicians stand for what you want, some for what you don’t want.
What matters to you? The right to free speech? Secularism? True democracy?
Vote for what brings a POSITIVE change to YOUR life.
If you don’t like what you see around you, you have the power to change it!
WITH YOUR VOTE! 🧡🤍💚
Yes! your vote matters even if you have ZERO faith in any politician you can choose NOTA (None Of The Above) at the voting booth.
Even that matters!
I urge you all, especially the youth to get their voter ids and join in the process. It’s time to take responsibility. For your lives, your future and this vibrant democracy. LET’S VOTE!
If you expect rights as a citizen, you have to do your duty as a citizen as well.
I congratulate @iimunofficial on its #Myfirstvote campaign and am happy to do my bit to amplify the need to vote!
#myfirstvote #everyvotecounts #elections2024 #iimun
Are you living or existing?
when was the last time you laughed so hard that your stomach hurt?
when was the last time you did something completely spontaneously?
when was the last time you felt damn bloody good about yourself?
when was the last time you celebrated being alive? and i’m not talking about the tokenism of a birthday party!
do you feel free to be you?
or Do you feel trapped in a rut? or under pressure of conformity?
who’s life is it? and who is carrying the happiness or pain to the grave?
Are you the one who is trying to doing things “at the cost of yourself and your happiness”?
perhaps believing it will bring you happiness to see others happy?
It’s such a short journey from birth to death. and after 40, you have more years behind you than ahead of you.
Who are you trying to please and why?
who are you competing with, and why?
what are you trying to control, and why?
Do you even realise the amount of wasted time and energy and breaths you invest into what really doesn’t matter in the end?
Take a deep breath, let the thoughts and stress settle, and ask yourself, if you could do what you truly wanted to do…. what would you do?
And then …. go out there and do it!!!
& all the chaos is only thanks to ME !!!!
If i’m bewildered, gobsmacked, dizzy, overwhelmed and on a graph that resembles black friday on the stock market….. Well!!!! that’s just me being dramatic as normal!
WOW! What an amazing journey life takes us on….. and the funniest part is… that my life is what it is, because of MY choices & MY decisions!
I could be peacefully retired, enjoying a pina colada on a sunny beach and awaiting a massage…..
But NO! I read Dr Wayne Dyers stop the excuses and decided to…. stop the excuses!
no more procrastination, no more reasoning, and time to get on with what i need to do.
I want to be a wellness entrepreneur who’s headed to VC fund raising, as well as build my own brand, study at the IIM, do a Jay Shetty course, as well as move an office to another city and my home as well….. (yes, renovations included) ALL AT THE SAME TIME !!!! And if that isn’t enough i’m on day 54 of the 75 hard challenge to top it all!
Did I forget to mention I have a life with family, a fiancee and friends that I lead as well within this chaos?
WTF!! where F stands for Fuss, Frantic and sometimes Frustrated!!!!
but it’s exhilarating and exciting. Life is to be lived! it’s just one life! I’d rather make a mistake and regret it, rather than regret not doing the things i wish i’d done!
Too much too soon? well…. when you have more years behind you than ahead of you, it’s time to put your foot on the gas pedal!!!
it’s so liberating to accept yourself.
All our lives we are pushed in being “correct”. To dress correct, to eat correct, to behave correct, to laugh correct… oh Gosh! the list goes on.
Of course I can do all the above, but i can also have moments (many moments) of simply living free from the shackles of such expectations.
I have laughing fits, and sometimes me and my bestie laugh so hard and so long we run with legs crossed like lunatics to the loo because we might just pee in our pants.
I eat with a knife and fork and just as easily pick up a long noodle with my fingers and suckkkkkkkkkkkk the whole thing into my mouth. (yes, the sauce splatters all over my mouth)
i talk with my hands gesticulating wildly and often knock over so many things causing both alarm and amusement.
I wear stilletoes, yet prefer to walk barefoot everywhere.
I get into wrong cars that are the same colour as mine (much to the horror of the driver who clearly knows im not his memsaab)
I get super excited about the smallest of things, can dance crazier than crazy frog much to my kids’ great embarassment.
I love life. I don’t want it to be a pretentious one. I don’t want to repeat the same year 78 times and call that life.
the gift of spontaenity and to live unabashedly and out of the box is one of the greatest gifts I have imbibed from my mother.
What’s all the fuss about “fitting in” ?
who are we pleasing? and whyyyyy do people pressure themselves or admonish themselves if they “slip” up?
they’re simply being human!
Revelling in being human means equally indulging the crazy, goofy, happy, joyful, silly side of you that exists.
when you love yourself fully, you live fully. ❤️
When was the last time you laughed till your stomach hurt?
Laughter is magical.
It has the ability to make a tragedy into comedy and
A Molehill out of mountain !
The greatest ability is to be able to laugh at yourself.
Isnt it Strange that we don’t focus on the one thing that makes us feel so good… so happy… So ALIVE.!!
Everything challenge feels so doable when you smile else at it.. and so much fun when u laugh your way through it.
It’s often said that laughter is the best medicine as Happy hormones keep your immunity high and stress at bay.
You don’t need to take a vacation to be happy… being happy is a vacation. ❤️
What is perfection? Who decided the standard of what makes perfect, perfect?
And why do we constantly feel the pressure to “live up” to wanting to achieve it? A perfect body, a perfect job, a perfect partner, a perfect relationship, a perfect life….. !!
We focus so hard on creating & expecting perfection, that we don’t allow ourselves to love ourselves or others if we or they are “imperfect”
The definition of a perfectionist as per oxford dictionary is “a person who always does things as well as he/she possibly can” and here is the problem, it also says “and expects others to do the same”.
is it healthy to be driven by fear of criticism, to procrastinate under the weight of pressure to deliver perfection, or to be driven by fear of failure rather than desire for success?
Do you equate success with happiness or find inspiration overshadowed by anxiety as you strive for it ?
There’s as much beauty in imperfection as there is in perfection. Is anything perfect? what is perfect actually? Why do we need to airbrush faces on the covers of magazine when the models are already “perfect”?
even diamonds which are subjected to the greatest pressure, aren’t perfect. What on earth is the pressure you self-inflict all about?
If you’ve set a destination in your head about the “perfect” whatever you want to manifest, remember, it’s always about the journey, not the destination, because how long will that state of “perfection” remain? life changes, people change, destinations change, needs change, mindsets change.
a “perfect” partner for you may not be so “perfect” after a while as your need of what is perfect for you has changed based on your circumstances.
embrace life, people and circumstances with all it’s colours and “so called imperfections”
there’s no need to be “perfect”, there is just a need to be “you”, and allow others to be themselves and to love them and what you do, to your fullest.
Revel in being the most perfect imperfect person!
“Overthinking: The Art of Creating Problems That Weren’t Even There”
Does choosing a flavour of icecream seem as daunting as solving the Rubiks cube?
What if it’s the wrong choice? Or other flavour better? (yes, these pop up as questions 2 days before marriage as well )
Ever find yourself in a mental labyrinth, pondering life’s deepest mysteries like, “Why did I say ‘you too’ to the waiter who wished me a happy birthday?” Congratulations, you’re an overthinker!
It’s like having a hamster wheel for a brain, constantly spinning with hypotheticals. As Mark Twain hilariously put it, “I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.”
Do you have a PhD in worrying about things that haven’t happened yet? I know of friends who panic if their partner doesn’t text back in an hour, & they’re suddenly drafting breakup speeches in their head. “Did I say something wrong? Are they ghosting me? Did I use the wrong emoji?
And when I laugh and say “Maybe they’re just busy… or perhaps they’ve been abducted by aliens?” they despise the simplicity of the answer.
How does it matter if you DID laugh too loud, or handshake too firm? Why does your mind create elaborate scenarios, analyzing every detail and potential outcome, often leading to a cycle of stress & indecision?
The byproduct of overthinking include defining & questioning your very existence with mental pops like “Am I incompetent? Will I ever be good enough? Maybe I should just quit and become a professional cat whisperer.”
We are all driven by a quest for perfection, but all overthinking does is transform simple situations into stress-inducing puzzles, leaving you mentally exhausted & emotionally drained.
It’s time to silence your inner critic, embrace the “Just Do It” mantra of Nike & escape the quest for control over life’s uncertainties, as it only fuels the overthinking spiral, trapping you, with your own consent, in a ridiculous loop of worry and doubt.
Can you handle a happy life without overthinking? Or Do you allow it to continue to consume you?
Why can’t what’s bad for you taste bad and what’s good for you taste good?
that way it would be so easy to be & stay healthy.
The dance of the crispy french fries as they crunch in your mouth, the juicy fatty burger that sends you into tastebud heaven, a tantalising cheeeeesy quatro formaggio pizza, the nirvana of an amazing stuffed ravioli, snack time cravings for samosa’s and biscuits or rusks dipped in tea, and the simplest but yummiest… oozing, hot butter toast!!
OHHHHH heaven!!!
they all make me feel the way they say a soul mate should make me feel–At peace, calm, happy, in synergy, positive & full-filled.
but with it doesn’t come weighlessness of existence… quite the opposite actually, and a degree of guilt and definitely a mad desire to exercise and knock it off.
if only….. if only…. if only….. !
fill in the blanks and also tell me your favourite carb.
