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August 2015

August 31, 2015

Temple Buddy

There is one other member of my family who identifies as Hindu: a cousin a...

August 27, 2015

The Nature of Ambaa

My husband and I were talking about this post and it brought up a common...

August 26, 2015

Updates

How have I been doing on my plans? Pretty well! 1) Flylady. We're still going...

August 24, 2015

The World Has Changed

There's a weird feeling I get these days because meditation and mindfulness are so popular....

August 17, 2015

Making the Most of Our Time

People often urge you to make every moment count, to live life to the fullest,...

August 12, 2015

Routine is the Enemy of the Present Moment

I have been trying to figure out why I have the pattern I do with...

August 10, 2015

Forgiving Yourself for A Change In Game Plan

When we're teenagers we're often encouraged to start thinking about our long term plans. At...

August 06, 2015

Inertia v.s. Housekeeping {Happiness Project}

Goal One: Take the Extra Step I love a clean, clear, clutter-free space. I feel...

August 05, 2015

Change Your Diet, Change Your Life

You all may remember that I revamped my diet on the advice of the book...

August 05, 2015

What I Know About Myself {Happiness Project}

Having observed myself now for 33 years there are some things I do know about...

August 03, 2015

Happiness Plateau

I think I can safely say that we all want to be happy. What we...

July 2015

July 27, 2015

Lakshmi Likes A Clean Home

I've always had a vision of myself as a homemaker. I dreamed of creating a...

July 22, 2015

I’d Like To Not Exist For A Little While

A new pregnancy test this morning came out negative. There's not supposed to be any...

July 21, 2015

Big News

UPDATE: The work I've been doing on acceptance seems to be paying off. Yesterday morning...

July 20, 2015

Being in Limbo

I'm sure I'm not alone in this, but I absolutely hate transitional periods in life....

July 09, 2015

Letting Go Is The Hardest Part

It's been a little while since I spoke of my infertility struggles. It's something that...

July 08, 2015

Viscerally Peaceful

Despite being a white American Hindu, I am not as touchy-feely or "new agey" as...

June 2015

June 24, 2015

My Muslim Friend

There hasn't been much for me to tell you about lately. Life continues on. I...

June 17, 2015

Misplaced Devotion

I've been watching this show called My Crazy Obsession. The TV loves to show me...

June 10, 2015

My New Favorite Cookbook

I don't buy cookbooks anymore because Pinterest has so many recipes and you can look...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

Religious People Have Fun Too

Sometimes it feels weird to wear my bindi when I'm doing really not very religious...

May 20, 2015

White Hindu Conversations Part Five

You know how I was talking about trying to use Hindi with customers at the...

May 14, 2015

Can You Pray Your Way to a Baby?

Whenever I write something about my process of trying to conceive I always get some...

May 13, 2015

Watch My Daily Puja

Someone on Youtube, seeing my video of my puja for Mahashivratri, wanted me to do...

May 11, 2015

Diet And Health

Well, Mother's Day was pretty rough for me. I mean, I have nothing against the...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Keeping Up With Holidays

In America, where we are one of the smallest faith minorities, it can be very...

April 28, 2015

What Indians Need To Know About American Black People

There are riots right now in the city that is closest to me: Baltimore. Yet...

April 23, 2015

Vegucated

I've had this movie Vegucated on my Netflix queue for ages but I finally actually...

April 15, 2015

Check Me Out! Kirtan in MA

My friend Ken Larsen took some pictures at the kirtan singing night we had while...

April 06, 2015

Visiting in MA

Brad and I have come to Massachusetts to celebrate my mom's birthday. After a family...