“Why me?” It’s a question that people living with polycystic ovarian syndrome often ask. This feeling of hopelessness is often felt most strongly when you do everything right but something goes wrong — like eating healthily and still experiencing weight fluctuations. Today host Dr. Minni Malhotra shares how she overcame her ‘victims mentality’ through the practice of self-love. In her discussion, she highlights four key areas to develop on the path to self-love, revealing the power of gratitude, having faith, learning lessons from your situation, and knowing that the deepest part of you is always whole. Dr. Malhotra also presents practical steps to help foster personal growth and align your journey with the universe. You’ll hear which questions to ask yourself when faced with difficult situations and how your challenges can empower you. Tune in to hear more about how self-love can give you a more fulfilling relationship with the world around you. 

Key Points From This Episode:

• Experiencing hopelessness due to the challenges of living with polycystic ovarian syndrome.
• Questioning the fairness of life when you suffer due to unjustifiable reasons. 
• Hear the four key emotions that you can develop for better self-love.
• Our tendency to amplify the bad in our life while neglecting the good.  
• Creating a list of everything that you are grateful for in life. 
• Why you should never take any failures personally; it’s the universe, not you. 
• Aligning your journey with the universe so that you can accept your reality.
• How setbacks can prove to be wonderful learning opportunities. 
• The questions that you should ask yourself that lead to personal growth. 
• Fears that our setbacks will come to define us and that our pain is permanent.  
• Combining conventional medicine and mind mastering for a balanced healing approach.

Tweetables:

“The feeling of being singled out brings out our inner-demons. We wonder if we are good or lovable or balanced enough.” — Dr. Minni Malhotra [0:03:22]

“While we are quick to blame our circumstances, whenever we are in physical or emotional pain, we take many of the blessings for granted.” — Dr. Minni Malhotra [0:04:20]

“Aligning our journey with that of the universe not only allows us to better accept our current reality but also accelerates our personal growth and conscious living.” — Dr. Minni Malhotra [0:06:24]  

“These setbacks are merely an experience of our senses and are limited in their ability to affect the deepest part of us. You are pure, whole, and complete.” — Dr. Minni Malhotra [0:08:22]  

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Anchor Wellness Center

Friedrich Nietzsche

Arthur Ashe

Marcel Proust

Rumi