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Habits can play an important role in our lives. We are what our habits are. This video is about tiny habits making remarkable changes.These concepts are from the book "Atomic Habits.by James Clear."

Habits Play an important role in our lives. Aristotle said and I quote "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is a not an act, but a habit."[unquote}Habits shape our lives. Like anything else in life, you have to choose your habits. You must choose the ones that can make a difference to your life. This podcast is about choosing tiny habits that make remarkable changes in your life. All the concepts are from the book "Atomic changes."

Listening is the most important aspect of communication. The most basic need of human beings is to be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them. Most of us at any given time listen with 25% effectiveness. From that we can understand our capacity to understand people. Listening connects people and they feel understood.  Good listeners are respected and valued.

Life skills can include the ability to manage your emotions, your health, your school performance and relationships and your ability to master these things has a direct impact on how you feel about yourself, your emotional balance, your physical health and your independence.

Handicapped, disabled, differently abled are the words used to describe physically challenged people. I Wonder whether we can use the word" Resourceful" to describe them. You can decide after listening to this podcast.

Suicide is when a person    purposely causes his or her own death. Before committing suicide, a teen may be entertaining thoughts of committing suicide and it is known as suicidal ideation. Teen age is a stressful period when teens undergo physical, emotional and social changes. Majority of the teens go through this period successfully, but some find it difficult due to various reasons. Parents, teachers, siblings, and friends should be able to notice changes in a teen's behavior like loss of interest in usual activities, changes in eating and sleeping habits, pull away from and friends and family, talk about feeling hopeless or feeling guilty etc. Many teens who attempt suicide would have given some type of warning to the loved ones. Parents must pay attention to the teens when they notice any changes in the teen's behavior this episode, we discussed about everything teens, parents and, other adults would like to know about the suicides.

A paradigm is a perspective or a set of ideas. It is a Greek word which means to show. It has been in use in English since 15th century. It comes up in all the fields like business, science and academics. A new paradigm in academics is brought about by Covid 19 when the world has lockdowns and shifted to online education from offline education. A new paradigm in business means a new way of reaching customers and making money.E commerce is a typical example of reaching customers in a new way.

All of us have our own paradigms at personal level. Some of them are positive and some are negative. We have to shift our negative paradigms if they are holding us back. An important change takes place in the usual way of thinking about or doing something is replaced by a new and different way.

This episode is about our personal paradigms and how to change them.

It is important to build self-esteem and there are many ways to doit.

1.The most important thing is to accept yourself.

2.Listen to your self-talk and make it as much positive as you can

3.Identify and write all the positives about you.

4.Do not compare yourself with anyone. Believe that you are unique

5.Be more assertive and learn to say no.

6.Take on challenges

7.Affirmations and visualizations play an important role in building self esteem. I explained about affirmations in this episode and will explain visualization in my next episode.

Self-esteem is an important topic to understand. It influences life in many ways like academics, relationships, decision making, emotional health and overall, wellbeing. It is important for teens to have healthy self-esteem.

Teens of today live in a rapidly changing and highly   competitive world. The pressure of growing up, high parental pressure to do well in academics their own expectations, internet and social media are contributing to their stress and mental health issues are assuming   great importance. Depression, anxiety and behavioral disorders are common among teens, and they affect school attendance and academic performance. It is crucial to address the needs of adolescents with mental health conditions. There are many counselling centers and teens should be encouraged to seek help.