Ever wonder why your best friend — a total genius with the biggest brain and warmest heart — is dating some "loser" in your eyes who doesn't treat her nearly as well as you know she deserves? Or why your colleague whose shoes you dream of filling someday comes to the office every morning complaining about her husband's absolutely cringe-worthy behaviors?

Why can't these smart, successful women can't seem to find a good partner? Why are many intelligent women single? In today's podcast I tried to answers some of these questions.

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Is there any truth behind the stereotype that "every girl is a gold-digger"? Evolutionary Psychology tells us that while someone who's with you only for your money may be toxic but women in general doesn't settle with guys who can't provide any resources. Listen to this podcast to know more.

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Contrary to the popular belief, women typically don't develop big muscles from strength training, because compared to men, women have 10 to 30 times less of the hormones that cause muscle hypertrophy. Weight training does not make you bulky; excess body fat does. Listen to this podcast to learn more about weight training from a female-body perspective.

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Enmeshment is a description of a relationship between two or more people in which personal boundaries are permeable and unclear, in our culture it is usually seen as "overprotective parents". That's why in this podcast, I give my take on this parenting style, how it may impede natural development of the child and how you can get out of such a relationship.

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Sometimes, it can take many years of putting up with a toxic friend before you realize that you don't have to take it anymore. Equally, what starts out as a healthy friendship can become unhealthy as circumstances and individuals change. That's why in this podcast, we discuss the 5 common types of toxic friends that may be a bad influence for you.

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It’s not always obvious that you’re in an abusive relationship. Sometimes signs of abuse are subtle and we fail to recognize them. So, in this podcast, I have mentioned some signs that you can identify in your relationship in order to assess whether you are in an abusive relationship or not.

Sun and moon. Light and dark. Day and night. Inhale and exhale. There are binaries that exist in nature. They are each essential and fundamental for the existence of the other. There is no daytime without the nighttime. There is no exhalation of breath without the inhalation of breath. These apparent opposites have real effects on your lives. Even different energies exist within us i.e. Masculine and Feminine. Sometimes there is an imbalance of energies within us which leads to problems in our life. Listen to this podcast till the end to know about these energies and how to balance these to become the best version of yourself.

It can be easy to feel as if there’s something wrong with being single. So much of what we see on a daily basis – adverts, movies, tv shows, books, music, social media - seems to suggest that life is all about being in a happy relationship with a loving partner.

But we can’t always guarantee being in a relationship. Sometimes, circumstance dictates we’ll be single for a while – be this because our previous relationship has ended, work commitments are making things difficult or due to bereavement.

Listen this podcast till the end, if you’re not able to cope with these periods of being alone and wanna know how you make most out of this time.

From the biological side of things to how we're nurtured, a lot of what goes on in childhood influences how we turn out as adults. Proper care, love and attention in childhood play a major role in developing our personality and how we maintain our relationships. A rough childhood can affect our adulthood adversely.

Narcissism is the pursuit of gratification from vanity or egotistic admiration of one's idealised self image and attributes. The term originated from Greek mythology, where the young Narcissus fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool of water. Narcissistic personality disorder affects an estimated 1% of the general population. Although most individuals have some narcissistic traits, high levels of narcissism can manifest themselves in a pathological form as narcissistic personality disorder (NPD), whereby the individual overestimates his or her abilities and has an excessive need for admiration and affirmation. Watch the entire video to learn about Narcissistic people and whether you have one in your circle or not.

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