Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Stress — all of us know — is a major obstacle to living. It is an impediment to eating well; it also affects what we ‘chomp.’ Managing stress has a positive impact inasmuch as disarming its stranglehold is indispensable when making effective changes in life. If stress is one big trigger
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Q: I’ve been reading, also watching video clips, on how music can heal, or the healing power of music. I’d appreciate it if you’d separate the chaff from the grain, or the beat from the raga, as it were, and help me get a better perspective, also understanding, on the exciting
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR First, to state the obvious. The healing power of herbs is as old as the hills. Oregano, a therapeutic herb, for instance, is a popular ‘add-on’ in food. Would you know that, it is, in point of fact, a perennial shrub of the Labiatae family. It grows all over Europe, and
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR All of us seek, or yearn, to do well in life and career. This is a need that all of us aspire for too — to substantiate our value, not just to oneself, but also others. Besides, there is a distinctive emotion dormant in us. It is the urge to do
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Asthma comes from the Greek word, aazein, which means, “to exhale with open mouth; to gasp.” It is this typical feeling in asthma that makes its ‘victims’ run out of breath. Literally. Asthma is a psychosomatic disorder — it is triggered by allergens [allergy-causing substances], dysfunctional relationships and emotional, or psychological,
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Mysticism is, essentially, a practice — with a host of meanings. There are as many frames to mysticism as there are leaves on the mulberry tree. Mysticism is also aesthetics. It is practical science, its expression from a classic transcendental point. This explains why the transcendental has often been referred to
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR We all go through life like waves over matter, or slow, measured upsurges — a form of precise, or inventive, transformation. This is part of our time and space continuum. It defines us and contextualises our existence — of who we are, as self-regulating, independent entities, with each of us being
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR We all know that prevention of cancer is top priority — not just for individuals, but also from doctors’ point-of-view. To understand the idea, we need to first begin with how cancer probably starts, or originates. As we all know, molecular biology — which provides us with certain early-cancer clues —
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR Dr Daniel Dr Goleman, PhD, the noted psychologist and best-selling author, pioneered the concept of emotional intelligence [EI]. This bid fair to his ground-breaking book, by the same name. It was followed by his yet another landmark tome, Working with Emotional Intelligence. It set out a framework of EI that reflects
Words: Dr Rajgopal NIDAMBOOR All of us have within us an impelling attribute — one that keeps us going. It is called attitude. It is this one big thing that drives us to be what we want to be, no matter what. When you compound attitude with yet another propelling quality, the divine power principle,
