Sports and Bollywood are two passion points in India. We celebrate together when our teams win and experience collective euphoria. And then one winner from billion shines and the hero workship begins. 

However, do we support our players in their lows too? Do we support them through their training? What about the ones who don't get a medal back home. How do we support them to keep the hope ignited. 

The toll this can take on mental health of sportsman is beyond comprehension. 

"Learn to say goodbye before you harm your mental health". This is the lesson we learnt from this Olympics. 

As Simone Biles said “We have to protect our mind and our body rather than just go out there and do what the world wants us to do". 

In this episode, I want to leave you with the thought "That it's okay to be not okay". Because when we are equanimous within, it will reflect in our environment too. Positivity reflects and attracts Positivity. 

Sports and Bollywood are two passion points in India. We celebrate together when our teams win and experience collective euphoria. And then one winner from billion shines and the hero workship begins.&nbsp;
However, do we support our players in their lows too? Do we support them through their training? What about the ones who don't get a medal back home. How do we support them to keep the hope ignited.&nbsp;
The toll this can take on mental health of sportsman is beyond comprehension.&nbsp;
"Learn to say goodbye before you harm your mental health". This is the lesson we learnt from this Olympics.&nbsp;
As Simone Biles said &ldquo;We have to protect our mind and our body rather than just go out there and do what the world wants us to do".&nbsp;
In this episode, I want to leave you with the thought "That it's okay to be not okay". Because when we are equanimous within, it will reflect in our environment too. Positivity reflects and attracts Positivity.&nbsp;

Mindfulness Trainer | Motivational Speaker | Content Expert | Lyricist | Writer

Shailja Saraswati is a certified mindfulness trainer and has trained over 450 people in 3 countries and as a consultant, organized and assisted Leadership training and empowerment workshops for over 500 people at corporations like Discovery Networks, WHO, LG, Airtel, Wipro. As a psychology student, she always had a deep interest in the mind and human behavior. She has studies fields like meditation, breathing techniques, yoga, ayurvedic diet and alternative healing.

Professionally, she has been part of the jury at Cannes Entertainment Festival 2016, been part of the advisory board member for Content Marketing Summit APAC 2017, jury member of Womennovator 2020 and jury member, Womanhood 2021 contest - Imwoman.Network NGO. She has over 18 years of senior leadership experience in Digital, Media & Television industries across India, Singapore and London.

Her podcast brings her learnings and experiences to help you understand and cope better with all that’s going on around you.

You can also watch her videos on her YouTube channel.

Mindfulness Trainer | Motivational Speaker | Content Expert | Lyricist | Writer
Shailja Saraswati is a certified mindfulness trainer and has trained over 450 people in 3 countries and as a consultant, organized and assisted Leadership training and empowerment workshops for over 500 people at corporations like Discovery Networks, WHO, LG, Airtel, Wipro. As a psychology student, she always had a deep interest in the mind and human behavior. She has studies fields like meditation, breathing techniques, yoga, ayurvedic diet and alternative healing.
Professionally, she has been part of the jury at Cannes Entertainment Festival 2016, been part of the advisory board member for Content Marketing Summit APAC 2017, jury member of Womennovator 2020 and jury member, Womanhood 2021 contest - Imwoman.Network NGO. She has over 18 years of senior leadership experience in Digital, Media &amp; Television industries across India, Singapore and London.
Her podcast brings her learnings and experiences to help you understand and cope better with all that&rsquo;s going on around you.
You can also watch her videos on her <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/ShailjaSaraswati/">YouTube channel</a>.

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