How Can We Better Deal With The Big Changes in Our Lives?
The world before the coronavirus is now gone, changed forever. How can we deal with the new reality we now face? Everything about our lives has changed – from our work, to our relationships and our exercise and even spending habits. Questions flood our minds, filling us with anxiety. Understandin…
How to Be Happy, Sane and Productive Amid COVID-19 Lockdown
What do music lessons, art therapy, cooking, and video-calling have in common? Well, they're all great ways to pass your time in lockdown, silly! This is a special episode of Vishnu Ki Secret Life, recorded from deep within the confines of my home during lockdown. More than two weeks have pass…
COVID-19: How To Prepare For Social Distancing During Coronavirus
In the interest of limiting the novel coronavirus’ spread, a number of organisations in India and across the world have asked their employees to work from home, thus eliminating person-to-person contact. This, as you may know, is all contributing to what has become the watchword in this time of p…
Relaxation Beyond Meditation: Five Alternative Stress-Relief Techniques
Modern life is unbelievably stressful. According to a 2018 study, 9 out of 10 Indians feel they’re suffering from stress because of work, health or money. 3 out 4 said they don't feel comfortable talking to a medical or mental health professional for their stress. On this episode of Vishnu Ki Sec…
What is Food Addiction: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Do you feel guilty or ashamed after you eat some foods? Do you hide what you eat or how much you eat from people? Do you ever stuff yourself till you’re full, and then keep eating? If you said yes to any of these questions, you, or someone you know, might be suffering from food addiction. On th…
The Importance of Self-Care
I think it’s safe to say most of us were hoping 2020 was better than 2019. But just over a month into 2020, many people have already felt that stress levels, both physical and mental have gone up. And the first thing that goes for a toss when life gets overwhelming, is your self-care routine. Diets…
Mental Health: How Anti-CAA Protests Have Affected Our Mental Health – And What Can You Do?
On Vishnu Ki Secret Life, we usually talk about fun, light topics with a little bit of knowledge you can take for your own daily life. Today we're talking about something a little serious - Mental health. Specifically how people's mental health has been affected by the CAA protests and anti-NRC pro…
Setting New Year's Resolutions & How to Achieve Them
Almost 100 percent of all New Year’s resolutions fail. But this year we’re giving you a guide to set better resolutions and accomplish what you set out to achieve. Do you want to lose all the weight you’ve gained over the holidays plus a little more? You want to make 2020 the year you quit smoking?…
Calories 101: The Last Guide to Calorie Counting You’ll Ever Need
What is a calorie? Why do calories matter? Are all calories the same? And can you stay healthy if you just count calories and work out regularly? Today we’ll answer all these questions and more. We have three guests with us today – clinical nutritionist Rupali Datta, 23-year-old Abhishek Sarin, who…
How to Get Back on Track With Your Weight Loss Plan, With Nutritionist Kavita Devgan!
......And we're back! This is Episode 1 of Season 2 of Vishnu Ki Secret Life, the show where you learn something new, through my own experiments, and with the help of experts and others who’ll be joining me. Today we’re talking about how to get back on track when you either stop a diet or fail on…