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1 week ago | 
medium.com | Prabhat Mishra |Robert E. Ralph
I used to think my value was based on how busy I was. Sundays were like a nightmare—the long afternoon with nothing to do felt like a defeat. Just lying on the couch doing nothing made me feel panicky. I would scroll through my phone, feeling guilty, thinking things like "I'm being lazy" or "I should be doing something."Work had taken over my life. I hurried through chores, scheduled meetings during coffee breaks, and even checked my email while on the toilet.
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1 month ago | 
medium.com | Prabhat Mishra |Robert E. Ralph
Stop Shrinking for People Who Can’t Handle Your FireI used to shrink myself for people who couldn’t handle the full version of me. Whenever someone said, “You’re too emotional,” I’d get quieter. Each time someone pulled away from my honesty, I’d swallow the truth I was aching to say. I thought love meant being easier to be around—so I smiled when I was sad, nodded when I wanted to scream, and laughed even when anxiety had me in a chokehold. I did all of it just to seem like less. But they still left.
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1 month ago | 
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What I Learned About Peace, Focus, and Myself by Starting the Day Like a Monk. Let me just say it. I’ve never been a morning person. I’ve always seen waking up early as a kind of punishment. My usual routine was something like this—snooze the alarm five times, scroll on my phone, panic about the time, and rush into the day feeling behind. But then I read about how monks start their mornings—with intention, peace, and purpose. No chaos. No noise. Just quiet discipline.
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1 month ago | 
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When terror strikes one, it strikes us all. It's time to stand together. It happened again. This time, in Pahalgam. A place known for beauty, not blood. A place where families once walked, laughing in the sunlight. Now scarred by screams, gunfire, and grief. Terrorism does not knock before it enters. It shatters lives in seconds. It leaves empty chairs at dinner tables. It turns dreams into funerals. Pahalgam is not the first. And unless we wake up, it will not be the last. Look around.
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1 month ago | 
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Stop Hiding Behind Your DiagnosisI once had a friend who blamed everything on anxiety. Blew up at a waitress? Anxiety. Ghosted plans for the fifth time? Anxiety. Snapped at me for asking a basic question? You guessed it. Anxiety. At first, I gave endless grace. We are all fighting private battles, right? But over time, it no longer felt like compassion. It started to feel more like being held hostage. Here is the truth no one says out loud. Mental health struggles are real. They are brutal.
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1 month ago | 
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Medium is full of silent readers who pretend to cheer for you, but they’re really clapping for themselves. You know the type. They highlight a sentence that sounds "deep."They comment “powerful” or “so raw.”They follow you for three hours. Then disappear. They’re not here for your words. They’re here for your reach. This isn’t support. It’s strategy. They treat your story like a stepping stone. Not something to sit with, reflect on, or even read. Just something to bounce off of.
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1 month ago | 
medium.com | Prabhat Mishra |Robert E. Ralph
If you’ve got big dreams but no energy, here’s what actually worksI kept wondering why I couldn’t function like everyone else. I had goals—big ones. I had a whole Google Doc full of plans to change my life—new routines, morning affirmations, 12-hour work schedules, and optimized everything. But most days? I just watched YouTube, drank coffee, and felt guilty for not doing enough. Then, I’d dream up another “life reset” to fix everything. And the cycle repeated. It wasn’t that I lacked ambition.
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1 month ago | 
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But what my friend really had was ALS. This is what I learned. A few months ago, my friend Siddharth, 41, told me he was having trouble holding things. At first, I thought it might be a simple vitamin deficiency. I asked if he’d injured his hand. He hadn’t. So, I urged him to get checked by a doctor. The physician prescribed calcium, vitamin D, and multivitamins. He told Siddharth to come back the next week. But rather than improving, things began to decline.
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1 month ago | 
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It’s not just a headline. It’s a wake-up call. You might know him as McSteamy. The cool, confident surgeon from Grey’s Anatomy. Or maybe as the complicated dad in Euphoria. But now, Eric Dane is living a different story. One that isn’t scripted. One that no one asks for. He has ALS. And that changes everything. ALS is one of the cruelest diseases out there. It starts small. Maybe your grip weakens. Your foot feels heavy. You slur a word or two. At first, you think it’s nothing. But then it spreads. Fast.
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2 months ago | 
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Stop blaming yourself and learn how to break free. Prabhat Mishra·FollowPublished inNew Writers Welcome·4 min read·--Photo by SHVETS production on pexelsFor as long as I can remember, I thought losing weight meant winning at life. Every magazine cover, every commercial, every influencer made sure I believed it. Smaller is better. Thinner is healthier. Lighter is happier. So, I did what I was supposed to. I counted calories. Avoided carbs. Stepped on the scale like it held the meaning of life.
