How to raise a confident daughter?

By Vidhya Shailesh, SoulKids® Program Manager, www.soulkids.org16th April 2018

Confidence is a nurtured skill. As children grow up, they go through phases of confidence in their own abilities followed by phases of self-doubt. Peer pressure, comparisons with their friends, changing social environment all contribute towards their own self-belief. As girls grow up, body image issues, the need to be accepted and belong among others can affect their confidence. As parents or guardians, we can support them through these formative years to help them grow into confident young ladies.

1.    Encourage assertiveness

Encourage your daughters to stand up to their choices. Often when girls find their friends are making different choices, they feel compelled to choose otherwise. Encourage them to be assertive. Train them to stand by their choices, train them to make their own independent choices. It might start with simple choices like what to eat at a meal. Encourage them to make these choices often and stand up to them.

2.    Encourage competence

Teach her that competence takes effort and persistence. And it is only through persistent effort that competence is built. Encourage her to focus on her strengths and build on them. It doesn’t matter what her strengths might be – it could be academics, arts or sports or anything else that she is really keen on. With effort, she can keep growing and this leads to greater self-belief. Refrain from making assumptions on her strengths and weaknesses.

3.    Never compare her with others

Comparisons with friends, peers or siblings hurt a child’s confidence the most. It makes them feel they are not good enough. And with girls, this can have a much deeper impact. Remember, all children are special in their own way. Appreciate her efforts not just the results. Tell her often how she is doing something well, or what you think is special about her. Girls often need reassurance and this is where parents play an important role. Don’t judge her mistakes. Instead help her rise above them. Help them understand that mistakes are normal. Speak openly about your own failures or mistakes and embrace them. Avoid setting perfect ideals for her to live up to. Instead encourage effort and growth.

4.    Encourage a healthy body image

As young girls grow into their pre-teen years, body image plays a very important part. As their bodies change, encourage them to be accepting. Start by complementing them often. Girls are often lured by the images they see in magazines and can get caught up in their own idea of a perfect body. Tell them constantly how beautiful they are just as they are. Help them appreciate imperfection.

5.    Encourage them to have positive role models

Encourage your daughters to have positive role models. Help them see the effort that is put behind the success and the causes for which their role models stand. A positive role model can help inspire your daughter and encourage her to have the right mindset.

At SoulKids® we teach all children to believe in themselves. We teach them to be happy just they way they are, to never compare themselves with others and grow their own strengths. Essential skills such as this when taught early, lay the foundation for the rest of their growing up years. We work with many children on group programs and on one-on-one basis.

Parents can also learn how to inspire their own children and bring out the best in themselves. Our mentor training program is specifically designed to train adults in the SoulKids® philosophy. Mentor training happens only once a year and we have people flying in from all over the world to get trained. Mentor training in 2018 is happening from April 22-26. Sign up for this transformational training program and grow your own life and be a positive influence on everyone around you.

To find out more about our programs or one-on-one coaching, please visit www.soulkids.org or email us atsoulkids@soulcentre.org for more information. Register your children for our transformational programs and help them grow in confidence.

Meditation Makes Me Unstoppable

Meditation makes me Unstoppable!

By Dr Veronique Blanc

PhD, Molecular Biologist and SoulCentre Meditation Teacher, www.soulcentre.org

11th April 2018

My life before meditation

When I was just a teenager, I would see my friends buy women magazines such as Elle, People etc, while I would buy magazines about the brain, how it works and its functions, because I had an avid interest in understanding human behaviours.

I had an enquiring mind and wanted to understand the big picture of how everything worked and connected together, but I was never satisfied by what I read or found.

My mum also told me recently that since I was very young, I wanted to become a Biochemist (even though I surely didn't know what it was back then, being so young!), and sure enough, I did become a Biochemist and Molecular Biologist.

I even got a PhD in Pathology (from a renowned London University) researching how cancer cells spread all over the body (metastases).

This was all interesting but also very frustrating as I couldn't grasp how it all worked out, so immersed in the details I was. The big picture was missing, I couldn’t connect all the dots.

I then decided to move into managing research rather than doing the research myself. I started by managing research centres in metabolic diseases such as Diabetes, and then, drawn by my deep desire, I dived into studying the genetics of neurological disorders such as anorexia/bulimia, schizophrenia, and the like.

However, I was still frustrated with the minutia of the research and the very little progress I was making. So I changed my path again, and managed a research centre in Environmental Sciences, where engineers get things done very fast and move forward with great progress.

I learnt a lot about the climate, urban air and water pollution, as well as robotics. I also learnt about marine corals and mangroves, and the impact of humans on their environment. Quite varied and interesting subjects.

Along the way I also gave birth to two beautiful children and as a good mother I was driven to give them the best possible food, environment and love I could provide. This had a tremendous impact on my life, as it triggered the awakening of my long-term desire for deeper understanding of the human mind and body. There I was again, back to square one!

My discovery of meditation

One day, when I was looking for something to centre my oh-so-energetic 4-year-old, I stumbled upon SoulCentre (www.soulcentre.org) and its SoulKids program. I thought it sounded great.

They also offered classes for adults about Meditation and being the researcher that I am, I decided to try it for myself before I would send my child there.

My scientific mind wanted something that I could understand and see proof of, and a teacher who could explain everything in a scientific and systematic manner; I was not going to become a student of anything woo-woo.

Starting out, I had no particular understanding or interest in meditation as I thought it was not for me to just sit doing nothing for hours, waiting for things to happen. This was my misconception of meditation then. But I was still curious, so I went to SoulCentre.

That was the turning point of my life. Little did I know that I was embarking on a great enlightening journey of knowledge and wisdom, where all my thirst for understanding the human mind, body and their interactions and resulting behaviours would be satisfied!

My training in meditation and wisdom

I soon learnt that meditation is a science, the science of the mind! How brilliant is that? I also realised that for nearly all my adult life I had been confused, like most people are, by the brain/mind conundrum. Now I realised the difference between the brain and the mind, and even better, I understood how to train my mind to trigger my brain and body to actually do what I want to do.

Learning meditation at SoulCentre was a dream come true in many ways!

I trained with Vikas Malkani personally, for a whole year, to become a SoulCentre certified Meditation Teacher (http://www.soulcentre.org/teacher-certification-programs) . I started with ‘Meditation Made Simple’, the beginners program and continued all the way to complete the Meditation Teacher Training with SoulCentre.

My life has been transformed from the inside out, and I feel so much happier, lighter, joyful, love towards myself and others, excited about life in general, more stable, peaceful and just present.

I've come out of my shell, and I'm now aligned with who I really am! Priceless!

Vikas Malkani is known as the Worlds #1 Wisdom Coach. He is a man of wisdom who coaches Hollywood stars, royalty, millionaires, sports champions, top CEO’s, award-winning entrepreneurs, educators, doctors, psychologists, life coaches, and countless others to maximize their personal and professional success.

This learning experience with SoulCentre founder Vikas Malkani has been, is and will always be one of the most transformative encounters of my present life.

I can't get enough of these truths that just put my mind and heart at peace.

My future in meditation

SoulCentre has won multiple awards for their unique transformational training programs and professionalism in teaching. Clients from over 40 countries have benefitted from the inspiration, wisdom and training that SoulCentre provides.

As a certified teacher of meditation, I want to bring the wisdom and techniques of meditation to as many people as I can.

Everyone seeks to be happy and fulfilled; to be stress free and enjoy inner peace; to bring out their best potential. And meditation is the way.

This wisdom needs to be shared far and wide. And I'm up for it! I am unstoppable now!

Connect with me to start your meditation journey. Life will never be the same again.

Dr. Veronique Blanc

+65 9772 2454
vero@soulmetaphysician.com

BECOMING A SOULKIDS MENTOR MASSIVELY BENEFITED MY LIFE AND FAMILY

By Philippa Ilincic
SoulKids® Mentor, www.soulkids.org

2nd April 2018

Philippa Ilincic opens up on the focus that changed her life and inspired her to become part of the SoulCentre Family.

WHY I DECIDED TO BECOME A SOULKIDS MENTOR?

It was all down to Vikas Malkani, the founder of the truly amazing SoulKids program, who inspired me to grow and keep learning, to help myself and my family.

I am a former Brand Marketing & Communications Manager and now expat wife and mother to two boys, living for 4+ years in Singapore. My journey with SoulKids started about 3 years ago when I went to a Health Awareness Morning at both of my sons school, and after listening to the information shared from the first speaker, I was intrigued by what the next part of the session named “SoulKids” had to offer, so I stayed just out of inquisitiveness. 

Vikas Malkani, the World’s No. 1 Wisdom Coach, who created the award-winning SoulKids program started talking, bringing the stage to life with stories and inspired messages of how to teach a child to reach inside themselves and find their true potential.

Vikas spoke about self-confidence and self-esteem, leading children to an understanding of how a positive mindset can be created by using the SoulKids tools, which will allow them to grow, succeed and be happy in life and how we, the parents, are instrumental in helping them attain this goal. 

The simplicity and clarity of Vikas’s message resonated so strongly with me and together with the wisdom stories, with impactful life lessons attached to them, it was a very authentic and spellbinding presentation. I walked away from the session noting down that I should contact SoulKids for my children. Yet, nearly a year passed when I was facing some reoccurring struggles with one of my boys, he and I were so stressed, arguing all the time over the simplest of tasks. Both exasperated and not knowing where to turn, my mind pinged back to SoulKids and I recalled that Vikas had stated that with no action, nothing was going to change.

I immediately decided to take action and reached out to the SoulKids office and soon had decided to put both of my sons on one of the weekend courses, literally hoping for a miracle.

At the end of the weekend training, I was so excited that the simple, fun, yet truly ground breaking SoulKids techniques had helped change the mindset of both of my boys, in such a positive way and in a very short period of time. I bought the supporting books available and continued to read the stories to my boys, with them telling me the lessons that they had learnt from the program.

There it was - a real feeling of joy, breaking through boundaries, struggles that had taken hold for so long starting to release. Had I really found the solution to our struggles? I wanted to learn more and explore deeper.

A flyer soon popped through on my email and I saw that there was an opportunity to train with Vikas himself and become a SoulKids Mentor and Coach. A perfect opportunity for me, as this would not only allow me to connect further with these award-winning life skills, but was also an opportunity to grow myself. If I could learn how to understand what support a child needs at any given time in life, to lead by example and inspire my children to keep a positive mindset, it would surely improve our whole family relationships.

I didn’t think twice and signed up there and then for the SoulKids Mentor Training with Vikas. It was to become one of the best things I have ever done, for both me and my family!

SOULKIDS MENTOR TRAINING

The SoulKids Mentor Training course was amazing.

The course taught me to reach inside myself and look at my own life, to re-evaluate the strength of my own core values and self-beliefs in a very positive way.

I also learned to realize and break through self-limiting beliefs that were holding me back. The great “go to” tools made available in the training are brilliant, as they can be called upon to help evaluate and understand when a child is facing any problem, how best to tackle that from the root, to help ensure that it does not re-occur.

It was also intentionally kept to a small group of people who became great support buddies and friends.

The content of the course was extremely thorough, it covered many aspects of life situations a child may journey through. The techniques learned, can be transferred in a very fun, simple, clear and quick manner, to an individual or group of children, enabling them to have an open mind, whilst utilizing the support tools to achieve continued happiness and success in their lives.

SOULKIDS IS NOW A PART OF MY DAILY LIFE

Since then, I have incorporated the SoulKids lessons into my life and family. They have made a massive positive difference for all of us!

I believe it is very important to lead by example, and live by what you teach. I now find that the life lessons from the Mentor Training are fully integrated into how I look at life and how I communicate with my family and friends. From the moment I wake up in the morning - even if I wake up tired – I choose my own focus. I focus on the positive choice, “It’s going to be a great day.”

Starting the day with a positive message and self-belief is so much stronger, more powerful and productive, than letting your mind become negative and telling yourself, it’s just another Wednesday and it’s too hot and I have too much on today! When we sit down to our family breakfast catch-ups before school, the children understand that their emotions may be up or down. However, they now have the knowledge to refocus and be more positive. These are just some of the ways SoulKids lessons have benefited us.

I also find that a lot of friends now seek me out for advice on the struggles that their children are going through and how best to tackle them. It is wonderful to see that those closest to me believe in the transformation that I have gone through with SoulKids and can see first hand how it has helped our family.

After certifying as a Mentor, I also started helping with the teams running the programs. The proof became so clear recently when I was a mentor on one of the ‘Creative Mindset’ weekends.  There were many breakthrough moments that came about with the children throughout the two days. It was such an honest, grateful and happy feeling to be able to help children to step outside of their comfort zone and realize that they can face their fears head on, and see them grow in confidence and ability, by watching their self-belief rise before your eyes. Truly amazing!

l read my boys the Soulkids stories, I think they know some of them better than I do now! I have integrated the life lessons into any struggles that the boys come up against and I always promote a positive mindset. SoulKids is a part of our daily life now.

EVEN MORE BENEFITS

The lessons that came out of my SoulKids Mentor Training sparked in me a further desire to grow and learn. I continued my advanced training with Vikas and became a SoulKids Coach to acquire all the life skills and tools available from this award winning program. I knew that I would be able to help not only the relationship and growth I had with my own children, but help others too, in one-on-one coaching sessions.  

In today’s fast-paced and stressful society, the inevitable ups and downs of life bring about great pressure and anxiety in our children, which traditional schooling simply doesn’t cater for. The SoulKids program believes that from the day you are born your mind is open to learning, a young mind is freer and less conditioned to limitations and society. Arming children with a positive mindset and the right tools to deal with life, will allow them to grow from a strong, grounded base, into evermore well-rounded and confident individuals.

With SoulKids training inspiring me, I feel blessed that I can nourish my children's minds and help them grow and take on opportunities that they perhaps would never have had an open mind to do so.

As a parent the thing you probably worry about most in life is your children. If you want to diminish that worry, take action and enroll in the SoulKids Mentor Training. It is guaranteed to benefit your life massively. 

SoulKids Mentor training happens only once a year, so don’t miss the opportunity! It will really change your life.

The 2018 training dates are from April 22-April 26. To find out more, attend one of our free events and understand the philosophy behind SoulKids® from our founders Vikas & Sally themselves. You will also receive valuable coaching and tips on how to support and benefit your children for greater success and happiness.

The free event dates and times are given below.

-         April 5 (Thursday), 11am or 7pm or

-         April 16 (Monday), 11am or 7pm

Email us at soulkids@soulcentre.org or click on the preferred time slot to reserve your spot.

To find out more about our programs for children, please visit www.soulkids.org or email us at soulkids@soulcentre.org for more information.

We offer group programs for different age groups of children and also one-on-one coaching for when your child requires specific help and guidance. 

Passion is the secret sauce of Success

Passion is the secret sauce of Success

By Vikas Malkani

The Wisdom Coach, Founder of SoulCentre, www.soulcentre.org

28^th March 2018

Why do some people become successful while others don’t?

What is it that separates the successful from those who are not?

What is the quality that all successful people have in common?

Everybody wants success. Everyone also wants happiness and a sense of being significant.

All human beings, irrespective of who they are or where they come from, essentially look for two things in their lives – happiness and success. But not all have it and many spend years chasing it. So what is it that successful people have that others don’t?

 

Success leaves Clues

The successful have one quality in common. And that quality is Passion. A deep passion for what they do. Take a look at any field – business, sports, arts, service or any other. The most successful people in any particular field are the ones that are completely passionate about what they do. They love what they do and that drives them to success.

Passion is the secret sauce of success. Passion brings energy and joy into your actions. Passion is the fuel that keeps everything else moving. Passion is what drives the actions to get the results. The more the passion, the more results you produce.

The Power of Passion

We are all born with passion inside of us. All of us have it but not all of us are able to find it and maximize it. Often we don’t find it because we are not looking in the right place. To truly find your passion, you must get to the root of who you are. We are what we think. And we think either based on our love or our fear. Those are the two elements of our life. All our thoughts come from either love or fear. When you look at the things you love, you find your passion. And that passion leads you to success.

Whenever you are passionate about something you have high energy. You want to do more of it and it is a joy. However, you must understand the difference between passion and a passing desire. A passing desire is something that changes every day, while a passion is something that’s very deep, driving and very stable.

Passion makes discipline, determination and dedication easy. Passion helps us to overcome the challenges and not be defeated by the defeats. All of this further helps us to create the success we desire and deserve.

Find your passion and use it to create your success.

When you really find your passion, it’s not going to change each day. It is consistent and stable. Any action fueled by passion puts you on fire and you want to do it regardless of the consequences, regardless of the results. When you find your passion, you’re doing it for the passion. You’re doing it for yourself. We are born to find our passion and share it with the world. If the world appreciates it, they give you the results you want. But if they don’t, you are still happy doing it. Eventually you find your tribe.

How to find your Passion

To find your passion, every day you must take some time out for yourself. Make sure you have some TOFU every day. TOFU is Time Out For U.

Find time to have a few minutes for yourself and to go within. Look inside yourself to find your passion, not outside. Look within yourself to find authenticity and integrity. Take time out, be silent, and look within. Attend ‘Meditation Made Simple’ at SoulCentre and learn to meditate so you can silence the noisy mind we all have. It is in silence that you find inspiration and your passion. And it is this passion that will drive you to success.

Passion in Action

If you want to see passion in action, check out my award-wining talk from Mega Success USA, an annual convention where the top entrepreneurs and business people from around the world converge to build relationships, learn, network and grow.

I presented to over 2500 delegates from 71 countries, and at the end of the convention, I won a TOP SPEAKER award.

It’s a great testimony that passion creates success and you can watch it here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD04-aifNmM&feature=share

Truly, passion is the secret sauce that empowers a life full of Happiness, Success and Significance!

We can help you find your Passion

At SoulCentre, we can help you reconnect with yourself and find the passion that’s inside you. Our Meditation Made Simple programs or our Wisdom Coaching programs are the ideal place to start, because they are specially designed to help you look within and find your passion.

For details on our programs visit our website at www.soulcentre.org or email us at info@soulcentre.org

Vikas Malkani has been called the World’s #1 Wisdom Coach.

He is an authority and best-selling author on wisdom to create a life of happiness, success, significance and legacy.

He is also one of the world’s leading teachers of meditation and mindfulness.

Attend ‘Meditation Made Simple’ with Vikas and empower yourself to create a life of happiness, success, peace and fulfilment.

Click here to register on Meditation Made Simple http://www.soulcentre.org/events

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My Experience as a SoulKids Mentor

My Experience as a SoulKids Mentor

By Dana Ilies, SoulKids®  Mentor

19th March 2018

My story starts with a Facebook post where Sally wanted to hire a part-time employee for SoulCentre. At the time I had never heard about SoulKids®, but I was looking for a job and I sent Sally an email.  Taking this action changed my life.

I joined a team of wonderful people who encouraged and supported me from the first moment on.

When the opportunity to attend the SoulKids Mentor Training came up and Sally offered it to me, I was very happy and absolutely sure that it would be an amazing experience.

Nothing could prepare me for what the course really delivered. Vikas Malkani is the wisest person I know (if not the wisest person there is). He can tell you one single line and change your life forever. He has a way of revealing the deepest secrets of life in the simplest possible way.

SoulKids Mentor Training is life changing. It makes you a better person and a great parent. It goes to the deepest corners of your soul, it makes you re-evaluate your mindset, conditioning, limiting beliefs, it helps you build up self-esteem and it gives you the tools for creating your own success and happiness.

The training first supports you as a person, and only afterwards gives you the proper instruments for teaching the program to children.

A SoulKids Mentor is inspirational, we don’t only teach children, we inspire them. We walk the talk and apply the lessons to our own life first. This is why this program is so powerful, it speaks to children’s souls, not only their minds.

And the most interesting part is that all of this happens while having lots of fun, through games and stories. Children, and adults learn best when they have fun and interact.

I became a SoulKids Mentor in May 2016 and since then I have been assisting Vidhya, the SoulKids Program Manager, in all the programs organised by SoulKids Academy.

There is no bigger reward than to see happiness and joy in the eyes of the children listening to you telling them stories.

We can see children changing from the moment they come through the door.

They enter SoulKids Academy not knowing what to expect. At first they may be a bit shy and do not interact a lot, but by the end of the program they are very excited and confident.

When they meet up with their parents again they jump around trying to tell pieces of the stories they learnt. A wonderful experience for me is the hugs that the children give as they leave, they hug with their whole hearts. It is so fulfilling.

What can be more rewarding than to read their testimonials: “SoulKids helped me overcome my fears” or “SoulKids made me more confident” or “SoulKids is awesome”?

All the children who attended our programs are special and unique. Not only did the children learn from us, but we learnt a lot from them as well. Every single program I conducted as a Mentor made me more confident and taught me valuable lessons.

SoulKids empowers children with skills for a happy and successful life: having an open mind, positive thinking, focus, persistence, having a vision, how to manage bullies, fear and negative people.

Looking back I feel so blessed for having been given this opportunity.

I have loved every minute of it and now I am leaving Singapore and am ready to take it home to Romania.

Thank you Sally, Vikas and Vidhya for supporting and encouraging me all the way, I’ll be forever grateful to you.

I end my story encouraging all the parents to gift their children the SoulKids experience.

It gives them the power to lead their best life.

SoulKids Mentor training happens only once a year!

Vikas and Sally are the teachers and it is an amazing opportunity. It will really change your life.

The 2018 training dates are from April 22-April 26.

To find out more about this program, attend one of our free talks and hear all about the philosophy behind SoulKids® from our founders Vikas & Sally themselves.

The free talk dates and times are given below.

-       April 5 (Thursday), 11am or 7pm or

-       April 16 (Monday), 11am or 7pm

Email us at soulkids@soulcentre.org or click on the preferred time slot to reserve your spot.

To find out more about our programs for children, please visit www.soulkids.org or email us at soulkids@soulcentre.org for more information.

 We offer group programs for different age groups of children and even offer one-on-one coaching if your child requires specific help and guidance.