You want to improve your communication with others, manage your time wisely and easily, and increase your patience. In this episode I take you through a 20-minute guided meditation to become very relaxed so that you can focus on exactly what you desire to achieve.
Remember to listen to this episode in its entirety and let me know how it impacts your patience levels, communication with others and time management. Write to me at shivraj@brevis.in.
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Hi, I’m Shivraj Parshad, a Communication and Executive Coach, Trainer, Podcaster & Presenter. And more recently a practitioner of mindfulness which has an enormous impact on how we communicate with ourselves and others.
In this fresh season I give you more by way of life skills as we look beyond the pandemic to new beginnings.
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