Happy Soul Food for the Holidays!
What a year it has been!
To meet the moment, this year we have focused on:
- Self-Care with a myriad of self-help techniques
- Care for the Community with the importance of giving back and elevating from me to WE in the social sector and through conscious capitalism
- Care for our beloved Planet with a new model for measuring wellbeing applying doughnut economics principles to the San Diego region
- Gratitude which Cicero reminds us is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others
- And a host of other content to keep you Soul-filled, so you can find your joy and live your purpose
“If you can dream—and not make dreams your master.
If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same.
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss.
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!”
R. Kipling
Here are some highlights and a few from the “best of list” as we round out the 2025 calendar year.
Hidden brain and The Paradox of Pleasure:
If you want to really understand how chasing pleasure in the digital age where the dopamine hits come fast and furious, but then what was pleasurable becomes addictive and deleterious to our mental health leading to stress, anxiety, depression and a host of new diseases of despair- magnified by the cell phone and other devices, you must listen to The Paradox of Pleasure on the Hidden Brain.
It will change how you think about and behave into today’s world!
Hidden Brain – Hidden Brain Media
Small Things Often: Micro Habits that Foster Macro Competencies
An authentic embodied great reset- in self-compassion and self-care- for conscious leaders and culture transformers
This wellbeing webinar I hosted is a compilation of over 40 years of authentic embodied experience bridging the wisdom traditions from 2,500 years ago and modern science from 2,500 milliseconds ago.
Link and Passcode below…
Even the heart pumps blood to itself first. As leaders and practitioners, we often invest substantial energy in serving others, and as a result don’t always attend to our own needs. Here is an opportunity to provide you, and by extension those in your community, with simple and proven energetic techniques- supported by both western science and eastern wisdom traditions- that reduce chronic stress and upskill resilience and fortitude, particularly in times of challenge and uncertainty.
What you may not know about me:
The wellness of business. The business of wellness.
Neville who was born in India and has invested his lifetime in bridging the east/west divide and synergizing the best of both cultures, brings over 40 years of practicing and teaching the wisdom traditions, including traditional martial arts, yoga, and meditation to this session.
He has been applying these principles in the world of work with conscious leaders as well as deep purpose driven cultures that value all stakeholders in the ecosystem, and are committed to wellness, wholeness, and purpose not just profit. This includes leading and coaching businesses, nonprofit organizations, as well as K-12 and institutions of higher education, while serving in his executive role at Mission Fed. Additionally, he serves on a variety of boards and volunteers his time to uplift those furthest from opportunity in our San Diego community.
Passcode: jS@nsMa6
Getting Vulnerable: More About Me…
This interview on the San Diego Voyager gives you some insights into me, which you can simply skip if you are not interested…
https://sdvoyager.com/interview/daily-inspiration-meet-neville-billimoria
Other Tips and Tricks for Self-Care
Why ‘cyclic sighing’ could be the key to keeping your stress and anxiety levels in check
Activate your vagus nerve with the help of this simple technique.
Cyclic sighing is a breathwork technique for reducing stress
Self-Care Is a Trendy Buzzword, but What Exactly Is It?
Self-care is the practice of taking care of physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of your life to promote health and wellness.
What Is Self-Care and Why is It Important?
Why meditation might be the most valuable skill in the age of AI
As AI accelerates and economic uncertainty grows, many workers are feeling overwhelmed. Meditation, says mindful self-compassion teacher Scheherzade Rana, offers a powerful way to reset.
Why meditation might be the most valuable skill in the age of AI – The Globe and Mail
If you read this far, Karma is much more and goes much deeper than Kismet.
Karma is one’s own responsibility based on your works, while Kismet is more or less just the destiny that God or fate create.
Wishing you joy, happiness, peace and purpose!
Love,
Neville
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“Success without fulfillment is the ultimate failure!”
Happy Soul Food Friday! 