{"id":838,"date":"2021-03-10T06:41:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T06:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/?p=838"},"modified":"2021-03-10T06:41:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T06:41:18","slug":"international-womens-day-iwd-8-march-2021-balancing-resources-and-tools-through-traditional-vedic-understanding-to-be-aware-and-alert-in-a-challenging-world-by-dr-l-s-spedding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawblog.uclancyprus.ac.cy\/international-womens-day-iwd-8-march-2021-balancing-resources-and-tools-through-traditional-vedic-understanding-to-be-aware-and-alert-in-a-challenging-world-by-dr-l-s-spedding\/","title":{"rendered":"International Women\u2019s Day (IWD) 8 March 2021: Balancing Resources and Tools through Traditional Vedic Understanding to Be Aware and Alert in a Challenging World by Dr L S Spedding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This piece was originally published in: Intl Womens Day 2021 – Women in Law International<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening Remarks<\/strong>
Most of us nowadays are trying constantly  to juggle the priorities in life: career, work, family, and self-care. We believe that in order to be our best selves, we should \u201cget the most out of it\u201d, and be on top of everything – in all fields of our lives. Yet the optimum goal is to find real balance. To have a balanced life the suggestion here is to excel in those fields where you can make a difference, so that when you pass on, you shall have left behind a better world for those who follow. This reflects well the IWD theme of choosing to challenge in the quest for gender equality in all respects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As women we are encouraged to understand our talents more deeply than before and  become more fulfilled, radiating confidence and positive energy. It is time to live our life purpose  with gratitude and share our unique, beautiful gifts with all other beings. At Women in Law International and Balanced Lives we believe in positive collaboration, which can be most effective by connecting also with other positive endeavours. By way of example,  the annual celebration of the contribution of women in the world is significant. As stated on the website,  International Women\u2019s Day (IWD) on 8 March each year is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating women’s equality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The theme of this year\u2019s IWD is choose to challenge. As IWD emphasises, a challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change; celebrate  women’s achievement; raise awareness against bias; and take action for gender and individual equality. Similarly, striving for excellence  means becoming the center of our own universe, and from that grounded, centered position, shining our individual light into the world. As is explored further below, our health is vital to this striving. On the IWD website  it is emphasised as follows: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIWD\u00a0sees a number of\u00a0MISSIONS<\/a>\u00a0to help forge a gender equal world.\u00a0Celebrating women’s achievements and increasing visibility, while calling out inequality, is key.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Realising our Potential <\/strong>
At Women in Law International – and at Balanced Lives – a key objective is to realise our potential as an individual. This includes striving for excellence.  To be able to strive for excellence  as a women and to contribute towards such objectives and mission collectively and individually  we  should take time to consider who we are – our core character.  We can then develop our individual strategy for self so that we can realise our true potential, especially in hectic and challenging times. To do this there are various key tips, some of which are referred to below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n