Welcome to Sharon’s Read and Reflect — a cozy corner for curious minds and wandering thoughts! ✨ I’m Sharon Clara Fernandes, someone who believes reading adds wings to the mind and writing gives it a voice. 📚 Here, I pour my thoughts, a dash of humor, and a sprinkle of reflection into every piece I write. The more we read, the more we grow — and I’m learning right along with you! So grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and let’s journey through words together. ☕💭
Criticism is that unexpected guest who rings the doorbell just when your house—and ego—are slightly messy. It rarely arrives with flowers. It usually comes holding a magnifying glass. The first instinct? Hide. Defend. Pretend we are “not at home.” But what if, instead, we opened the door and said, “Come in. Sit down. Teach me... Continue Reading →
Trust is like your favorite coffee mug. You use it every day without thinking. It sits in your hand comfortably. But the day it slips and cracks, even if you glue it back together, you still check it for leaks before pouring hot coffee again.That’s how trust works between people.Once broken, it doesn’t simply return... Continue Reading →
There was a time—not in the Stone Age, but in the early millennial classroom—when love in school came with a warning label.If a girl and a boy spoke for more than three minutes, the entire class would behave like investigative journalists. If someone had a “partner,” it was treated less like a friendship and more... Continue Reading →
Emotional regulation sounds like something taught in a laboratory—white coats, clipboards, and a stern reminder to “breathe.” In reality, it’s the everyday skill that saves us from sending regret-filled texts, slamming doors dramatically, or crying over a coffee that went cold because life got in the way.We are emotional creatures pretending to be logical ones.... Continue Reading →
You planned it perfectly.The words were rehearsed.The outcome was imagined.The confidence was packed neatly like a well-folded suitcase.And then… life showed up.Suddenly your mind goes blank. Not empty like a peaceful beach, but blank like a whiteboard erased by someone who panicked halfway through cleaning it. You stand there thinking, “I had THOUGHTS. Where did... Continue Reading →
Social anxiety is that invisible friend who shows up uninvited, whispers unnecessary warnings, and then refuses to leave. It’s not fear of people exactly — it’s fear of being perceived. Fear of saying something odd, smiling at the wrong moment, or waving back at someone who was actually waving at the person behind you. Yes,... Continue Reading →
Have you ever noticed how your mind becomes most dramatic at midnight—replaying conversations, rewriting arguments, and predicting futures that haven’t even applied for existence yet? If thoughts earned salaries, your brain would be overpaid. This is exactly where journaling walks in—not with a whistle like a strict teacher, but with a chair, a cup of... Continue Reading →
Have you ever noticed how one tiny moment can hijack your entire day? A sharp tone from a colleague. A spilled glass of milk. A child beginning a sentence with “Amma…” and before the sentence even reaches the full stop—boom—we explode. That, dear reader, is not personality. That is reaction.I once came across something called... Continue Reading →
These days, being straightforward is worn like a badge of honour. People say things like, “I’m just being honest” or “That’s just how I talk”—as if words come with no aftertaste. But honesty without sensitivity is like serving plain salt instead of a meal. It may be real, but it burns.Assertive behaviour is often misunderstood.... Continue Reading →
Ever wondered why some people reply “Seen” and vanish like a magician’s assistant, while others panic if you don’t reply in five minutes and start planning your funeral?Congratulations—you’ve just met attachment styles, the invisible emotional operating systems quietly running our relationships.Attachment styles are not labels to shame ourselves with. Think of them more like the... Continue Reading →
We like to believe our decisions are born in neat meeting rooms inside the brain—well-lit, logical, wearing spectacles and sipping black coffee. In reality, most decisions are made in pajamas, on a couch, by emotions holding a remote control and saying, “Relax, I’ve got this.”Every choice we make—what to say, what to buy, whom to... Continue Reading →
If generations were rooms in a house, the Silent Generation would be sitting quietly by the window, observing everything without commentary. Baby Boomers would be in the living room, guarding the remote like ancestral property. Gen Z and Gen Alpha would be upstairs, live-streaming life, questioning reality, and asking why the Wi-Fi has emotions. And... Continue Reading →
Your brain is dramatic. Not full-blown Bollywood climax dramatic—but definitely the kind that turns a small problem into a background score, slow motion scene, and inner monologue all at once.Stress, for the brain, is not an emergency. It is an invitation to overreact… just in case.When stress knocks, the brain doesn’t ask, “Is this serious?”It... Continue Reading →
Present times have blurred the lines between work life and life life. Once upon a time, work had a location. Home had a smell—of coffee, crayons, or sometimes burnt toast. Now everything lives under one roof. Laptop on the dining table, meetings next to homework, deadlines racing bedtime stories.Some days, I feel like I exist... Continue Reading →
Parenting, they say, is unconditional love. What they forget to mention is that it also involves being a calm human while someone uses your leg as a drum, your patience as a trampoline, and your sanity as a suggestion. Somewhere between “My child is my world” and “Please stop touching me for five minutes” lives... Continue Reading →
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