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Levels, Ladders, and the Art of Just Being
I was minding my business, scrolling like a responsible adult avoiding her responsibilities, when a video about “higher consciousness” popped up. You know the ones. Soft lighting. Calming voice. Someone who looks like they haven’t argued with a matatu driver their entire life telling you that you and the person next to you are basically…
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On the Miracle of Meeting People
I’ve always believed that we meet people for a reason. Not in the cliché, Pinterest‑quote way, but in the mathematical, almost cosmic sense. There are more than eight billion people on this planet-eight billion lives unfolding in eight billion directions -and yet somehow, a handful of them cross paths with ours. When you think about…
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Pouring Anyway
Of the many ideas I bought into while on this journey of self-discovery, is the “you can’t pour from an empty cup” ideology. It’s one of those self-care mantras that gets repeated often. An emphasis on self-care, on looking after ourselves first. Then filling others later. The idea is simple enough- take care of yourself…
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Love Thy Neighbour
I’ve been seeing a lot- too many, really- posts about the Bible, religion, and everything that’s wrong with it.( I know, recent searches, algorithms and all that) More specifically, Christianity. It’s what I have been, what I am, and more recently, what I’m questioning. Most of what I believe, I was taught. Or maybe forced…
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A little of This, A little of That.
Lately, I’ve been experimenting with rewiring my life- new habits, new thoughts, new ways of being. The self-talk is loud, sometimes messy, and often surprising. One moment it’s pep talks, the next it’s lyrics from a song I don’t even like. Watching my own thoughts has become a job in itself: listening, checking if they…
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Routines, Freedom, and Flexibility
One of the things often encouraged in mindful practices is routine. At first glance, that word feels heavy- like the dull repetition we endured in school, the endless schedules that left little room for spontaneity. For a long time, I thought routines were boring, even imprisoning. But I’m learning that routines aren’t cages. They’re freedom.…
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The Necessary Delusion
Maybe it’s delusion. Maybe it’s the kind of absurd belief you need if you’re going to do anything meaningful with life. To believe, against all odds, that the thing you’re setting out to do-no atter how ridiculous it sounds- will actually work. That it will yield good results. That even if others have tried and…
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Something New, Something Borrowed.
On striving, remixing, and the myth of originality. It’s Tangent Tuesday , so here’s the spiral my brain decided to take me down this week: We talk a lot about “striving to become the best version of of who we are” , of “killing our old selves”, of “becoming the new you.” That language assumes…
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Mindfulness in Multitudes
I’ve always been late to trends. By the time I joined Facebook, my peers had thousands of friends. I only started to- or tried- to use X when it was already X. And I’m just now dipping my toes into Threads. As for LinkedIn? That’s a story ( or therapy session) for another day. And…
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Chivalry Is Dead — And That’s Okay
I was watching a moving the other day, can’t remember the name, can’t tell how old it was but it had the classic “they met, fell in love.. you get the drift. The twist with this one was, they were left behind by a tour bus in Turkey. And I feel like I have to…
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