Reflective Essays
It’s Complicated
How different does it feels loving our children as a parent, and loving our parent as their children?
The Diarist
A living archive of my thoughts—in writing. Essays, stories, thought fragments, all the sacred chaos of creation.
Romance of an AI Age
Can AI penetrate the depths of our emotions that highlight the vulnerabilities and complexities inherent in human relationships?
Self-Mastery
Plunge to the Unknown: A Courage to Self-Discovery
What are the biggest and boldest plunges you took in life that left an impression that shaped who you are today?
Reflective Essays
Why Shame Loneliness?
Yes, I am lonely sometimes, and that's OK
Diarist
Coming Out of a Hiding Place (and Back into the Arena)
On avoiding doing the real work and hiding behind perpetual preparation (with the lame excuse that I need it)
Individuation
Taming the Internal Conflict Series Part 2: Self-Awareness
The capacity for flourishing is embedded in us all, waiting to be actualized. It's up to us whether or not we have the courage to face the discomfort of going into the depths of our minds.
Individuation
Taming the Internal Conflict Series Part 1: Psychological Turmoil
When what we feel inside doesn't match how we act, talk, and live our lives it is an inner battle. Being real and true to ourselves is the way to find peace.
In Midlife
What’s the Point of Life?
And two inspiring ideas of what it may be
Self-Mastery
Self-Sabotage: What Our Choices Say About Us
Do you find yourself thinking every day that this is what you want? This is it, where you are now, and where you want to be in life is here in this comfort zone. And you choose this because you prefer comfort and security over distress.
Nurturing the Soul: Taking Self-Care To the Next Level
Quick note on how to enhance your emotional health, maintain balance, and live an intentional life when the day is gloomy.
I am the Mountain
Mountains are not the most remarkable things we conquer, but ourselves.
Self-Mastery
Brain Development Benefits of Keeping A Journal
Research indicates that embracing our emotions is connected to improved mental well-being and positive therapy results, including enhanced moods and decreased anxiety.
Self-Mastery
Mental Fortitude: Training Your Mind to Endure Pain
Understand that life will not get easier or more forgiving with time. We can only train our hearts to be stronger, and that is what resilience means.
20(ish) Questions That Shaped Who I've Become
Connecting with who you are and revisiting who you were in the past to compare with who you are today, is crucial to self-development and mental well-being.
Reflective Essays
Friendship Recession
Social distancing measures in the past few years have given birth to one more sub-category of the minimalist movement and
Reflective Essays
Why Momentum Is So Precious? (and how to stay motivated when you lose it)
Get back on your feet, put the ducks in a row, a shortlist of how I cope with holiday blues
Fast Fiction
Bittersweet
A short story about loss, regret, and resilience
At the Crossroad of An Existential Crisis
What’s the point of life?
When you’re living your life the way you know how to for years, then suddenly things change and you find your life will never be the same again– this question will make sense to you.