Unless something changes, the future that you can expect is more of the past — Your relationship has come to an end. The friendship you hold so dear to you has ended. The job that used to pay your bills is no more. Your services are no longer needed. We’ve all been there. Sometimes we see it coming. Sometimes it completely catches us by surprise…

If it were an “All you can eat buffet,” what would you put on your plate? — Imagine if you were to have an “All you can eat and drink buffet” every day and everywhere you go. At home. At work. At the gym. In your car. In the schools. In the parks. Churches, and Mosques. This would require another level of self-control, or most of us…

A poem — I undress in front of a mirror I am afraid of what I am about to see I need someone to help me stay put if what will be revealed from underneath turns out deathly The only person I trust is the reflection on my mirror I don’t want pity I know…

It’s time to get rational about emotions in the workplace — I have never forgotten the first time I cried at work. It was my first job after college. And the first time that I had to fire someone — instructions from my boss. I had neither the experience nor the tact to deal with such sensitive matters. This colleague broke…

The last lesson I thought I would need to learn as an adult is how to be kind to myself — Most of us are decent human beings, or at least we try. At a young age, when we start to interact with others, the first thing we are taught is to be kind- the golden rule — do unto others as you would have them do unto you. …

It is your best teacher — “The only real teacher is not in a forest, or a hut or an ice cave in the Himalayas, it is within us.” Tiziano Terzani Our society has long stigmatized solitude, we equate solitude with loneliness. We forget that one can actually be surrounded by people but still feel lonely…

The 4 hormones that influence your mood and how to boost them naturally — We all have those days when we don’t feel like doing anything. The alarm goes off in the morning, but getting out of bed is a struggle. You have your coffee, but you still feel you want to crawl back under your duvet and put a do-not-disturb sign on your…

On life, growth, and success — We are all always chasing something: A better job. A promotion that will bring us close to our career goals. An ideal partner who will accept us with all our flaws. A bigger home in a better neighborhood. The perfect body. Only to realize that the moment you attain one…