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Fashion, Femininity and Identity

Why Clothes Are Never Just Clothes I didn’t plan to think this deeply about fashion that day.I went into shops to pass time and came out questioning identity, belonging, and who fashion is really designed for. Because clothes are never just clothes. They are language. They tell us who we’re allowed to be, how visible we’re permitted to feel, and whether femininity is something to celebrate… or quietly downplay. Fashion speaks, even when it ...

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How My Garden Taught Me to Stop Neglecting My Dreams

There is something magical and special about planting seeds and seeing them grow into beautiful plants that give and give and give! I have a small garden. Some days, I convince myself it’s too tiny to make a difference. But then, it surprises me with an abundance of food, leaving me in awe and regretful that I didn’t plant more. Recently, my garden taught me a lesson that went far beyond soil and seeds—it reminded me of the importance ...

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Unboxed!

Did you see that I removed my tagline? If you are new here then you probably did not see. But I did remove it. I had a colourful tagline that described some of me to the dot. But then I took it down. Why you ask? Well, it spoke of all the things I thought I was, and don’t get me wrong, I am all those things and more. Writer, speaker, change agent…. and and and! I really am all those things. But, of late (I wonder if it’s ...

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The world is full of kind people

Is there really anything like an ordinary day? No two days are ever the same, even if you have nothing to do. It’s even worse when you are busy right? On this particular day, there were so many system issues that I decided to take a 30 minute break and rushed to the shops to buy bath soap (so I thought!). I got there and decided I was already at the shops I should pick a few more things that I needed or thought I needed (I am working ...

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Overthinking Life

I will be honest, I overthink everything! Not all the time, but most of the time. There are always so many options and so many possibilities and so many ways to do things. I get caught on trying to do things right and this makes me waste a lot of time sometimes. Oh, and I am very open and honest as well. I know a lot of people are very guarded about what they say and who they say it to, I have my days, but generally I am a very open and ...

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My love hate relationship with social media

I am sure I have written about (or at least talked about… a lot) about leaving social media! And I gave compelling reasons too, though now I wonder if all of that was not in my mind! Hmm! Anyway, last year I quit social media (some of it, for a while). Then I came back of course. Curiosity got the better of me. Instagram I will be honest, I got tired of posting stuff. Not that I didn’t have stuff, I had tonnes of stuff to post. ...

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Asking for help when you need help

Asking for help is not seen as a super power or strength. We all want to say ‘I don’t need help, I can do it all on my own’! But, I actually believe that asking for help should be a strength, because we all know that there is absolutely no way anyone can do it all on their own. And sometimes you need to ask for help with the seemingly small and easy tasks! When we first moved to the neighbourhood, there was a nice ...

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Finding your passion

Passion! We live during a time when the saying ‘Nothing new under the sun’ rings very true. Finding your passion… Is this still even a thing? Do people still lead with passion? Or is passion overrated? Is it just another buzzword? How much has already been written about this? A lot right? How many ‘Finding your passion’ tests are out there? A lot right? How many have you taken? How many books do you have that ...

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You are not alone in your depression

I was going to title this post something like ‘You are not alone’, but ended up adding ‘in your depression’ because I feel it is high time we talked about depression loudly and in open spaces. No more talking about it as if it doesn’t exist, as if it is all in someone’s head! No more telling people to grow up or snap out of it! One of my favourite stories in the bible is the story of Elijah and the ...

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Labels: Who are you?

One of my favourite passages in the bible is the one where Jesus asks his disciples ‘Who do people say the son of man is?’. In Matthew 16:13. Feels like an out of the blue question. His disciples had answers, but it only got real when he asked them “But what about you?” , “Who do you say I am?” I am not going to ask you who you think Jesus is, but I feel that is a question we need to ask ourselves a lot of these days. Everyone has ...