How Instagram Helped Me Practice Gratitude

March 3, 2022.Reading time 8 minutes.

“Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity…it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” -Melody beattie Wait, what? I know what you are thinking- Instagram feeds my negativity monster. How did it help you […]

Nine Life Events that Have Shaped Me into the Person I Am Today

February 17, 2022.Reading time 14 minutes.

“We shape ourself to fit this world and by this world are shaped again.” -unknown Nature vs. Nurture. One can say that a person’s traits are predetermined by genetic inheritance and other biological factors. However, I feel experiences and events shape a person’s traits through learned behaviors. Each of us have experienced monumental life events […]

Fourteen Things I Would Tell My Younger Self

February 3, 2022.Reading time 9 minutes.

We do not learn from experience…we learn from reflecting on experience. -John Dewey Imagine you had a time machine, and you could use this time machine to visit your younger self. If you had the opportunity to, would you take it? And if you did, what would you do differently? Would you try to change […]

The Singles’ Guide to Valentine’s Day

February 12, 2021.Reading time 9 minutes.

Self-love is the best love. Teyana Taylor Valentine’s Day…in a nutshell- a holiday where lovers express their love through gifts and gestures that celebrated annually on February 14th. What may feel like a day to look forward to for couples, singles often dread the day and battle feelings of loneliness. But what if I told […]