“We are not one self, but many. The work is in choosing — again and again — who leads.” For the longest time, I lived two lives. Two women inside one skin, one chasing experience and the other chasing meaning. One roaring down highways, music blaring, abuse at her lips, the other waking up with […]
Who Is Leading You Today: Spiritual Self vs Material Self Read More »
“I thought presence meant standing tall. I didn’t know it could mean softening.” For a long time, I thought being present meant being loud. Bold. Forthcoming. In charge. Chest forward, shoulders back, walk straight, dress sharp. Presence was performance — a kind of curated visibility. The crisp voice, the clean lines, the opinions that pierced
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How I Awakened by Watching, Not Doing When the Soul Tires of Hustle, It Starts to See ⸻ Feeling Restless? You’re Not Alone. Maybe you’ve felt it too.That ache you can’t name.That quiet but persistent voice asking: “Is this really all there is to life?” It doesn’t arrive as a crisis. It arrives like a
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“Stillness is meditation. Not silence on the outside — but attention on the inside.” There are different kinds of tired.There’s the tired that sleep fixes.And then there’s the tired that lives in your bones.The kind that comes from years of holding everything together — being capable, reliable, successful, fine.I didn’t need a break.I needed to
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A personal journey from rigid belief to soft surrender—how I let go of religion and quietly came home to my own spirit. Childhood & Religion I was born into a Muslim family in the south of Kerala. Not the strict kind, but the kind where rules still wrapped around your wrists like invisible bangles. The
WHEN I LOST RELIGION, I FOUND MYSELF. Read More »
It was January twenty eighteen, peak summer in New Zealand. The decision came months before, gently seeded by a friend at work named Akivi. She looked at me one day, bright and certain, and said, “You have to go to New Zealand. It’s the safest place on earth to travel solo as a woman.” I
I didn’t travel alone to escape anything. I traveled to meet something — myself. Read More »
