Fear: The Quiet Companion What is the first fear you let go of? Do you remember how it felt — shaky at first, then liberating? Fear is one of our most basic emotions. But it’s rarely simple. It hides under discomfort, under hesitation, under the many ways we talk ourselves out of something. It wears […]
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“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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“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 »
