Tag: motivational
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I had it wrong: Letting Go is Empowering
Just like the sand in hand, I was tightly holding on to my past for too long. For me, letting go of the past meant I was weak. It meant that if I forgave the people who hurt me, and what they did was right. I was not ready to accept that. How people treated…
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Tackling Labels
The aftermath of setting boundaries! I was learning to love myself after my divorce. As a lesson I learnt , I knew I was shrinking myself for others. I had always put others needs first and ignored myself. Not anymore. I wanted to change this fact and recalibrate my brain to put myself first. At work or…
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The Body Remembers: Understanding Emotional Triggers from the Past
At the restaurant: When they delayed my order my first fast reaction was to get up and confront them. “ They cannot do this to me , oh no, not this time” , is what I kept telling myself. I called the manager and was all set to give him a piece of my mind. The manager came to me…
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The first relationship I healed after my trauma
“Maybe she doesn’t have the skills to attract a boy”, these were the words jokingly expressed by my mother to my sister about me. I was in another room when I overheard them discussing my life and marriage. It was an everyday topic at home since my mother wanted me to get married right after…
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The day after women’s day: when celebration ends and expectations return
It’s already 6 am and I can hear the hustle bustle of women in the kitchen on a Monday morning from neighbouring houses and mine. The so-called break on women’s day was over and women resumed their sacrosanct duty in the house. Surprisingly, these roles were replaced by their male counterparts on women’s day where they…
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The guides outside my window: what nature taught me about dealing with life’s challenges
It was an onset of a thunderstorm. Strong winds gushed through the windows and filled the floor with dust and dry leaves. I was frustrated to see the mess in my room caused by the weather and jolted towards the windows and door to shut it . That’s when I saw them. The grove of tall…