The Courage to Show Up

The Courage to Show Up

I used to think that if someone didn’t want to take accountability, maybe I was asking for too much. Now I realize I wasn’t. When someone truly wants to do right, they show up. They don’t just offer empty words or convenient apologies. They sit at the table, brace...
The Unseen Achievement

The Unseen Achievement

Growth isn’t linear. Every time I feel like I’ve fallen back to square one, I remind myself—I’m not truly back there. The fall might be real, but it’s also a redirection, a shift in perspective that wasn’t possible before. Soul work is unforgiving. It doesn’t come...
Trust the Whisper: Your Intuition is Your GPS

Trust the Whisper: Your Intuition is Your GPS

I didn’t listen to my gut because I didn’t love myself. It’s a sentence we hear often, but what does it actually mean? It means feeling something is off but questioning yourself instead of trusting it. It means dismissing the signals your intuition sends because you...
Whose Voice Counts?

Whose Voice Counts?

Why is it that when destruction happens, those who suffer the most have the least say in their future? Palestine’s land has been taken, its people displaced, and yet the conversation about their future is being held between the destructor and its supporters. The...
When Doors Were Always Open

When Doors Were Always Open

Growing up in Asia, I experienced a kind of innocence that I didn’t fully appreciate until I lived elsewhere. Neighbors’ doors were open—literally and figuratively. I could walk into a friend’s home unannounced, see them in their pajamas, and it was perfectly normal....