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LET GO and transform the world Are you someone who is fully engaged in the news, reads every article, and is in the know about every world event? How are you feeling? How is your anxiety level and sleep quality? I cannot pour all my energy into the overwhelming feeling of powerlessness that the news or social media often gives me. Information can empower or cripple us, depending on how we consume it. It may sound like I do not care, but it's the opposite: I care so much it’s

Growing up, one of the Grimm stories that fascinated me most was Hansel and Gretel. It was macabre, the witch who wanted to eat the children, and yet tender in its innocence. Two kids lost in the woods, trying to find their way home. I was mesmerized by the gingerbread house, and I always wondered, if it were me, would I have left better clues than breadcrumbs? And would I have resisted the temptation of the house itself? Unknown. But every time the story was told in greater

We don’t always choose the torches we carry or the batons we’re handed from our family, but we can choose how we protect their flame and how we run our race.  When I think of generational legacy, trauma, and cycles, two analogies come to mind: the Olympic torch and a relay race. They are different in their own right; one requires speed and precision, while the other honors tradition and modernity in a moment where the world comes together as one. Genetically, we all carry cod

When anxiety creeps in, it shows up in my body through rushing thoughts that go a million miles an hour and don’t seem to offer many answers, only questions and tasks that pile up like laundry in a locker room. Whenever I open the window to the world through social media, it not only intrudes upon my day as the perfect dopamine drip sneaks up on me, but it also does something far more pervasive; it shows me how powerless I am to the gamut of atrocities happening in the world.

In the fast-paced world we live in, it’s easy to get swept away by the flow of expectations. School, sports, extracurriculars, family...

We’ve all asked it. We’ve all been asked it. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Here’s why that’s the wrong question to ask.

We’ve all asked it. We’ve all been asked it. “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Here’s why that’s the wrong question to ask.