by Nadia Yusuf
Sequel Everyone has the ability to build mental strength, but most people don’t know how. We spend a lot of time talking about physical strength, but much less time on mental strength and mental health. We can choose to perform exercises that will help us learn to regulate our thoughts, manage our emotions, and behave [...]
Life works best when a person comes to the conclusion that no one is going to save you. In reality, you have been given every tool you need to save yourself. And it’s entirely your own decision whether you want to save yourself or not. My friend Jerry calls this theory, sticking with yourself. It [...]
“There’s drinks in the kitchen. Do you want anything?” Kat asks, drawing my attention away from the crowd. She’s wearing this crooked smile on her face with the look of someone that has just walked into a candy store. Her date with Anthony ended on a sour note, but the shimmer in her eyes, proved [...]
A close friend of mine invited me to Seder, a Passover meal at her parent’s home a few years back. At the time, I didn’t have any plans so I said yes. When we sat at the table with her family, they told stories, discussed the stories, drank four cups of wine and ate Matza. [...]
I read about a man with a short story so amazingly good that on the strength of it alone he was able to sign up an unwritten novel with an agent, a novel long since finished, published to acclaim and sold to the movies while I was on page four hundred or so of my [...]
