Tag: self growth
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When you look inside
As someone who has experienced obesity and everything that comes with it, physically, emotionally and socially, I look back now and recognise a kind of suffering that many people living with obesity know all too well. Both men and women who have been through, or are currently going through, this experience may know exactly what…
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Inner pease is not perfection
There’s this assumption that people who write about inner peace must have mastered it. As if peace is a destination someone arrives at and never leaves. The other day someone said: “The people who write about inner peace the most seem to experience it the least.” Maybe… but I truly believe that only people who…
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The journal that couldn’t hold my feelings
I thought writing was helping me heal. Sometimes, it was helping me avoid feeling altogether I remember quarrelling with my mom that day about which was more important: tucking in the carton lid of a cereal box or the plastic bag inside it. As funny as it sounds now, I was fuming. I retreated to…
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Openness is a window that opens inwards
Last year, when I started my journey to becoming more authentic and real, the very first trait I thought I should embody was openness. Thinking that in order to be authentic, one should hide nothing; show themselves fully; to wear my heart on my sleeve, to say what’s on my heart and mind openly. A…
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Chapter 4: A Fragile Sense of Pride
Chapter 1: The Weight of ArrivalChapter 2: Roots of ResilienceChapter 3: Her Success Backfires Chapter 4: A Fragile Sense of Pride The company’s stark white logo on the great revolving glass door she walked through every morning was a glaring reminder of how far she had come. Although the door led to the essentially empty reception hall, her…
