Elevating Voices to Drive Change
"This is wrong." "You need to change your ways." "We cannot let this happen again." You've probably heard statements like this before. In fact, we all have. However, not all of us get to say this as much as we would like to or denounce something even we really, really want to. Why is this … Continue reading The Privilege of Speaking Out
As human beings, we like to think we are inevitable to just about everything. Unfortunately, time and time again, through life lessons we have been told otherwise. But this pandemic, unlike many other times, is different. Call it something you cannot control, but this virus has not only taken the world by storm, it has … Continue reading How a Global Pandemic is Going to Make Us Better People
With the uprising of social issues with the pandemic as a main factor, "Why Breaking Your Silence Matters More Than Ever" addresses how as a society, we can make steps towards social recovery.
With the recent news of George Flyod's murder in Minneapolis, Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia and Breona Taylor's in Kentucky, the public outrage and protests all convey a simple message, "This isn't right, please end this." If you're not one to read the papers on a consistent basis, police brutality in the United States have been … Continue reading How We Can Start Ending a Cycle of Violence
No matter how tough. "I can do it," thought my ambitious ten-year-old self. Sitting on top of my bicycle as an elementary school student, I desperately wanted to be like the other kids riding their two-wheel bicycle. Yup, you guessed it. I was a little late to the party to take the training wheels off. … Continue reading Steer Control of Your Narrative
When I was younger, I was told that dreams are just that, dreams. They are something we over-romanticize and should avoid. It takes a special ingredient to turn it into a routine and then an everyday reality. However, we are told by others and life that these special ingredients do not exist. Because you can … Continue reading Dreams are free. The ingredients are not.
This is it. A year to remember, to have and to hold, for the rest of our lives. Sounds like a marriage vow doesn't it? We are told for the rest of our lives that we need to make our moments count and mean something, anything, and everything to us. While moments need to be … Continue reading The Show (Us) Must Go On
With just 24 hours plus away from the double 20, resolutions are being drummed up, mental sirens for that new workout routine are on and the goal for career acceleration, skill development, to start a family, travel to a new state or country or even find love are on. No sweat at all. Except we … Continue reading 2020: Ring in the New Year or Not
Ever felt like you have been fighting a losing battle? Yeah me neither, except this feeling is all too common and too familiar among millennials today. Whenever I am having a tough time trying to solve a problem, I think of the most unlikely situations in which I had never expected to overcome. Unlike some … Continue reading Climb Every Mountain Though They Make You Cry
"Follow your dreams," "Follow your heart," "Be who you always wanted to be," or "Who cares about what people think?" said every main character from a romantic comedy movie. Truth is, I would look up to these actresses or actors who said it, be it Hilary Duff from "A Cinderella Story, Reese Witherspoon from "Legally … Continue reading Can Movies Really Motivate Us to Follow Our Dream?
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