How a moment of realisation has lifted my spirit — Bingo The “bingo” moments in prayer, meditation and reflection, where you suddenly make sense of a mystery, don’t happen to me all that often anymore. I say ‘anymore’ because they used to happen a lot — though more and more I wonder if maybe I was quick to assume the resolutions…

How to stay positive in a storm of negativity — I’m sure I’m not alone in having one or two people in my life who — frankly — bring me down. Is that too harsh? I’m sorry. Well, I’m not, because as I wrote in a recent piece, it’s okay to feel the way we feel. There’s no shame in…

Why we need to ditch the shame for feeling the way we feel — Do I spend too much time procrastinating on TikTok? Yes, yes I do. That’s not the issue at hand today, though. What’s on my mind today is something I’ve noticed as a result of my overuse of TikTok. For those of you who aren’t regular users, like any social media…

A sequel to a melancholic poem — Part I. Part II. I was reading our old messages last night Until the birds sang and my room got light And I remembered how much I forget When I conjure you up in my head. I always paint you as a villain in my story I always illustrate the story as so…

If this hits a nerve, you probably needed to hear it — This one is for the girls who will know who they are as soon as I ask this question that they’re not going to like. If this question hits a nerve, then maybe it’s one you need to hear: Does he only want you when he’s bored? I’m sorry, genuinely…

Trusting in the journey through all the twists and turns — I’m a woman of faith, and a woman in science. Holding the two in tension isn’t the struggle or the wrestling match many people assume it to be. When it comes to spiritual matters, the two coincide fairly peacefully — for me, at least. However, when it comes to other…

A story told across two poems — That I’ll Never Have You (Part I) That I’ll never have you is the weirdest thing to me That we laugh and joke so easily but you’ll never be free And that you are the one person to always know what I mean That I’ll never act upon the visions that I see. That I’ll never have you makes me think…

Why self-love cannot exist without self-discipline — “You’ll thank yourself later” is a mantra of mine. I mostly use it when I can’t be bothered to exercise, but it is also regularly employed in the contexts of studying, putting away laundry as soon as it’s dry, not getting Starbucks, and not staying up to watch one more…

How heartbreak led to happiness — I was a few weeks away from turning twenty-five when the vocational dream fell apart; when I realised that the four years of blood, sweat, and tears — two of them spent working 60 hours a week for less than minimum wage in a church I loved very deeply, but…