writings
Resiliency is the “capacity to recover quickly from difficulties”. “Toughness”. When I think of what it is to be resilient I think of -being emotionally anchored -being gentle (self-love and self-compassion) -getting back on your feet -having faith that everything will be OK -pushing forward through the murky days (courage) -continuously letting go (forgiveness) and […]
“What do you do for a living?” “Where did you go to school”? “How old are you? “Where are you from?” These are questions that we often ask others upon meeting them for the first time or that are being asked to us. These interactions are not meant to hurt others or ill-intentioned in any […]
As a traveller for the past year and a bit, I observed first hand the amount of garbage dumped by tourists on beaches, on roads and hiking trails. It’s a shame to see that some people still see the earth as a dumping ground. The good news is the small steps we can take as […]
I’ll be real and raw for one hot minute – I still sometimes think of the year 2019 as the year of failure. I’m ashamed of admitting this because I lived on Greek islands for more than half the year. Doesn’t sound like a bad life now, does it? While my Canadian homies were deep […]
I don’t know about you, but I can get lethargically caught up in the comfort of my bed, watch Netflix (The Crown and Anne with an “E” anyone?) and feel unmotivated to accomplish anything else for the rest of the day. To get me going in the morning or after a long period of “non-activity” […]
This morning, I listened to a podcast from Rachel Brathen on how to transform self-pity into self-love and I felt those words very deeply. I’m someone who really hates when I’m in a mood of self-pity, but here I am, lying in bed feeling like shit. I don’t like when I feel like this because […]
In April 2019, I was working at a beach bar restaurant in Perissa, Santorini, located on the other side of the mountain from where I live and work now. My daily duties were to dice mangoes and pineapples for cocktail garnish. I would do so outside at the back of the kitchen while listening to […]
I stopped writing a couple months ago out of fear of not being good enough, out of fear of using the wrong words and out of complete lack of motivation and direction. Frankly, this is where I went wrong. I chose not to push through with my writing. I gave up on expressing myself in […]
What’s on my mind? The entirety of the universe The grey skies The waves That one kiss Boom, game over I am blind again And all I want is to see
I was a peg-legged villain, Lips the colour of Purple Rain, Rocks wedged into my summer heels, Heavy as Tin Man without a heart. I would never steal another – no. I could never get in the way. You never had to worry girl, I could never be that way. It was impossible […]
