I dip into a book to help soothe the sorrow and overwhelm I feel at the continuing devastation and tragedy in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah. I am acutely aware of the blessing that I am not among the countless number of our people affected in the last three days. Nature does not discriminate, in…
How illness revealed the quiet transformation that happens in life’s in-between spaces.
I’m not used to falling ill, until I did, this March, and found myself in unfamiliar territory: that of being a patient.
I was in a liminal space—moving from being someone who rarely fell ill to someone who could hardly walk, uncertain when…
Good Intentions
I had lofty ideas of wise and profound things I wanted to share with you. After all, this last year, no, make it two years, have been profoundly life changing. Yet, these self-imposed wannabe nuggets of wisdom were not making it to the page. I couldn’t distil the events or the feelings of…
As remote and hybrid work environments become the norm, finding different ways to check in on the well-being of your teams will be crucial, for their mental health as well as for the well-being of the team.
A look behind the scenes to reveal how deeply personal and professional stories are spoken through symbolic imagery to create a visual identity in the form of a logo.
When your world falls apart, as mine has, and as many of yours might have during the pandemic, you have to pick yourself up from the rubble, and rebuild and reimagine.
Stories are vehicles for translating and sharing the meaning of how we understand and explain our world and its events in our lives. Stories help us make meaning together and connects us.
Our stories show up in our conversations, our writing, art, music and performances. Our stories show up in the way we respond to what…
This article explores how we can navigate liminal spaces and transitions in times of chaos, crisis and uncertainty.
Like most of us in Sri Lanka, I have gone through many emotions these last 5 days, since the devastating Easter Sunday attack on our lives, our hopes, our dreams, our freedom. Disbelief was the first. Incomprehension followed fast. Then grief rising from heartbreak. Then anger aroused by fear. Underlying all of these emotions was…
I believe we are being invited to reflect, review and reshape our future. I believe we are already on the cusp of that opportunity to rethink and reimagine a bold, brave and beautiful world. I believe we—in all our different ways—have been preparing for this moment, we have been skilling up, building our resilience and…
‘Other people’s perception of you, is none of your business ’
Keep Shining, don’t you dare dim your light says Lisa Nicholas, world-renowned motivational speaker and bestselling author. Too often we are blinded by what other people tell us, about who we are or who we are not. What we can do or what we…
If you do nothing else today watch this video of Adam Roa reciting his poem 'You are who you've been looking for'.
It's a powerful message about how we convince ourselves we are not enough, and that we will be better and happier if we have the right car, or the right make up on. We…
