There is no shortage of advice on how to live a meaningful life. Invest in yourself. Nurture your relationships. Find purpose. Cultivate harmony between your work and your life. Practice mindfulness. And none of these are wrong. In fact, each … [Continue reading]
Every Hindu temple has a bell. It’s almost always the first thing you encounter - a small ritual before the rituals begin. A rope, a ring, a sound. For years, I did it without thinking. A polite, almost mechanical motion before stepping into the … [Continue reading]
There’s something uniquely frustrating about seeing what’s coming and watching everyone else miss it - not because you’re smarter, but because you’re paying attention to things they’re not. For the past six months, I’ve been telling anyone who … [Continue reading]
I get this question more often than I’d like to admit - usually asked with a polite smile and a pause that says more than words ever could: “Your parents live with you? And your sister?” It’s not said outright, but it’s there - in the tilt of the … [Continue reading]
We spend a good part of our lives trying to avoid fear. We plan, we prepare, we hustle, we build, we chase. We try to stay ahead of it. Outsmart it. Outrun it. But fear isn’t something outside of us - it’s something we’ve built inside. Brick by … [Continue reading]
We like to believe change happened to us. That someone else is to blame for what (we believe) Canada has become. But the truth is harder - and far more important. Whatever that change is, we let it happen. Not through grand decisions, but through … [Continue reading]
I write to remember, not to be remembered. I don’t write for applause, algorithms, or applause disguised as analytics. I write because I need to. Because there’s something about the act of putting thought into form that anchors me - here, now, in … [Continue reading]
There’s a fine line between stepping back and falling apart. Between choosing to disconnect and unraveling completely. Between reclaiming control and losing your grip. The difference? Intent. We live in a world that mistakes noise for … [Continue reading]
Reinvention isn’t a decision you make one morning over coffee. It’s not a clean break or a sudden transformation. It’s messier than that - more like stumbling forward in the dark, feeling your way toward something that hasn’t fully taken shape … [Continue reading]
You don’t buy an umbrella when it starts raining. You get one on a sunny day, not because you expect a storm, but because you know storms come. And yet, when it comes to our careers, our well-being, and our personal growth, too many of us move … [Continue reading]