Choose to Challenge: Mom’s Count Too!
On International Women’s Day (IWD) 2020, I launched this website and embarked on a journey of blogging and curating empowering content for my readers. This post also marks a one-year milestone of life under lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic. I’ve experienced lockdown first-hand from different US-geographical and international perspectives. I happened to be unexpectedly based…
Read MoreOne Day or Day One?
January 20, 2020 marks day one of a new administration in the White House, hooray! The exuberance and euphoria are palpable. A new day, a new chapter, a new future! The spirit of change is not only inspiring, it’s a great reminder that to get hard work done, we need a plan. And just as…
Read MoreIs Working from Home Working For Women?
Women have long been proponents of flexible working arrangements such as “working from home,” which have usually been seen as employee “perks” or “benefits.” For example, you work in an office but stay home on a given day or occasionally when you need a block of uninterrupted time. You still have the framework and structure of…
Read MoreChecking in with Our Emotions
During the chaotic events of 2020, have you felt your emotions are getting the best of you? If like me, you may have caught yourself asking: “Why is this happening to me?” Taking in one or the other (or several) webinars and articles by trained psychologists (caveat: I’m no expert!) helped me reframe my thinking…
Read MoreOn Race: Leading by Listening, Acknowledging, and Showing Gratitude
America right now is an interesting place. Racial inequality has come to the forefront of politics in a climate of politically charged responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ordinary people have joined the protests and the discourse on racial inequality, police brutality and racism in unprecedented numbers. If you have expressed “it feels different this time,”…
Read MoreFood For Thought
Like many others during the pandemic, at my home, we have been turning to food not only for nourishment, but also for comfort. It is easy to see why many have turned to food to escape from stress and boredom. It got me thinking, how are we relating to food? I began to notice some…
Read MoreDirty Laundry
Shortly before WFH became the new normal, I was on a video call with a working mom who has several children and a stay-at-home husband who was in-charge of household management. My eyes were cast over the mountains of dirty laundry. This was her Saturday routine. By the look upon her face and her comments,…
Read MoreWorth Her Weight in Gold
First, a moment of silence for all the lost souls who have succumbed to the COVID-19 virus. The fight against an invisible, yet formidable enemy has taken its toll on so many families in the recent months. Amidst all the negative news, I came across an article that inspired me. Tunisia made a beautiful tribute…
Read MoreSelf-Love in the Time of Coronavirus
During these trying times, it is important to look after ourselves and provide the needed self-love to keep us positive and reduce stress. There is a brilliant video series by unicef.org chronicling WFH strategies. Day 4’s video suggests that those confined to home for work or school should come up with a “well-being plan.” We…
Read MoreThe power of believing in yourself
A conversation I had the other day with a father of a teenage girl who was going through some tough issues got us talking about how important is was to improve her self-esteem. There are any number of important values to instill in the girls we raise, but I firmly believe that self-confidence may be…
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