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Continue reading →: A Love Letter to My 20s
Why I Don’t Think I’d Change Much About the Decade That Shaped Me Every now and then, I come across articles titled “10 Things I Wish I’d Known in My 20s” or “Advice I’d Give My Younger Self.” They’ve always made me wonder, and if I’m being honest, I don’t…
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Continue reading →: Things That Are Completely Normal (Female Version)
And let me start with saying, this is a safe space. We are open here. We read, COMMENT, we laugh and we don’t judge. Anyhu, hi! There are so many things we experience as women that are completely normal, yet nobody really talks about them. They’re awkward, slightly embarrassing, and…
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Continue reading →: Can You Sustain Your Dreams?We all have dreams. The house with a pool. The successful business. The career we’ve always wanted. The life we imagine when things get tough. But here’s a question we rarely ask ourselves: Can you sustain your dreams? It’s one thing to dream about having more. It’s another to be…
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Continue reading →: Surviving Periods: Three things that make it easy
Heyy… My blog is late. But you know what else likes being late? Periods! Let’s talk about Bloody Mary for a second. Not the cute social media version where a girl is peacefully sipping tea in a white outfit. I’m talking about real periods. The type where you’re planning your…
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Continue reading →: 15 kilometers and a Whole Lot of Pink – My HerMiles Marathon Experience
Hi bhebhi! A pinch and a punch for the first blog of the month. If someone asked me to describe myself, somewhere between “published author,” “blogger,” and “lover of things,” I would probably add “runner” to the list. And before anyone questions my credentials, allow me to present my case:…
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Continue reading →: (Kids) They Really Do Say the Darndest Things
Last night, my four-year-old helped me decide what to write about today. Well, sorta…kinda. I told him that I write and it’s called blogging and that people actually read them 👀 (hello, hi). I then asked him what I should write about and he said write numbers. Uhm. “It has…
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Continue reading →: Was the Mazoe Even Ours?
I was having a conversation with a friend the other day and amongst the different and many topics we talked about, our mothers came up. There’s something about African mothers from back then that needs to be studied. Yoh! What a generation of abazali. I don’t know if you were…
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Continue reading →: Why Do (My) Feelings Sound Dramatic Out Loud?
There’s something deeply frustrating about realizing that the feelings that consumed you so heavily inside suddenly sound “dramatic” or “small” the moment they leave your mouth. I saw a quote in the streets recently that said: “I hate how small my feelings sound once I say them out loud. Like…
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Continue reading →: 5 Simple Habits That Make Adulting Easier for Me
Life is not perfect, but there are things that make it easier. Softer (at this point call me an advocate for soft life). More manageable. And honestly? I can take all the help l can get. So here are 5 things that genuinely make my life easier right now. 1.…
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