Don’t get angry; get even (savvier) — Let’s compare 2020 with a past relationship we might have once had. Let’s cast our minds back: It might have been toxic, made us feel small on occasion. The relationship might have gone on for a bit longer than we wanted, and perhaps we felt nothing but relief when it…

Why your personal story doesn’t need a lesson, a hero or an audience — It’s true: We love a good, inspirational success story. Over the decades, narrative theories of film and literature have given us prescriptive formulas for what every classic success story should consist of. A hero who conquers all, a villain, a princess, an equilibrium and a disequilibrium, a happy ending, etc…

2 lightbulb moments this year has gifted me and my mental health — We live in a world full of superlatives. We are always competing with our peers in terms of productivity, efficiency and constant perfection. There is unwavering pressure to remain attractive to our employers, partners, friends and colleagues — whether this is physically in person or on paper. It’s exhausting. After months of struggling to fall asleep, concentrate and be my usual energetic and witty self, I have to keep telling myself at this point — now that I’m finally feeling like a human being again — that I HAVE to go easy on myself and be patient — or…

She’s taking hits, but she’s taking flight Months of looking back at who it was before; Young but fierce, an unhealthy yearning for more. Greener, far greener’s the grass on the other side; Right now, whilst healing, it’s easier to hide. And at long last, she might catch a glimpse…

Debunking the myth that being selfish is good for you — There’s no ‘I’ in team, but there is in ‘Covid’, right? Did you know that a hefty 39 percent of millennials reportedly agreed with being described as a selfish generation? Selfishness has long been recognised as a necessary component for success, playing into the whole ‘survival of the fittest’ narrative…