By E.L. Jayne Would you rather have loved and lost or never have loved at all?
To Love or To Not Love?
How a Pencil Proves our Indisputable Interconnectedness
By E.L. Jayne Our interconnectedness and reliance on other human beings is taken for granted lately. It seems as if people only want to surround themselves with other like-minded people. This is profoundly dangerous.
Why I’m Not making New Year’s resolutions and why you shouldn’t either.
By E. L. Jayne The dust from the holidays is starting to settle; it's that time of year again. Personally, I'd vote for an execution of the New Year's resolution.
The Vulnerability of Democracy
By Billy Osogo I became politically-aware when I was around 11 years old. We had a disputed election in 2007 that resulted in the most destructive wave of electoral violence in all of Kenya’s history.
Knowing Laughter
Provided by Billy Osogo | Dr Brené Brown, in her insightful book, I Thought It Was Just Me, writes about “knowing laughter.” She defines it as “laughter that results from recognizing the universality of our shared experiences, both positive and negative.”
To Do: Gratitude and Food
By Ellen Jayne {generations} maybe because, the same blood that runs through my veins, ran for centuries before me, and will continue to live on after me, each generation passing down their stories
How To Cope With the Monotony of Life
*BEEP* your alarm clocks goes off for the umpteenth time of quarantine. The past and present fade together as the days play an infinite loop. In January I posted an article here called How To Love the Repetition of Life. Little did I know that quarantine and a global lockdown that would last for months... Continue Reading →
Ignite Your Independence
By Ellen Jayne When was the last time you did something by yourself? Truly by yourself, and for yourself?
Tell Me About a Time When…
By Ellen Jayne | Whether you believe in luck, fate, or other mysterious ways in which this world works, we've all experienced it. Something too coincidental to be accidental.
Running Out Of Risk
By Ellen Jayne | Traveling and living like a nomad brings me so much life. I feel energized, inspired, alive. I am entirely engaged in the present moment. Although I'm an ardent advocate for finding simple pleasures in our every day lives, it's important to recognize when your current routine isn't working. Do I need to feel the component of risk in my life to be happy?
How To Find Courage Through Chaos
By Ellen Jayne | The dawn of a new decade, a fresh era, daunting dreams and prodigious plans—2020 forecasted a favorable year. Jump to July and 2020 has been a whirlwind of woeful world events. Did anyone else feel like they were concurrently downward spiraling with the world's events? I had, too, until I realized I couldn't live like that anymore.
The Pretentious Pretext of Practicing Presence
By Ellen Jayne | I'm sure you've heard the phrases "live in the moment," or "just live in the now." Easier said than done. The irony remains, the more you think about living in the moment, the less you can actually live in the moment.
Invigorated By India
By Ellen Jayne | Harnessing Hope in a Time of Heartache
Finding Another True Love
By Ellen Jayne | Have you ever had something you based your whole life on taken away from you?
Your Convoluted Sense of Control
By Ellen Jayne | We all believe we have control over our life, enough to make daily decisions to influence it for the better. But when we reach the extent of that control, have we learned to let go?
Omitting Our Omnipresent Oxymoron
By Ellen Jayne | There is an oxymoron within us all that assumes position as we determine our goals. This is when the battle between self-belief and self-doubt comes alive.
Quarantine: Social Withdrawal Symptoms
By Ellen Jayne | I don't think anyone of us could've ever guessed these events would escalate so quickly, but they did. It's easy to feel disheartened by all of this, but we all have a choice:
The Paralysis of “I Don’t Know”
By Ellen Jayne | We've all been there: faced with a decision to make while feeling completely helpless, succumbed to the sheer solidity of not being able to forecast the future. The unwavering cycle of 'to do, or not to do.' We subconsciously permit the moment to overwhelm us and in the end paralyze us. What if I told you that you're actually paralyzing yourself?
How to Stop Self-Sabotaging
By Ellen Jayne | You were having a great week, but something along the way changed. Your entire mood shifted which affected your attitude the rest of the day, and you're not sure why. Chances are, you're mentally drained, and you're doing it to yourself.
Fear Setting For the Future
By Ellen Jayne | Traditionally a taboo topic, fear is rarely discussed; however, this new exercise called fear setting can actually help you measure your fears and develop your dreams through them, not around them.
