Life is what happens when you’re making plans. My plans, though not intentional, ended up looking like acceptance. It started off as...

Your likes and dislikes are the very foundation of your karma. - Sadhguru Once upon a time, Dr. Joe Dispenza wrote a book called...

Have you been making a spectacle of yourself running about after a man who’s not in love with you, when you might have any of the bucks...

I am exhausted. The woman next to me tries to settle her toddler. The husband has the daughter. Neither wants to sleep. I feel for them....

I was ashamed of myself when I realised life was a costume party; and I attended with my real face. - Franz Kafka My real face. My...

We have two lives. The second begins when we realise we only have one. - Confucius As we lead up to the new year, I’ve been...

I grew it and grew it and grew it. And then I trimmed the uneven bits. And then it was ready. After a year of waiting, I could highlight...

Not long after landing back in Nairobi, I get a call. My son had suffered a head injury at school. The ambulance was taking him to...

From the navel of the Universe (Mount Kailash) to the navel of the Earth: today I am in Delphi. In Ancient Greece, the Oracle, who sat...

As I ran like a deranged muppet for my connecting flight in Cairo, the thought “I really do not enjoy doing this” came to mind. What...

I am on a trip where I’m being treated like cattle. No one cares how I like my eggs, my how much personal space I require, or whether 3am...

Maybe it’s the fact that I’m a Gemini rising (think twins), but I like nothing more than looking at both sides to every story. I expect...

This morning, my youngest (age 6), came into my room with all her toys. I hugged them all first, before greeting her with a big, squeezy...

One month and thirteen flights later, as I land to a sunrise nestled just above the clouds, I have found my centre. Most tellingly, it...

As I walk in the Himalayas, the snow crunches underfoot. My nose is cold, but my lungs refreshingly warm. My waterproofs rustle and again...

One died a few years ago at 85. The other is 93 and still going strong. One way to describe both men is content. (I will talk in the...

As we waited for our COVID tests, the usual suspects presented themselves: the scaredy-cat, the chatty, brave one and the pragmatic one....

A crisp horizon. Nothing quite beats that. Sky. Ocean. Black. White. Oil. Water. Faith. Fear. No mixing, no confusion. Exactly how life...

Ocean. Sailing boats. Soft guitar music playing “somewhere over the rainbow.” Stillness. This is my vista from the cruise as we ease out...

I’m having one of those moments: you know the kind where you ask yourself why you let your kid learn the drums. The logic was sound: he...