Wings
Life is what happens when you’re making plans. My plans, though not intentional, ended up looking like acceptance. It started off as...
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Sona Parmar
The "Dr. House" of Functional Medicine
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Jan 31, 20233 min read
The Surrender Experiment
Your likes and dislikes are the very foundation of your karma. - Sadhguru Once upon a time, Dr. Joe Dispenza wrote a book called...
Jan 24, 20232 min read
Frankly My Dear...
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...
Jan 17, 20232 min read
Namaste
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....
Jan 10, 20233 min read
Barney
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...
Dec 27, 20221 min read
The Cup - Part 3
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...
Dec 20, 20221 min read
The Lion, The Witch and The Molehill
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...
Dec 13, 20221 min read
Pain, Suffering, Fires & Rummikub
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...
Dec 6, 20222 min read
The Oracle
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...
Nov 29, 20221 min read
Flow
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...
Nov 22, 20222 min read
The Pilgrimage - Part 3
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...
Nov 15, 20222 min read
The Cup - Part 2
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...
Nov 8, 20222 min read
The Cup
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...
Nov 1, 20221 min read
The Pilgrimage - Part 2
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...
Oct 25, 20222 min read
The Pilgrimage - Part 1
As I walk in the Himalayas, the snow crunches underfoot. My nose is cold, but my lungs refreshingly warm. My waterproofs rustle and again...
Oct 18, 20221 min read
My Two Grandfathers
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...
Oct 11, 20222 min read
The Rules
As we waited for our COVID tests, the usual suspects presented themselves: the scaredy-cat, the chatty, brave one and the pragmatic one....
Sep 6, 20221 min read
Vista - Part 2
A crisp horizon. Nothing quite beats that. Sky. Ocean. Black. White. Oil. Water. Faith. Fear. No mixing, no confusion. Exactly how life...
Aug 30, 20221 min read
Vista
Ocean. Sailing boats. Soft guitar music playing “somewhere over the rainbow.” Stillness. This is my vista from the cruise as we ease out...
Aug 16, 20221 min read
One of Those Moments
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...
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