Subject: Mirror of Possibility: Honoring the seasonal nature of our creative endeavors and stages of life

Mirror of Possibility: Honoring the seasonal nature of our creative endeavors and stages of life

May 20th, 2022 at 10:10 pm EDT

New here? Click banner to Subscribe.Hello Friends,  How are you? I am exhausted from the sheer madness that is May with year-end events of School and extra-curricular activities for each child. It’s blissful exhaustion with tender feelings of my k ...

Container of Celebration: Why celebrating yourself is radical and regenerative?

May 9th, 2022 at 1:35 am EDT

Click here to subscribeHello Friends,  How are you? Celebration has been on my mind this week since Eid was last Monday and the 6th cohort of the Creative’s Workshop graduated this week. Mother’s day was also this weekend. So many moments to cel ...

Dear Earth

April 25th, 2022 at 12:29 pm EDT

How Not to Monday New here? Click banner to Subscribe.Hello Friends,  How are you this fine Monday morning? Today was the first day back to school for my kids after their spring break. Usually, this would be a time where I feel a sense of relief to ...

Beaming you some moon light this holiday weekend

April 16th, 2022 at 2:02 pm EDT

With so much collective pain calling for our attention, let's connect over stories to heal. New here? Click banner to Subscribe.Hello Friends,  How are you? It’s been a week of many happenings around the world. There’s so much pain that’s cal ...

When Self-Doubt became my Mentor...

April 9th, 2022 at 1:26 am EDT

What wisdom lies beneath self-doubts when you write? New here? Click banner to Subscribe.Hello Friends,  How’s it going and how are you doing? After a day of flying umbrellas yesterday, sunshine hugged NY today like a long lost friend. This much ...

test mail

March 15th, 2022 at 5:40 pm EDT

New here? Click banner to Subscribe.Hi Friend,  This is your weekly edition of The Friday Five Hundred, which is a slice of my writerly life packaged in nuggets of Present, Past and Future in five hundred words or less. This edition is sent to you ...

Make Chai, Not War

February 27th, 2022 at 10:11 pm EDT

New here? Click banner to Subscribe.Hello Friends,  Welcome to this week’s Friday Five Hundred that is being shipped to you late on the weekend from Lahore, which is Pakistan’s cultural and historical hub. There’s a famous Punjabi saying that ...

Travel Light or Else...

February 18th, 2022 at 9:47 pm EDT

New here? Click banner to Subscribe.Hello Friends,  Welcome to this week’s Friday Five Hundred that is being shipped to you from what I hoped would be Doha, Qatar. However, I was only able to spend two hours at the World’s Best Airport according ...

Lightening the load of grief

February 11th, 2022 at 11:02 pm EDT

New here? Click banner to Subscribe.Hello Friends,  How are you? This week's story is about my daughter, Mehak. Mehak, whose name means fragrance, gave me the gift of presence. The strangest and most peaceful moments of the challenging time frame of ...

No Regrets? Are you sure?

February 5th, 2022 at 12:52 am EDT

New here? Click banner to Subscribe.Hello Friends,  How are you? This story is dedicated to my amazing friend Leza Danly, who has devoted her life to helping seekers embrace and trust their authentic emotions and to live a life of gratitude and cele ...