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Return to Sender: The Gift of Old Age

I have an immense love for my culture—the Igbo culture. We have beautiful stories, cosmologies, adages, and turns of phrase. ...

The Survival of the Goodest

‘You know, I wouldn’t be surprised if we got to heaven and discovered there was nothing wrong with being an ...

The Mother That Loved Too Much: Review of Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway (2023)

Synopsis of Mrs. Chatterjee vs. Norway (2023) What does one do when everything they know and are a part of ...

Value-Added Worth and Commodifying the Invaluable

A while ago, on Elon Daberechi Musk’s Twitter, a vendor that I follow posted pictures of the dresses she makes. ...

Grief is like a pair of slippers kicked in different angles of a room,
You remember what it feels like to have someone close.
To hear their voice, breathe in their smell and get lost in their smile.
But you can't figure out how to get them back and it hurts immensely.
- @i_am_shoshanna

 

Grief is like a pair of slippers kicked in different angles of a room,
You remember what it feels like to have someone close.
To hear their voice, breathe in their smell and get lost in their smile.
But you can't figure out how to get them back and it hurts immensely.
- @i_am_shoshanna

Arts and reflections

Reflection and art

Return to Sender: The Gift of Old Age

I have an immense love for my culture—the Igbo culture. We have beautiful stories, cosmologies, adages, and turns of phrase. ...

The Survival of the Goodest

‘You know, I wouldn’t be surprised if we got to heaven and discovered there was nothing wrong with being an ...

Value-Added Worth and Commodifying the Invaluable

A while ago, on Elon Daberechi Musk’s Twitter, a vendor that I follow posted pictures of the dresses she makes. ...

What God Cannot Do: Spiritual Bypassing and the February Elections

In different countries, the weather is an effective conversation starter. In Nigeria, however, nothing opens and sustains a conversation better ...

Dualism: Chapters from the Book of Harsh Realities

If you grew up on a steady diet of fairytales, facing reality can be as jarring as waking up in ...

 

Life begins with chemistry.
Your story did not begin with the biology of conception, but with the chemistry of the shivers running down your mother's body when your father smiled at her.
- @i_am_shoshanna

Life begins with chemistry.
Your story did not begin with the biology of conception, but with the chemistry of the shivers running down your mother's body when your father smiled at her.
- @i_am_shoshanna

Mental health and personal development

Personal development and mental health

Kindness is a Special Plate

In my childhood home, expecting guests was always a big thing. My mom, ever the excellent hostess, would start preparing ...

Multipotentialism and the Kaleidoscope World of Scanners

Growing up, I had varied interests. Like all little girls, at one stage in my life, I wanted to be ...

The Validity of Your Experience

Paulo Coelho’s “The Witch of Portobello” is by far one of the most insightful and beautiful books I have read this ...

10 Things Depression Is Not

There are a lot of articles online and offline that tell us what depression is, but a paucity of articles ...

Struggling Not Broken: A Foray Into the Depressed Mind

A big part of depression is feeling really lonely, even if you are in a room full of a million ...