Tag: boundaries
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Magnificent, Decadent Cakes: My Letter From Love

I was astounded when I began the practice, based on Elizabeth Gilbert’s Substack newsletter, of writing letters to (and from) Unconditional Love. Here is one of my letters.
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How to Set a Boundary Across Cultural Lines (Or Not)

Can I cut Alaa out of my life? Stop responding to his texts forever? “Yes!” say Brene Brown and Nora McInerny and Emily McDowell and so many others who have put their stories of loss and learning and boundaries out into the world (and Instagram). “Yes!” say Julia Cameron and Laura van Dernoot Lipsky –…
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Why I Moved Halfway Across The Globe At 22

And what happens when you say yes to absolutely everything at work. When Relief Work Global offered me a job right out of college, I was very excited. I had interned with them when I was a junior, studying abroad for a semester in Amman, Jordan. I had really loved my internship, loved the organization…

–مرحبا سلام Thank you so much, what a lovely comment to receive! I think you’re right; we can’t always be…