Life is not going to stop happening just because you want to stay creative; this means that you will have to be intentional about showing up for yourself and staying creative in your everyday life. Here are a few easy and practical ways of how you can stay creative in your daily life. Make...
READ MOREHow emotions can impact our decision making process
When I was still doing my second year at university, I was called in for a psychotherapy session with the faculty-student adviser in her office. The first question she asked was this: “what are your fears?” I thought to myself, “what an odd question.” However, practically, it is one of the essential questions because...
READ MORETime for reflection in today’s rhetorical world
Who is the question, as is ‘what’ and ‘if.’ Door to door, we examine the hypotheses that lead to more questions and answers. But is this the case? Could it not be that we already have the answers within? With its over-productive mind frame, we may have forgotten them in today’s busy world. Collective...
READ MOREThe importance of celebrating life’s little goals
I am going to start by sharing a little personal experience. I had the most stressful and hectic weeks in my third and final year of undergrad. I made sure that I had planned, kept a list of the due dates, and always kept my to-do lists up to date, still instead of feeling...
READ MOREWhy kindness matters
As a plant biologist, I have always been in love with understanding the complex behaviors of plants. My Ph.D. was to understand if altruism and cooperation, the ability to help one another, exist in plants. Three years of research gave the first ever evidence that plants can know if their family member is undergoing...
READ MOREAre millennials the burnout generation?
I don’t know about you, but I’m in this stage of life where I constantly try to figure out this adulting thing. I sometimes feel like a child even though I am fast approaching the big 30. I observe this as a common theme when talking to other millennials. We are constantly plagued with...
READ MOREHow the internet has changed bullying
A recent issue has been brought to light in the media since the advent of the computer “Bullying.” It is not a new issue and has been around for years. Bullying comes in many forms, physical, personal and mental for me. My personal experience with bullying started at a very young age, in grade...
READ MOREThe link between obesity and food policy
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that people diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart disease, diabetes, and obesity are at an increased risk of contracting severe COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked an explosion of reported health statistics and increased health promotion campaigns centered around vaccinations,...
READ MOREPreservation of a heart language
“What do we lose when our native language becomes extinct?” was the question discussed among delegates of an ethnic minority language community called Iu Mien in northern Thailand in 2019. Iu Mien is spoken by approximately 50,000 people in Thailand. It is one of over 70 languages, such as Akha, Hmong, Patani Malay, etc.,...
READ MOREMental health and well-being amongst final year university students
In the past decades, mental health and well-being have been one of the most neglected states of human health in different settings and across various circumstances. Furthermore, the overall well-being of final-year university students who are about to conclude their respective studies is, in most cases, overlooked. However, with the commencement of this decade,...
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