**This post contains a giveaway. Scroll to the bottom to learn more! Burnout has been on my mind a lot lately, and that’s saying a lot since my burnout brain has trouble focusing these days. Between working from home while raising two young kids and traveling back and...

‘Vīrya, the fourth perfection, represents energy or enthusiastic effort. It is the driving force that sustains our Buddhist practice, propelling us forward on the path to awakening.’ Everyday Buddhism

11 May 2025 – A Huge Win & A Thank You Celebration Surrounded by my dear friends, I hosted a heartfelt thank-you party—not just to celebrate life after brain surgery, but to honour the love, support, and strength that carried me through. It was my way of saying: I...

I was born on October 4, 2004. As a 6-month-old baby, I struggled with constant illness until I turned 3. My parents rarely slept through the night. They often rushed me to hospitals at 3 a.m. My mother still shares stories of arriving in torn skirts, desperate just...

I was never the girl who stood out in a room. In fact, I spent most of my days trying to shrink into the background, hoping no one would notice the chaos I carried within. At 13, life felt like a maze I didn’t know how to navigate. I wasn’t close to my family—they...

I was born in a beautiful place in Kerala, India — Wayanad, surrounded by misty hills, green forests, and fresh air. My earliest memory takes me back to a bus ride with my parents. We were traveling to the Nilgiri Hills. I remember the winding roads, the cool breeze...