A life update and reflection on turning 30.
Saturn Return or walking well-trodden paths
Sense-less borders (academic essay on British-Iranian cultures)
The following essay was an auto-ethnographic assignment to my MRes anthropology module Migration, Borders and Space: Decolonial Approaches. Looking at recent case studies such as Shamima Begum and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as well as my experience with Iranian refugees, what does it mean to be multicultural?
Disabled or depressed: a blurry line
Signs of a mental and physical health flare ups often overlap, so how do I avoid getting caught up in the middle?
Yesterday’s shower won’t keep you clean today
When does the healing journey ever end, and why are we so obsessed with it?
Finding meaning in irony
A post I wrote was deleted, and somehow I am glad it did.
Allowing time for rest
How can we stop the constant chatter of judgment, of self-doubt and worry, when we must take time off to rest?
‘Healing’ should not be our entire personality
As trauma survivors, the process of healing can overpower us, taking over our lives. So healing should be the most important thing in my life, right?
Finding comfort in uncertainty
There is a lot of uncertainty in my life, requiring me to sit with the feeling. Can I learn to be comfortable with the lack of validation and not feel guilty for not justifying my existence?
Owning up to what may not be my “fault”
It may not be entirely just my doing, but is it still wiser to own up and take responsibility? What is better for my future and for my mental health?
When everything goes wrong, I choose to smile
It's been a rough couple of weeks, and yet I'm working my hardest to be happy. How to focus on what we can control instead of what happens to us?
Reparent Your Soul 