Tag: Mental Health
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Default Mode Network: Brain’s Hidden Power for Inner Peace and Creativity
What if your wandering mind isn’t a flaw but a hidden intelligence at work? The Default Mode Network shapes your sense of self, fuels creativity, and holds the key to inner peace. This deep dive blends modern neuroscience with ancient wisdom to explore how embracing mental stillness—and drift—can transform the way you think, feel, and…
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In the Shadow of Stillness: Highlights from My Autobiography I Would Like to Mention
Even scars become lanterns when you choose their quiet light, and acceptance is no thunderous arrival— but the soft dust settling after a storm.Sometimes survival is small: a meal alone without apology, an evening listening to rain spindle against glass— where darkness is not punishment, but presence, an invitation to know the self beneath all…
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Staying True: The Hardest Goal and the Persistence That Endures
What does it mean to set the hardest goal for oneself? For many, it’s more than a measurable achievement or a crowdsourced milestone—it’s the pursuit of authenticity, the brave work of remaining true amid life’s shifting demands. This poem explores the invisible struggle and quiet endurance that colors a journey of personal transformation. Through self-forgiveness,…
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How Often Do You Walk or Run #poetry
The Question Returns How often do you walk or run? The question echoes differently now, layered with all these perspectives, rich with recognition that the asking itself is movement, that consciousness is always in motion, even in stillness.
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From Surviving to Thriving: My Personal Guide to Mental Health and Wellbeing Backed by Science
Struggling with stress, anxiety, or feeling lost? I was there too. Here, I share my personal journey from mental exhaustion to wellbeing using science-backed strategies: daily movement, nutrient-rich food, sleep hygiene, mindfulness, strong relationships, time in nature, digital boundaries, and gratitude. With research as my roadmap, I reveal practical tips that can help anyone move…
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The Light That Finds You #poetry
You, who have gathered your scars into a quiet constellation and learned to cradle heartbreak gently, rise again each morning—tired, yes, but stitched with hope. Every breath is a quiet testament that you are still here, still loving, still becoming.
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Permission to Be Human: The Validation Station
You are not crazy for talking to the moon, for finding faces in the clouds, for believing that the wind carries messages from the dead… This poetic journey explores the sacred permission to be fully human—to feel deeply, heal slowly, and trust in the magic that lives within our bones.
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What Terrible Time to the Young Preferring Thanatos than Eros
In the cathedral of screens, where light bleeds blue into the tender corners of seventeen-year-old eyes, they gather like moths to the flame of their own undoing, these children who have learned the weight of emptiness before they’ve known the gravity of love. What terrible time is this— when the pulse beneath their wrists speaks…
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Thrum-thrum, thrum-thrum: The Heartbeat of Resilience
There is a rhythm beneath the surface of breaking, a percussion that plays when the world crumbles into dust between your fingers and you think this is the end. But listen—can you hear it? Thrum-thrum, thrum-thrum. The heartbeat of resilience drumming against your ribs like a caged bird refusing to surrender song. This profound exploration…
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Edgar Mittelholzer: A Trailblazer’s Triumph and Tragedy
Edgar Mittelholzer, Guyana’s first internationally published novelist, dared to write what others wouldn’t—race, madness, colonial trauma, and the dark corners of the soul. His life ended in flames, but his legacy deserves to burn bright in the minds of readers who seek truth in literature. This is the story of a literary pioneer, both triumphant…
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