Due to the recent tragic events of terror, I find myself thinking about the backlash this has had on Muslims. It is almost as if we are being attacked from every angle with the death of each innocent person around the world. So how do I counteract this? How do I begin to bring positive Read More
Understanding Emotions Through the Stories in Sound
As a Street Performer, I’ve often hear the question, “What is music to you?” In a direct approach to this, one might simply reply, “Music is an arrangement of different notes, often formed around a poem, in a way that is pleasing to the ear.” This answer is certainly a true statement, however, I feel as Read More
How Mike Cernovich Taught Me to Stop Stressing and Get in the Moment
In this video from his 30 day challenge, Mike Cernovich teaches us how to get into the moment in order to avoid becoming overwhelmed. We learn to ask ourselves present-inducing questions and then comment on what’s happening – to pay attention to what’s going on RIGHT NOW by thinking aloud about it. As an example, I’ll write Read More
What It’s Like to Live as a Muslim Woman
“Why is she wearing so many clothes when it’s 95 degrees outside?” “Why is she covered from top to bottom and the man that she is shopping with is in shorts and a t-shirt?” “Why is she not in all black like the women I saw on Fox News yesterday? Isn’t that the way Read More
7 Steps to Finding Your Vision or Path in Life – Part 5
What Environment Do I Want to Be In? The physical environment you want to be in can affect all three portions of your life cycle (People, Mindset, and Situations). It can surround you with people of a certain demographic and affect the majority of your interactions, but these can have a positive or negative effect Read More
7 Steps to Finding Your Vision or Path in Life – Part 4
With Whom Do I Want to Surround Myself? The next important consideration in choosing your path is determining what type of people you want to surround yourself with. This is a question that many people do not think about; I did not when I first chose my path, however it becomes very important later. Often Read More
7 Steps to Finding Your Vision or Path in Life – Part 3
How Do I Want Others to Treat Me? The last few weeks we have been exploring the seven questions to ask yourself in order to support designing your life’s path. These are the questions you must know the answers to in order to find your passion in life. Today we will look at the next question which Read More
7 Steps to Finding Your Vision or Path in Life – Part 2
How Do I Want People to See Me? Last week we began a series for finding your path and/or vision in life. This is the second part in which we look at the next of the seven questions which will help us to gain an understanding of ourselves. The first part, if you missed it, we Read More
Recreating Positive Energy
Creating the feeling of positive energy is most important to working through plateaus that we all experience in life. First, remember you are human; most of us treat ourselves worse than we ever would anyone around us. If we practiced our own self-talk on others, they would never want to be around us. You can Read More
Wisdom of the Week 11 – Seneca
Yo guys! Welcome to our weekly exploration of the mind, Wisdom of the Week! This week I’ve been thinking about enjoying the processes in life with the great Stoic philosopher, Seneca. “Wild animals run from the dangers they actually see, and once they have escaped them worry no more. We however are tormented alike Read More