There’s a distinction between optimism and hope. I heard it first in a podcast (in Hebrew) and found it later in a paper by Jeffrey...

I’ve been testing the water by talking to people IRL about my book. On the one hand, each conversation is different. I open up the...

I know the spooky season is technically over, but I got distracted by The Great Reorganisation of 2024 , and I’ve been trying to write...

My Dearest, My, how you’ve grown this year. I can’t believe you are fifteen already. I feel like I only had you yesterday, and (as you’re...

I’ve been feeling overwhelmed lately. Like I have too many things to do. Like I’m forgetting something important. It took me a while to...

Lately, I’ve been reflecting on my relationship with my phone. I find that if I have an excellent relationship (or a terrible...

A year ago, we woke up into a nightmare. What I still find hard to believe, what re-astonishes me even today, is that we are still living...

The story centres around Ruth Jefferson, an experienced African-American labour and delivery nurse who finds herself at the centre of a...

I’ve been reflecting lately on what it takes to be a writer. There are thousands, probably even millions, of people out there who want to...

Every   year , before the beginning of the school year, I set   goals  for myself. At some point quite recently, I realised that I...

On Trust, Tragic heroines, and telling Full disclosure: Lucy (AKA Lizzie Fry) is my mentor . One of the reasons I chose to work with her...

We had the absolute privilege to attend some Olympic events in person this year. First, logistics. It was nice to have the games so close...

I’m at the tail end (under sixty days left) of the year-long meditation course over on Headspace. It has taken me over a year for various...

I took the young people to Israel earlier this summer. I’ve been thinking about writing about the trip here. On the one hand, it’s...

I started working with my mentor, Lucy, in September 2021, when I was a wee baby writer. Until then, I’ve been attending my beloved...

I honestly thought I had written a blog post about what I learned the previous year in July last year. It turns out it was two years ago....

I recently read Josh Kaufman’s The First 20 Hours. When I say read, I mean I diligently read the first three chapters, and when he...

I was telling some writer friends that I was starting a new project when someone asked about my “starting process.” It made me chuckle. I...

This post started with a word trail. I was looking at the roots of the words miner and minor because I thought a miner works underground,...

I’ve long known I’m a student at heart. I love learning new things. My LinkedIn profile is all over the place. I was a software...