Just Before Your Next One, Read This
Next Time! Next time you have the urge to smoke some weed, joints, tobacco… stop for ten seconds. Breathe, for ten seconds. Might you be numbing your pain by smoking it away? My Story with Smoking When I first started smoking joints, I told myself I was just doing it because it helped me…
War Begins Again When Those Left Behind Try to Live
A Brief History I was born in 1988, during the brutal final stretch of the Lebanese Civil War — a war that raged from 1975 to 1990. Those last years were chaos: factions fighting for power, influence, and survival, while ordinary people tried to cling to life. Away from the politics and headlines,…
Without Our Triggers, Our Growth is Hindered
Mindfulness of our Triggers Help us Grow For many years, I thought avoiding certain people was a sign of growth — less triggered, less agitated, less angry. But in reality, I was only avoiding what was already present inside me. I was burying it as deep as possible in my consciousness, convincing…
Anxious-Preoccupied Attachment and My Experience With It
Discovering Anxious-Preoccupied Attachment and My Experience With It Growing up, I never thought I was witnessing what’s called “anxious-preoccupied attachment” — a pattern that often shows up as protest or pursuer behaviors. I just felt that my parent wanted the best for me — that they were a bit…
Self-Love – The Way to True Love
From “Treat-Yourself” Culture to Realization For over a decade, I was taught to believe self-love meant self-indulgence. Take that vacation, go on that trip, crave an ice cream—you deserve it after this tough day. Spending a weekend on my favourite video game felt normal. Yet none of it made me…
Recover Your Sovereignty
(Recover Your Sovereignty post is inspired by a phrase in Buddha Mind, Buddha Body book by the beloved Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh—highly recommended.)As you read, keep an open mind; may you reclaim your sovereignty in this lifetime. As I navigate our human nature, I face multiple obstacles that…
Stop Blaming Your Parents: Turning Mindfulness into Self‑Responsibility
Blame Is a Scapegoat For many years, I wished I had different parents from the ones I was born to. As a child, I imagined what life would be like with other parents—how I would behave, how I would be treated, what they could afford for me. I even pictured a home without arguments or…
Living in Peace: How to Find Inner Peace in this World
Living in Peace: How to Find Inner Peace in this World We usually say to people when they die, Rest in Peace but what if we can live in peace too? What if there is another way of how we have been living all our lives chasing success, running after relationships, attachment to what doesn’t…