by AnnSheybani | Aug 1, 2016 | Life, Writing
Sometime back, I listened to a Brene Brown interview in which she described herself as a child. An introverted 13-year-old, she saw Grease 25 times, a movie I paid to see four weeks in a row at the very same age. See, like me, Brene wanted desperately to shed her...
by AnnSheybani | Jul 26, 2016 | Life
I want to share with you a beauty secret I recently discovered. The single element that will make heads turn, regardless of your weight, age, or ability to pull together a decent outfit. The secret is Joy. Walt and I were at The Sunken Garden Poetry Festival a few...
by AnnSheybani | Jul 4, 2016 | Life
Humans crave story, with faces they can attach to, and sensory details. According to scientific studies, our brains light up like the fourth of July when we read about smells, sounds, tastes, touch, and sights. It’s what our minds want. It’s these details that keep us...
by AnnSheybani | Jun 19, 2016 | Life
by AnnSheybani | Apr 18, 2016 | Life
How much of your life do you consider blind luck, and how much do you attribute to the choices that you’ve made? Muslims are by their very nature fatalists. They believe that what is ordained is ordained; and no one but God can alter anything. Each event, small or...
by AnnSheybani | Apr 14, 2016 | Life
Pull myself out of the U.S, drop myself in a totally different environment, and I’ve created for myself a clean slate. A chance to slip into a different routine, and commit to some much better rituals. Question is, where can you go to interrupt your bad habits...
