A calendar invite for an agenda-less early morning meeting with my leadership team at an off-site location arrives in my email inbox. A sense of foreboding forms around me. To quote a little indie film franchise you’ve probably never heard of called Star Wars, “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” My worst fear was …
It's the return of my lucky number 7 in 2017. Looking back, 2007 was a monumental year because it was the year I graduated from high school and entered a brand new phase of my life—adulthood. Now, ten years later, I feel like it's time to make some more transformative changes. The 2017 forecast for Capricorns born …
We did it, guys. We survived 2016. Like many of you, I am drained by and done with this tumultuous year. 2016 was a harsh wake-up call for humanity, and 2017 will be the real test for us all. With hard work and heart, I truly believe we can and will weather the storms ahead. Despite all …
Learning the importance of 'We' as a volunteer with The Writers' Exchange
You know those mornings when you wake up not necessarily on the wrong side of the bed, but on the wrong side of yourself? Then, for the rest of the day, you feel so deeply entrenched in misery that you simply can't shake off? If you've ever had difficult moments like this, you are not alone. …
In Sabrina, the titular heroine Sabrina Fairchild (played by Audrey Hepburn) proclaims that Paris is for changing your outlook and for throwing open the windows to let in la vie en rose. The city of light and love is a reputed destination for adventurers who believe in seeing the world through rose coloured glasses and embracing …
Some people wait a lifetime for moments like the ones I had during what was, without a doubt, the time of my life in Los Angeles last week (all of which I am still processing - please, don't pinch me just yet). Thanks to the good luck of being in the right place at the right time …
117 years from now, we will achieve global gender parity in the workplace. That’s right, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report for 2015, equal opportunities will be accredited to the currently under-tapped and under-utilized female talent pool by the year 2133. Yeah… we’ll all be long gone before we can be …
When you Google "turning 27", you find that the general consensus on reaching this age is that it's a weird time in your life when your whole world turns around. According to astrology, it's at age 27 when Saturn starts its return to your zodiac sign, signalling the transition from your 'Phase of Youth' to your 'Phase of …
"Sixteen candles make a lovely light." In my teenage dreams, I was always anxiously looking ahead to the next chapter - finishing middle school, getting past that nerve-wracking freshman year of high school, and culminating in the grand Sweet Sixteen celebration, when all of my awkwardness and terrors would be vanquished once I turned 16 …
Elizabeth Rosalyn 