Koleka Putuma’s latest poetry collection inspired both a reckoning with our own traumas, an awakening to and acceptance of the courage that is possible and the ability we all have to access it, as well as a celebration of the women that came before us. MORERO bookclub read the collection in February and held aContinue reading “Hullo, Bu-bye, Koko, Come In: a review”
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do not choose the lesser life
A poem do not choose the lesser life. do you hear me. do you hear me. choose the life that is. yours. the life that is seducing your lungs. that is dripping down your chin. Nayyirah Waheed, nejma
What will you do when…?
Imagine this: Your career is on an uphill trajectory You are demolishing all the goals you set yourself Your mental, emotional and physical health are thriving You are in a place in your life filled with abundance Time yourself for 3 minutes and just imagine this. How would it feel like? How long did itContinue reading “What will you do when…?”
Career security: Maslow’s (non)hierarchy of needs
Maslow’s model for motivation is the most popular aspect of his main contribution to society: pioneering a shift away from psychopathology and a focus on what is wrong with people to looking at how human potential can be fulfilled (Maslow, 1943). Two major criticisms of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs have been: 1. it is incompleteContinue reading “Career security: Maslow’s (non)hierarchy of needs”
Unearthing one of the ways we stand in the way of our expansion
Let us begin with an affirmation: I have the capacity to hold space for multiple states of being in the same body…without any judgement. Embedded in this affirmation is a recent insight I have come to as protests erupted against the killing of black people, mostly in the United States but also here at homeContinue reading “Unearthing one of the ways we stand in the way of our expansion”
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