Category : Learning

  Integrating into the unknown…   The term hikikomori (derived from the verb hiki “to withdraw” and komori “to be inside”) was coined in 1998 by Japanese psychiatrist Professor Tamaki Saitõ. Saitõ chose the term to describe the many young people he saw who didn’t fit the mental health diagnosis criteria but were in a state of extreme, distressing […]

I have been tiptoeing around 2021 for 20 days now, and it is time to face the year head-on & accept whatever it has in store – good or bad…. Over the December summer holidays, I was reflecting on 2020 to see what insights I have gained. As unquestionably one of the most disruptive years […]

In an interview, the ever-perceptive Michelle Obama tells Oprah how she came up with the title of her book, Becoming Michelle Obama. “A question that adults ask kids – I think it’s the worst question in the world – is “What do you want to be when you grow up?” As if growing up is […]

So, the weather’s not great this time of the year and it feels like winter in my heart too; right now, it’s utterly impossible to imagine anything as enjoyable as changing into my pajamas, ordering a pizza, opening a bottle of wine, and snuggling in for some quality couch time. Should I act like nothing’s […]