Burnout -Episode 1

Burnout -Episode 1

Jumping into the Blackhole of Burnout One of the places I used to work was not set up for the success of its employees. I didn’t know it at the time, so fell, like many have, into a pit of burnout. This was a long process. The interesting part was that I didn’t...
Choose You

Choose You

Until you choose you, nobody else can. What does it mean to choose you? If we Googled the phrase, “choose you,” what might come up? Instantly, there are videos and images that reflect the thought of choosing someone else. Most common is the idea of “I choose you.”...
You’ve Got What It Takes

You’ve Got What It Takes

About me Hi my name is Arslan. My background created a complex and atypical upbringing that acted as the foundation for what is now, my professional identity. I was born in the Soviet Union in 1980. At this time the Soviet Union was continuing to destabilize and...
Returning to Self

Returning to Self

What would it look like to return to yourself? Imagine that under all your pain and suffering, all the intrusive thoughts, or under the fashion, makeup, and labels is a whole person. A person who has always been whole. When you imagine a favorite pair of pants, think...
Compassion as a Starting Point

Compassion as a Starting Point

The Starting Point… In 1957, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. told an audience in Montgomery, Alabama, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, what are you doing for others?” I propose that the “doing for others” we need most for everyone in our homes, our...
Never Forgotten

Never Forgotten

Today my news feeds, notifications, social media forums are all reflecting that on this day 18 years ago, terrorists hijacked two planes and brought the Twin Towers down and attacked the Pentagon. I don’t think I will ever forget where I was when I learned the...