“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.” -Isak Dinesan There’s something so soothing about the sea. Perhaps it’s those endless waves lapping on the shore…or the calm blue colors of varying depths. Either way, the sea is a place where many people find peace letting go of things. There are […]
Author: jenn meow
There’s Beauty in the Breakdown
“Just get in, it’s so amazing here. It’s alright, ’cause there’s beauty in the breakdown.” -Frou Frou They say that what goes up must come down. This is a true fact of physics as things that go up must also come down on earth due to the laws of gravity. In our human lives, […]
Street Cats & Solo Traveling
“Not all who wander are lost.” -J.R.R. Tolkien I’ve been wandering the streets of Istanbul by myself for three days. In fact, I haven’t seen anyone I know for about a week now. No old friends. No family. Just me. When I made the decision to come find my purpose and take a reflective pause […]
Embracing Evolution and Change
“It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” -Charles Darwin I love change. I embrace change. As a trained biologist, I have studied evolution and change in classrooms and laboratories. As humans, we constantly change, even though it may not appear so […]
Exercising Your Psyche To Overcome Mental Hurdles
“If you hold back in hurdles, you are going to fall over.” -Sally Pearson, Olympic athlete Mental hurdles. Our journeys are full of hurdles. They stand there, taunting us, getting in the way, blocking us from achieving our goals. We shout at them to go away but there they are. Mental hurdles staring […]
Saudade: A Feeling Beyond Longing
Saudade. It is what I feel when the plane rises above the clouds and the destination below fades away from view. Saudade. It is what I feel at airports, watching people coming and going, into and out of loving embraces that remind me of those special people in my own heart from the past, present, […]
Dear Self: A Letter From The Future
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” -William Shakespeare Have you ever felt like you’re at the crossroads? On the cusp of adventure…as if there were multiple pathways before your feet, and you wanted to run forward but were strangely planted to the ground, not knowing which way to […]
Live The Questions
“Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer.” – William S. Burroughs How does one achieve peace of mind? How does one quell constant inner chatter? I was contemplating this yesterday on my run. Quiet meditation in stillness is often hard for me, so meditation for […]
Your Story: In Only Six Words
What’s your story in six words? That’s a story shorter than the 140-character Twitter limit! In the spirit of conciseness, I’ll keep this post short and sweet. During a team workshop last week, we started off with an icebreaker exercise where we had to describe our story in exactly six words. Sometimes, icebreakers can be too cheesy, or […]
Do Easy: Easy Does It
“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.”– Confucius As a Project Manager by profession, I am passionate about simplification, and streamlining manufacturing and business processes. In Lean Six Sigma training, we learned methodologies to eliminate waste and inefficiencies. Cutting hold times, getting rid of defects, reducing costs…SIMPLIFY. One could […]