Around February 2025, my friend Linda, the founder of LinHeart Foundation, reached out to me with a special request. She had been away from the country for some time, and during her absence, an organization called 3D Circle, a Girls in Tech training program focused on robotics and STEM for young girls, approached her for a collaboration. They were planning a program for basic school girls that combined skills training, empowerment talks, and a sanitary pad distribution initia

Whether framed as a question or a statement, ‘the truest expression of yourself’ is a concept I first encountered through Oprah Winfrey’s philosophy. In many of her speeches, she attributes her success not merely to talent or opportunity, but to learning how to be deeply in tune with herself. According to her, discovering who she truly was and allowing that self to lead her work changed everything. That thought stays with me, because it suggests that fulfilment is not only ab

I found myself thinking about something the Creator says about human beings, that He takes pleasure in us. And honestly, that thought wouldn’t leave me alone. It made me ask myself: What could be so interesting about humans that God would enjoy watching us? At first, the question felt strange. But then I looked around me. Look at the things we live with every day. Houses. Roads. Cars. Phones. Medicines. Technologies that didn’t exist a few decades ago. Systems that organize h

Little did I know that a simple question in my mind would lead me into the fascinating world of neuroscience. One day, I found myself wondering: how does reading, studying, or training in a particular field make someone an expert? How is it that someone becomes a doctor, a lawyer, or a professional in any discipline by spending years learning, observing, and rehearsing—but not necessarily performing the work in its full real-life context during that period? These questions li

One of the most common questions people ask—quietly or aloud—is, “What is my purpose?" Yet an even more important question often comes first: “Do I really know who I am?” Many of us grow up moving quickly from one expectation to another—school, career, marriage, success—without ever pausing to understand the self that is meant to live out these roles. We are taught what  to do far more than we are taught who  we are. And so, purpose feels elusive, not because it is absent, b