Our Dreams, Ourselves Can you remember what you used to daydream about in school? I remember reading my dad's copy of Jack London's "The Call of the Wild" and picturing myself writing books about man's [...]
In a world where new creations are approached with criticism, cynicism, and a healthy dose of distrust for good measure, is it any wonder many of us choose to hide behind that old badge of [...]
In "The Wisdom of Gifts" the first memoir I'm writing and publishing, my journey begins with feeling out of place like I have no value or gifts to share on Christmas with the family I've [...]
“Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth." ~Rumi Did you know that I'm a queen? You're a ruler too. I know it's frustrating to live in a [...]
Let's talk about something so good that it keeps people up all night interacting with strangers from all over the world. It's Clubhouse, the voice-based social media that's got people buzzing and burning the midnight [...]
"What was your wife like?" I asked the jovial old man telling me his story. He hadn't mentioned his home life. "Well, she was born in April. Hitler was born in April too, wasn't he?" [...]
My family is Turkish and I was born in Istanbul in 1979. Since then we’ve moved to Izmir, where my brother was born in 1981, then to the suburbs of Washington, DC in the summer [...]
What does a writer have to offer? When she starts to do her inner work, connects with her soul and begins to express herself as a habit, a book starts to take shape. Without resistance [...]
