As I embark on a visit to my country of birth, Sri Lanka, after a seven-year absence, I find myself reflecting deeply on the meaning of home. This reflection was unexpectedly sparked by an essay...

When I sat down to speak with civil engineer Margaret Briegmann for my video interview, Girls & Engineering: Let’s Talk, I expected a career story. What I heard instead was something far more important.

Children today have endless access to information but fewer opportunities to explore, wonder and think for themselves. Curiosity isn’t just a personality trait, it is a learnable mindset linked...

We often speak of the Founding Fathers as if they were carved fully formed from marble, paragons of virtue, united in purpose, pure of intention. But history, when viewed without the haze of nostalgia...

Recent increases in immigration enforcement across the United States have generated significant scholarly concern regarding long-term impacts on families, communities, and social institutions.

The figure of the monstrous feminine has captivated human imagination for centuries, with representations of powerful and threatening women appearing in myths, folklore, and cultural...

You close your laptop. The board meeting ends. You made the ask, clearly, calmly, strategically. Someone nodded. Someone pushed back. Someone stayed unreadable. From the outside, it looks like a wim.

I was recently watching a documentary on YouTube titled Intersexion: Boy or Girl on the Real Stories channel. I expected to learn more about intersex experiences, but I did not expect the documentary...

World Kindness Day is 13 November every year, introduced in 1998 as an international observance, and the World Kindness Movement's goal is to have World Kindness Day officially recognised by the United Nations...

What does the name Sanae mean? It is the name of the new, very entertaining Japanese PM who can seduce many statesmen with charisma, energy, and uniqueness. Wisdom radiates in many videos, but Japanese...

If you’ve ever travelled abroad, joined a multicultural team, or even participated in an online meeting spanning continents, you’ve likely felt it, that subtle, uneasy awareness of where to look. Should you...

I came from a Dysfunctional Family. My parents got divorced when I was very young, and my dad had joint custody of his three children. I can remember being a very emotional child, crying a lot, and...

Compassion means to witness and suffer with your own suffering and the suffering of others. As a student of compassionate inquiry which is a psychotherapeutic approach to healing that was created by...

Diversity isn’t a threat, it’s a superpower that fuels innovation, collaboration, and progress. In a world quick to polarize, this article reminds us that inclusion isn’t about ideology but about bringing unique...

Texas spent more than $221 million busing migrants to northern cities, then sent its soldiers to “restore order” in the very places it destabilized. This isn’t law and order. It’s political theater...

Being socially awkward can create experiences that are uncomfortable and cause anxiety in social situations. It often involves difficulty communicating or engaging with others, leading to feelings...

When we think of a survival code, we picture secret formulas, hacks, or breakthroughs that let a species or an industry thrive. For the future of science, technology, engineering, math, and economics...

October is Mental Health Awareness Month and year, as I read LinkedIn posts, I’m struck by how many leaders pause for reflection, post something thoughtful, and then move quickly back to...

Trauma is not merely a personal experience, "It is generational, social, and ethical." Unresolved wounds carried by individuals ripple outward into families, communities, and institutions. At the same...

I now declare with solemnity and vision the commissioning of my first imperial palace. This palace is to be raised upon my ancestral territory, a sacred land that has borne the footsteps of my forefathers...

We live in a world where the fear of offending someone has become more powerful than the need to speak honestly. Cartoons are canceled, movies are erased, debates are silenced, people are...

Autism isn’t a list of deficits to fix, it’s a valid way of being. This article moves beyond pathology to center autistic lived experience, exploring why masking harms, how neurodiversity reframes...

Silence Hurts Louder shows why speaking up heals trauma across generations. A resilience manifesto for Gen Z dreamers and builders, it turns inner peace into real-world impact, from mental health to purpose...

For centuries, the story of Black people in America has been hijacked, reduced to a single entry point: chains. Textbooks drilled into us that our history here began on slave ships.