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Seven Days

Imagine No phones to distract you, no jobs, no family, no lists, no goals. No pressure, no alarm clock and nobody looking over your...

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Why life coaching will transform Pakistan

A life coach is someone whose job involves helping people to improve their lives by doing challenging or worthwhile things. Dictionary...

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Kindness and compassion

What is inextricably true about keeping your heart soft and open is that you are continually filled with kindness and compassion. It’s...

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Zainab and the Collective Conscious

The rape and murder of a 7 year old girl in Kasur, Punjab, Pakistan 2 days ago has led to a huge outpouring of grief showing the...

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Life coaching in Pakistan — The Three Principles in Training

I never thought I’d become a coach and now I am there is nothing else. Life, coportate and diversity coaching has given me a new world...

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No not Burning Man, I’m going to Mecca

It was around this time last year that I felt a tugging at my heart strings. A pulling if you like or a calling. I knew that I wanted to...

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Happy Birthday Dear Pakistan — Our Collective Hearts Still Hurt

Seventy years old today, I am reminded of the words of Pakistan’s founder and father Muhammad Ali Jinnah. This man was an inspiration and...

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See that bias over there…. that’s you

There is a saying that all 5 fingers are not equal. Together they make a hand function and that is how we are used to it. Our body is an...

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The single story creates stereotypes

The single story creates stereotypes, whether, gender, race, religion, age, sexuality — any and all the cultures above. We used to talk...