Zaid Ismail
@zaidie@zaidismail.com
Author, life coach, and mental health activist. We need to change the narrative from disorders, illnesses, and survival to accountability, understanding, and thriving.
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What is forgiveness about anyway?
If there is one piece of advice that will help you through the worst of times, this is it. Internalise this, connect with it, make it your mantra if you must, but understand that forgiveness on its own, without acceptance, will leave you yearning for retribution or justice. Acceptance is more important than forgiveness, because…
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Two rules for life
There are two rules that I wish more people would apply in their lives. Rules that will result in more sincerity and less hypocrisy. More trust, less betrayal. More wholesome relationships, less infidelity and betrayal. The two rules are simple. Firstly, don’t exhaust yourself explaining your behaviour to people who don’t matter. This not only…
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Take stock, and reconnect
Stepping back and taking stock requires more than just an arrest of the ego. It requires a desire to return to a point of sincerity and authenticity in our lives when we were filled with hope about the future, after finding ourselves filled with a longing for the past instead. Arresting the ego becomes easier…
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Claim your self-worth
Don’t be like those that only serve others when there’s something in it for them. That’s not goodwill or charity, it’s business. Uplifting others should be done because you want them to experience the value that you have in your life. Not because you want them to worship you, or celebrate your praises. Let’s bring…
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The hypocrisy of self-loathing
The most toxic plague in the human condition is that of demanding kindness while withholding it. I watch with morbid curiosity the volumes of memes and quotes shared by many in which we are reminded to treat everyone with kindness because we never know what struggles they are enduring. Yet, those same people are waiting…
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A healthy self esteem is the greatest gift
I believe that the greatest gift we can give our children is a healthy self-esteem. Without it, they’ll seek affirmation from the worst sources in their quest to feel appreciated. The greatest skill they can acquire is that of observation, which in turn, develops their critical thinking skills. Without it, they’ll struggle to tell truth…
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If tomorrow never comes…
So often I hear people speak of tomorrow not being guaranteed, but still packing away that dinner set for just a special occasion. We delay making changes that we know we need to make to improve the quality of our life, or of the lives of those around us, because we think we have time.…