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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Gluttonous distractions
The utopian ideal for many is to find a line of work that feeds our passion for life, while also earning us a comfortable lifestyle. Inevitably, the comfort of the material rewards for such a pursuit, for those of us fortunate enough to discover our passion, slowly distracts us from that unadulterated passion that once…
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Regret doesn’t change the past
It’s easy to lose ourselves in our efforts to overcome upheaval. It’s also easy to look back and think that it was the trial that developed the strength or ability to overcome it. But, what if we had that within us all along, and the trial only revealed it? We must recognise the difference between…
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Protect your dream
How often do you hold yourself back while waiting for someone else to believe in you first? When venturing into a new domain, or taking that bravely bold step to reinvent yourself, don’t be disheartened when you find that those you thought closest to you do not support you. Those closest to us are invested…
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The present moment
There is one thing more desolate than hopelessness. It’s the absence of expectations. Hope only hurts when we still expect things to turn out differently, or still want it to be more. When we give up hope, and we surrender our expectations, we’re left with nothing but the present moment. The past fades as a…
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It starts and ends with gratitude
Many struggle with achieving a sense of fulfilment in their lives because they have yet to appreciate, with sincerity, the value that they hold within themselves. We only make ourselves truly available in a relationship, romantic or otherwise, if we believe that who we are will be valued by others. The irony is that gratitude…