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Come Correct: Why I No Longer Teach People How to Treat Me
I had a thought the other day in the shower that I recently sat with in my journal: you don’t need to teach people how to treat you, but it’s your responsibility…
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To Be Great: How Jill Scott’s “Be Great” Made Me Sit With Greatness
It’s been almost 7 years since I wrote a Song for Soul piece. But this song made me pause, reflect, and write about it because that’s what music does sometimes: it makes…
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Fuck The Race: I’m Taking My Time
For the first time in over a decade of writing, I had to pause because I was asked to. I would usually stop out of laziness, insecurities, fears, or lack of focus.…
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Mindful Use of Generative AI: 20 Personal Agreements
I started an important conversation about the use of generative AI (think: ChatGPT, Gemini, and other chatbots that can converse with us and come up with original answers), and now I need…
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Self: Mind, Body & Spirit
Come Correct: Why I No Longer Teach People How to Treat Me
I had a thought the other day in the shower that I recently sat with in my journal: you don’t need to teach people how to treat you, but it’s your responsibility…
Keep readingTo Be Great: How Jill Scott’s “Be Great” Made Me Sit With Greatness
It’s been almost 7 years since I wrote a Song for Soul piece. But this song made me pause, reflect, and write about it because that’s what music does sometimes: it makes…
Keep readingFuck The Race: I’m Taking My Time
For the first time in over a decade of writing, I had to pause because I was asked to. I would usually stop out of laziness, insecurities, fears, or lack of focus.…
Keep readingMindful Use of Generative AI: 20 Personal Agreements
I started an important conversation about the use of generative AI (think: ChatGPT, Gemini, and other chatbots that can converse with us and come up with original answers), and now I need…
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People & Relationships
Come Correct: Why I No Longer Teach People How to Treat Me
I had a thought the other day in the shower that I recently sat with in my journal: you don’t need to teach people how to treat you, but it’s your responsibility…
Keep readingTo Be Great: How Jill Scott’s “Be Great” Made Me Sit With Greatness
It’s been almost 7 years since I wrote a Song for Soul piece. But this song made me pause, reflect, and write about it because that’s what music does sometimes: it makes…
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5 Reasons Why Staying Angry is Expensive
Not too long ago (what is time anyway?), I had a release ritual. I was walking around angry, but not angry enough, to immediately sit with it. So I parked my anger…
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When Love Requires Distance: A Personal Journey
Discover ‘Distance as an Expression of Love’ on JunealHolder.com. Explore how conscious separation & healthy boundaries foster self-love, healing, and pure connection, even from afar.
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Society & Structures
Fuck The Race: I’m Taking My Time
For the first time in over a decade of writing, I had to pause because I was asked to. I would usually stop out of laziness, insecurities, fears, or lack of focus.…
Keep readingMindful Use of Generative AI: 20 Personal Agreements
I started an important conversation about the use of generative AI (think: ChatGPT, Gemini, and other chatbots that can converse with us and come up with original answers), and now I need…
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The Genie: A Short Story
“How can I help you?” he asked, when he saw me snooping around his environment. I told him that I came looking for answers, and that friends have recommended me to him…
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When Convenience Becomes Annoyance: My Journey With AI
I’m writing this post for two reasons: first, to publicly share my stance on generative AI as a writer practicing mindfulness for over a decade. I believe this is important, as we…
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Book Recommendations
A Soft Launch…
Dears, Things have been quiet around here, but I have major news to share with you. While you didn’t hear much from me these past 5 months, I have been creating. A…
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Book Recommendation: The Surrender Experiment by Michael A Singer
Dears, It’s been a few years since I last wrote a book recommendation. I want to pick this up again. So, as a comeback to book recommendations, hereby a recommendation of a…
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Book Recommendation: Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
Hello dears, It took me waaaayyy too long to read books this year, let alone write recommendations. This is *only* my second 🙁 and last one for this year. It’s ok though..…
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Book Recommendation: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Dears, it’s been a while since I wrote a Book Recommendation. Reading wasn’t much of a priority in the past months, but I’m excited to be reading again. You know, oftentimes we…
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Songs for Soul
To Be Great: How Jill Scott’s “Be Great” Made Me Sit With Greatness
It’s been almost 7 years since I wrote a Song for Soul piece. But this song made me pause, reflect, and write about it because that’s what music does sometimes: it makes…
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Song For Soul: SoulBird Rise
It’s been soooo long since I wrote a #SongForSoul post. But India.Arie inspired me to write one again. This post is an ode to the Goddess that she is. Happy Bornday, India…
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Song For Soul: Holy (Jamila Woods)
“Woke up this morning with my mind set on loving me.” – Jamila Woods I heard this song a few days ago in the soundtrack of the movie Nappily Ever After (which…
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Song For Soul: Grateful (Rita Ora)
As I’m settling back with school and work after an amazing summer – and aligning my actions with my intentions, as life continues to show me how amazingly well it is turning…
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Academia: Essays, Critiques & Research
Click here for a list of some of the most remarkable and socially relevant works I produced during my time as a student pursuing tertiary education in the Netherlands.
