by Taslim Jaffer | May 17, 2016 | Authenticity
To-Do List. Sounds daunting to most of us, and that’s because it’s a never-ending list. If we include work + family + personal care + household maintenance + social calendar…we’re just never caught up. I have to say, though, that although I...
by Taslim Jaffer | May 16, 2016 | Kindness, Legacy
“Your mom’s birthday tomorrow…How are you doing?” My cousin, Zubeen, texted from Toronto last night. I had just come home from my own birthday dinner with my 3 kids and my husband. May has always been a month of celebrations with myself, my...
by Taslim Jaffer | Apr 29, 2016 | Life Lessons
I just watched Jay Shetty redefine failure in this video: If you have a few minutes to be inspired today, I hope you give yourself a chance to watch that. There are so many different points within it; the one I want to share here is this: In the English...
by Taslim Jaffer | Apr 19, 2016 | Authenticity, Motherhood
Sometimes life can feel like a hamster wheel. Definitely, the laundry feels like that. Miss one day, or two and the mountain of clothes to be washed or dried or folded comes crashing down. Then you have to jump back on and maintain that perfect rhythm again. Or else....
by Taslim Jaffer | Apr 12, 2016 | Authenticity
Over the last few years, I’ve written about many different things and for various publications: spring cleaning ideas for a magazine, little girls’ dresses for an e-store, company bios for a financial website, my own memoirs for anthologies, grant...
by Taslim Jaffer | Apr 8, 2016 | Giving Back
Did you know that I was born in East Africa? So were my parents and grandparents. My parents grew up in Kenya, in a beautiful, port town with white sand beaches. Mombasa is a tourist’s delight and a historical trading centre. We left when I was less than a year...
