by Taslim Jaffer | Apr 4, 2016 | Life Lessons
“I can’t wait till our 40’s,” my friend, Jessica, said as she sat on my living room floor. “What? Why? We just turned 30! Why do you want to get old??” I exclaimed something to this effect. I can’t remember the exact words...
by Taslim Jaffer | Mar 2, 2016 | Life Lessons
It feels like ages since I’ve blogged and I’ve missed it. Much of my work time has gone into preparing my presentation for the Today’s Modern Women of Faith conference (3 more sleeps!). I’ve prepared a presentation which I hope will bridge the...
by Taslim Jaffer | Feb 10, 2016 | Authenticity
Like every young child, I asked a lot of questions. My curiosity was particularly piqued by relationships among people and groups. Further along in childhood and adolescence, when I learned more about discrimination on a personal level I questioned why prejudice...
by Taslim Jaffer | Jan 26, 2016 | Journalling
This post is going to be short (I hope) because I am starting it dangerously close to school pick-up time! Today I’m thinking about ‘coming to terms’ with things that change or change our world…events, people, situations. So, I’m...
by Taslim Jaffer | Jan 25, 2016 | Inspirational Women
I have another guest today – the final one in this series around guiding words for the year. I met Bianca Bujan in 2012, during the same dinner I met Natalia who shared her words here last week. Since then I’ve only had the opportunity to see Bianca a...
by Taslim Jaffer | Jan 19, 2016 | Creativity & Writing Tips
I’ve renewed my vows with Creativity. I’ve given myself permission to love It and spend time with It and do the whole give-and-take thing with It. Simply because I am in love, and have always been in love, with creating. Not everyone who loves creating...