by Lucy Shenouda | May 7, 2017 | Change, Courage, Resourcefulness
The visionaries who raise the bar in their chosen fields walk converging paths marked with hope and fear. As they do new things, they win, they fail, they learn, they win again, fail again and continue on their journey resilient to the obstacles they may pass along... 
by Lucy Shenouda | Jan 12, 2017 | Courage, Creativity, Curiousity, Perfection
The path to creativity unfolds in various ways over a lifetime of experiences, flaws et all. In Part 2 of this series, I write about the risks of creativity – how being a hostage to certainty disrupts creativity. I have learned that with creative... 
by Lucy Shenouda | Jan 1, 2017 | Courage, Creativity, Curiousity
The quest for creativity is a lifelong learning process, risks and all. The sheer potential for creativity, in my view, is immense no matter the discomfort in the pursuit. I now lean in on what I learned as a child – to pursue creativity with a bucket load of... 
by Sylvia Abergil | Sep 21, 2016 | Courage, Insight
One of the longest journeys one can take is from our mind to our heart. Many of us live our lives allowing our minds to guide us through life’s challenges. We inadvertently make life more difficult than it has to be. From a young age, we absorb the attitudes, limiting... 
by Lucy Shenouda | Jan 22, 2016 | Change, Courage
At the boarding gate while awaiting a flight somewhere new, someplace different yet familiar, I want to freeze time. I want to be in the moment for as long as possible. I want to savour the mystery, to visualize my highest dream of the adventure to come. Sublime. I... 
by Lucy Shenouda | Aug 21, 2015 | Change, Courage
When are difficult things easy? Can difficult things be easy? When are great things small? Can great things be small? In Chinese prophet Lao-tzu’s 64th verse, a translation reads: “Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are...
