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Eight steps to get rid of your procrastination habit — Soul Chocolate

“PROCRASTINATION IS THE thief of time. Collar him!” wrote Charles Dickens in his novel, David Copperfield, way back in 1849. Over a…

Aug 16, 2020

Eight steps to get rid of your procrastination habit — Soul Chocolate

Aug 16, 2020

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Do you keep putting things off? You aren’t the only one — Soul Chocolate

DON’T PUT OFF till tomorrow what you can do today — can you recall how many times your mom or dad told you this when you were in school…

Aug 13, 2020

Do you keep putting things off? You aren’t the only one — Soul Chocolate

Aug 13, 2020

Zaara

Lessons from a pandemic: What corona is teaching us — Soul Chocolate

ALL THE WORLD’s scientists are racing to come out with a coronavirus vaccine. Some countries, such as Spain and China, are staring at a…

Aug 6, 2020

Lessons from a pandemic: What corona is teaching us — Soul Chocolate

Aug 6, 2020

Zaara

Seven steps to kick your toxic approval-seeking habit | Soul Chocolate

Needing approval is tantamount to saying, ‘Your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself’ -Dr Wayne W. Dyer, Your…

Jul 19, 2020

Seven steps to kick your toxic approval-seeking habit

Jul 19, 2020

Zaara

Making music with broken strings: A lesson in resilience | Soul Chocolate

BROKEN STRINGS, broken people, the brokenness of things. The word ‘broken’ has been haunting me of late, almost stalking me. It has…

Jul 13, 2020

Making music with broken strings: A lesson in resilience | Soul Chocolate

Jul 13, 2020

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Happiness is a choice: Start working on it rightaway | Soul Chocolate

I’VE BEEN TRYING to remember who it was that tried to calm me down years ago after being subjected to my adolescent angst. I have an old…

Jul 7, 2020

Happiness is a choice: Start working on it rightaway | Soul Chocolate

Jul 7, 2020

Zaara

Stunned by the sound of silence: A French soldier’s story | Soul Chocolate

HONESTLY, I NEVER thought I’d ever remember my kindergarten teacher again. She was an Anglo-Indian lady called Miss Tony, who wore little…

Jun 7, 2020

The sound of silence

Jun 7, 2020

Zaara

Thank you, dear guardian angel, for saving my life | Soul Chocolate

As a child, I would often wonder what a ‘guardian angel’ would be like. How I would spot one if it glided past me. Whether it would have a…

Jan 26, 2020

Thank you, dear guardian angel, for saving my life

Jan 26, 2020

Zaara

The fortune in a Turkish cobbler’s stars | Soul Chocolate

Many of us may have shed a silent tear while watching the 2014 Hollywood film, The Fault in our Stars. In the film, a 16-year-old girl…

Jan 21, 2020

The fortune in a Turkish Cobblers stars

Jan 21, 2020

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Give some, get a lumpsum — a Sufi bargain hunt | Soul Chocolate

My school principal, a feisty Irish nun, would often say that some people tended to look upon God as a ‘slot machine’. Instead of a…

Jan 17, 2020

Give some, get a lumpsum — a Sufi bargain hunt | Soul Chocolate

Jan 17, 2020

Zaara

Zaara

Journalist with over 25 years of experience. Alumnus of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Content creator at https://www.soulchocolate.org

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