by Mensimah | Aug 12, 2018
The Fruit From My Tree The beginning of summer is just around the corner and I am ready for it! Are you? This season brings warmth, flowers, butterflies, colors, rainbows, sorbets, vegetables, and frolicking at the beach, just to name a few things. It is a harvest of... 
by Mensimah | Jun 23, 2018
Living with Love I start this month’s blog on love again and every time someone asks, “What has love got to do with anything?” I am often reminded of Tina Turner’s classic, in which she sings with such passion: “What’s love got to do, got to do with it... 
by Mensimah | May 5, 2018
I love poetry! So I chose love and poetry for the theme as I reflected on the past year’s events and my writings. It has been a great year in many respects, pursuing a new career at this age—but this change has aligned more with Pablo Neruda’s poem La Poesia (1975),... 
by Mensimah | Apr 20, 2018
Choosing the Right Course that Enlivens You and Allows You to Live Vivaciously! When I was in high school, an all girls’ boarding school, I played Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice, and I remember quite well that I had so much fun, and I was very good at playing my... 
by Mensimah | Mar 17, 2018
3 Compelling Ways to Boost Self Esteem The topic of self esteem comes up in a myriad of ways, and most of us, at one time or another, have felt: Crippled by third-party criticism Out of place in different groups including family, friends, and peers A lack of... 
by Mensimah | Jan 2, 2018
Applying The Golden Rule Everyone I know of like-mind seems to celebrate the fact that we made it through 2017! I don’t remember any year in recent memory where our anxieties about our collective fate were so heightened. In 2017, we saw a year of intentional chaos,... 
