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Staying Sane, Staying Light

Every time I am done with a large deadline, I feel an enormous wave of calm wash over me, as if all my worries were over for the rest of my life. Of course, I am well aware that they are not, but somehow my brain shuts down negativity and allows myself to indulge in […]

by Ilakkiyaa Mar 16, 2022Mar 16, 2022

Surviving on Oxytocin

I checked with my neurologist husband and even he couldn’t verify how true it was. That post about hacking happy hormones. How endorphins are evoked through exercise or laughter, dopamine through finishing tasks, oxytocin through hugs or pets and serotonin through meditation. But it felt right to me somehow. In any case, I’m running low […]

by Ilakkiyaa Feb 16, 2022Feb 16, 2022

What They Don’t Tell You About Happily Ever After – The Romantic Messages edition

Disclaimer: This probably is not as hilarious as it’s in my head. Proceed cautiously and flee as necessary. Oh, and the picture has nothing to do with the post; I just thought it made for an interesting array of geometric shapes. Unless.. you considered an artistic expression of the various contours that are juxtaposed in […]

by Ilakkiyaa Feb 5, 2022Feb 7, 2022

Infinite

I didn’t have enough words in me to capture that moment. So I wondered, why not capture it as it is. One of those rare moments of clarity when the world falls away and all that remains is a feeling of silent awe of being here, in the present moment, as part of something infinite.

by Ilakkiyaa Feb 3, 2022

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Staying Sane, Staying Light

Surviving on Oxytocin

What They Don’t Tell You About Happily Ever After – The Romantic Messages edition

Infinite

The Haunting