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I used to think adulthood would eventually feel like arrival. I am beginning to suspect it is simply learning to be scared about the bills, hopeful about the future, tired of holding everything together — and still noticing the small things that are giving us more life.
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If you had asked me a year ago what success looked like, I probably would have described achievement. A respected title.A seat at important tables.A calendar filled with meetings.A career that made sense to everyone else. Today, my answer is different. The biggest lesson I’ve learned recently is that purpose and practicality have to learn…
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Negative thoughts don’t make you weak—they make you human. The real question is whether you let them make your decisions. Here’s what therapy, reinvention, and life have taught me about quieting the inner critic.
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I thought I was travelling to speak. Instead, I came home carrying lessons about women supporting women, entrepreneurship, identity, and the quiet moments that reveal exactly where we belong. Sometimes the greatest transformation happens after the applause ends.
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The best advice I would give someone younger than me isn’t about careers, money, or success. It’s about learning to trust yourself sooner, especially when life doesn’t go according to plan. Sometimes the ladder breaks—and that’s exactly when you discover you can build a different way up.
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As I prepare to speak in St. Lucia this week, I’m reflecting on a lesson that has shaped my year: confidence isn’t something you gain after success. It’s something you practice before success arrives. When the ladder breaks, sometimes the greatest gift is discovering you can build your own way up.
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If I could sit across from my 20-year-old self, I’d probably start by telling her to relax. Not because life will be easy. It won’t. Not because everything will work out exactly as planned. It won’t. But because she is carrying far too much responsibility for things that were never hers to control. At 20,…
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Most visitors arrive expecting Carnival, and rightly so. But Trinidad and Tobago is far more than feathers, fetes, and soca. It’s a country built on culture, community, food, faith, and stories that reveal themselves only if you stay long enough to look beyond the headlines.
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One of the hardest leadership lessons I have learned is this: Not everyone wants talented people around them. Some leaders see capability and think, “How can I help this person grow?” Others see capability and think, “How do I protect my position?” The difference between those two mindsets can determine the culture of an entire…
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I would love to see a world where people are finally valued for who they are, rather than what they produce. A world where success is measured less by job titles, salaries, follower counts, and status symbols, and more by kindness, integrity, curiosity, and contribution. As someone who spent years climbing ladders—corporate ladders, academic ladders,…
Sarala Life — Life in Chapters: Careers, Canines, Cabernet & Courage 