Poorva Misra-Miller

Caucasian woman in mask coping with anxiety

5 Actionable Strategies for Coping with Anxiety in a Global Pandemic

Modern life is designed to push our buttons and trigger anxiety. Throw a global pandemic and lockdowns into the mix, and a global mental health crisis becomes a disaster. Managing anxiety and keeping a handle on negative emotions is more important now than it’s ever been. And while we may have adapted our lifestyles to …

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Writer and activist Hima Batavia

How to Create a Healing Career — A Social Innovator on How Culture, Curiosity, and Creativity Guide Her

We have all heard the words – you’re not what you do and your career doesn’t define you. But what if you could build a career that was you in the best way possible? A career built from your deepest values, created and fueled by your passions and one that ultimately healed you? Development researcher …

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Mariam Wardak of Her Afghanistan

The Changing Face of Women’s Progress in Afghanistan

Mariam Wardak, Founder of Her Afghanistan, speaks to women in our town on trust, culture, and her journey to become an influential advocate for women’s progress. The sculpture is already complete within the marble block before I start my work. It is already there; I just have to chisel away the superfluous material. Michelangelo For …

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What Does Human Trafficking Look Like? — Rhonelle Bruder, on Her Experience as a Survivor of Trafficking and Rising to Resilience

What does human trafficking look like? Have you ever met someone that is being trafficked or is a victim of trafficking? Chances are if you have, you wouldn’t know. They themselves may not know. Rhonelle Bruder is a speaker, human rights advocate, and founder of Project iRISE (formerly the RISE initiative), a non-profit organization committed …

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