by Monika Carless | Jul 23, 2015 | Musings
Before I knew what an Empath was, I used to say that I was sensitive and not truly meant for this world. I hoped that one day I would become tougher, not cry at every commercial and movie, not feel things so deeply that it would cripple me emotionally. I remember a...
by Monika Carless | Jul 21, 2015 | Musings
“Fatalism on climate change is not just futile, it’s also incompetent. The hour is late, but it is still absolutely within our power to stop this catastrophe, simply by shifting our economies from oil and coal to other sources of power. And doing so will bring the...
by Monika Carless | Jul 16, 2015 | Quotes
It’s not about agreeing, it’s about co-operating.
by Monika Carless | Jul 6, 2015 | Musings
I came across this video of Em Ford, a London beauty blogger who runs her own YouTube channel My Pale Skin. Ms. Ford suffers from acne. She was bombarded with hateful comments whether she was wearing make-up or not, after posting a tutorial on how to conceal...
by Monika Carless | Jun 15, 2015 | Musings
I struggled with writing a piece about Father’s Day. I have had two fathers. My birth father, a man I only knew until I was eight, and whom I can still feel in my heart, hung himself after the death of my mother. I have...