Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
Sometime last month, I made my first trip to Ikea after deciding I finally had reason enough to do so. I needed a floor cushion and since purchasing it I have been putting it to good use. The trip was delightful. I enjoyed marveling at the mock living spaces and the latte at the end of my visit.
Today, my son came to me and gave me a hug – out of the blue.
White Spoon Bahrain, the fundraising cookie cause which supports women and girls across the kingdom, has another initiative in the works. They are trying to raise funds for Fatima who wants to continue her education in Islamic banking and finance but is lacking the funds to do so. The ambitious 24-year-old, who has a GPA of 3.64, has fallen on hard financial times and although she works as an agent in a call centre, needs all the help she can get.
Throughout your life, your brain is being shaped by experience. This process is called neuroplasticity and every repetition of a thought or emotion can reinforce a neural pathway that hardwires the way you form your beliefs, shape your likes and dislikes, create limits that you place on yourself, and reinforces the conscious and unconscious biases you have.
