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A Woman’s Place, with Dr. Katherine Attoh Berko

Lens of Passion was drawn to Dr. Katherine Attoh Berko by a posting she wrote on the LinkedIn platform. Her story is one that we hear frequently. A story about a woman passionate about making a difference in the world. A woman must balance all the responsibilities of her position in her culture and her gender in this world.

Johnny Tieu – Raise the Bar

Johnny is scouting for a plot of land in Bali to build a villa and he has just opened a bar in Berawa. The Brooklyn-born is getting engaged to Indonesia. “Apparently, yes. It’s being a home base now. Don’t get me wrong, I love New York and my friends there, it’s my ‘home’ forever but when I went back to the city it just reminded me why I’m not there anymore,” he reasons. “For one I’m not sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic. We have bike traffic here, but it’s not nearly as bad.”

Alignment

In July, we want to think about alignment. Alignment of our want, environment and behavior. Share with us, how do…

Hello, buds

When you can’t go outside, go inside. Your private universe, a plot of land you were given at birth. The…

Ana Filomena Amaral: Words of Fire

One of the Buddhist teachings in my life’s toolbox goes, “Take all in with a strong back and a soft front, for life is harsh and you want to be gentle.” A contemporary adaption to this mantra is coined by Brené Brown, an American researcher…

Of Nature

Forest Feathers fall in the forest, through the cracks of the early morning sun, footprints buffered by waves that hit…