Tag Archives: Narrative

Storytelling Is Your Superpower

Do You Know How Powerful You Are? Do You Know How Powerful You Are? Did you know that you have a superpower that gives you the ability to create and destroy worlds? Yes. You! You are superhero (or a supervillain) waiting to emerge. But you may not know it yet. And that’s why I’m here—toContinueContinue reading “Storytelling Is Your Superpower”

Who Wants to Work For a World That’s Not Working With Us?

“I hate school,” says my 7-year-old almost every single day. “Oh really?” I ask with curiosity. “What do you hate about it? Tell me more,” I encourage even as I am continuing to make her food for lunch and pack her things to send her to the very place that she has just told meContinueContinue reading “Who Wants to Work For a World That’s Not Working With Us?”

Bias By Us: How Our Unconscious Programs Us to Harm the Other

Black, White, or Other? “Pedro, Pedro, go back to Mexico.” “Pedro, Pedro, go back to Mexico.” “Pedro, Pedro, go back to Mexico.” Being Black and growing up in the South—between Virginia and Mississippi—with a name like Pedro Senhorinha Ramos Montero Silva brought in many unwelcomed experiences in my life. One of which was the otheringContinueContinue reading “Bias By Us: How Our Unconscious Programs Us to Harm the Other”

The Coin Does Not Have Two Sides

Recently, I had a very affirming experience. I wrote a very in depth description of my understanding of how polarities function in every human system using personal anecdotes and substantiating it with my understandings from my religion and philosophies that I have been exposed to. In all honesty, it was one of my most vulnerableContinueContinue reading “The Coin Does Not Have Two Sides”

How to Lose Like A Winner

One of the most impactful experiences in my life was being punched severely after a basketball game by one of my own teammates who blamed me for our loss. Now mind you that this was not a high stakes game. There was no money on the table. We were not in the final game ofContinueContinue reading “How to Lose Like A Winner”