What does it mean to do my work freely, without obeying rules I didn’t make? Heeding to what’s considered appropriate is the longstanding dilemma of my career. In the way big P (being professional) has been positioned - proper, polished, ever pleasant...and in such, devoid of passion... it just ain‘t working for me.
Being passionate means having strong emotions for, (and against something), is far from being up to code, and passion in/at work overrides any attempts to upkeep manicured public profiles, or say, deliver what’s expected. So what happens if we stop subscribing to a narrative that says we should?

Personal Growth, Self Leadership, EntrepreneurshipJasmin RahimDecember 5, 2018Personal Growth, Self-Leadership

WORK IN PROGRESS | Podcast Interview now live

I’ve had the pleasure to chat with Pete Moore on his #halotalks podcast about how I landed where I am today, why forgiveness may be valuable on the entrepreneurial journey (and life in general) + we jam on the things we care about: Health and Wellness. Click here to listen.

I had many one-way tickets to madman’s situations; moving cities and countries, romantic relationships - but the one with the steepest learning curve was embarking on the (ad)venture of doing my own thing. Starting a business in a foreign country has been the amplified version of a course in embracing the work in progress status - inherent to any entrepreneurial endeavors….

Jasmin RahimApril 15, 2018Entrepreneurship, Mindfulness, Mental Health, Leadership, Human Connection, Personal Growth

IS IT SPRING YET? | The value of winter

Over the past week, we had a few days that had been unusually warm, for this time of the year, for winter. With comforting highs in the 60’s, wherever you’d go in the city, you’d find yourself surrounded by humans rejoicing with the outdoors, raising the universal question at the tail ends of winter: Is it spring yet?

It’s all too human: we want to be warm when it’s cold. We long for balmier conditions in the midst of a harsh winter, for the happiness a sunny day in spring provides. And it is precisely in this longing, that we come to feel alien from nature, from ourselves, from others.

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