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Sadia Kalam's avatar

Really loved the metaphor of the phoenix and how Wajeeha didn’t give up on her dream!! The food blog world is super competitive as much as corporate philanthropy i imagine but there’s no getting away.

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Creative Parenting Club's avatar

There's a little bit of the phoenix in all of us!

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Saira Anwar's avatar

Amazing. Such an inspiring read. Love this for you. Cheering you on 😍🥳🎉❤️

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Wajeeha Nadeem's avatar

Thank you so much Saira! Always grateful for your support. ❤️

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Saira Anwar's avatar

Anytime! Always a pleasure to support you and your amazing work 💛❤️🥰

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Shaz_wd's avatar

You need to step out of that whirlpool of self-doubt and stop labeling your shortcomings as failures. What you call 'failure' is actually life teaching you, redirecting you, and shaping your journey in ways you may not even realize yet. Whenever you feel stuck, imagine pulling your perspective high up, like a drone soaring in the sky, and view your life from a broader lens. And from what I see, you’ve already been doing that—you’re capable of so much more. Sending more power your way!

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Ps. Get well soon ✨️

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Wajeeha Nadeem's avatar

Thank you so much Shazmeera, you've always been such a positive voice in my life, I really appreciate that! ❤️

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Danni Levy's avatar

Thank you for sharing your success story. Because I see no failure, only awakening into life. We tend to want to set an example for our children (the whole world - what pressure!) of being a human who does something valuable. So we do and do and do. But what if we didn't? What if we exampled choosing not to do? What if this was the most valuable something we exemplified and taught (to our children and the rest of the world). What makes humans (as Nature) the most beautiful is our capacity to change and flow. Just another way to express the crash and rise. An inspiring story from an extraordinary human being and mom. 💕

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Wajeeha Nadeem's avatar

Thank you so much Danni, you're an amazing person yourself! ❤️

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Danni Levy's avatar

Thank you. Always so precious to be reminded. Love and more love.💞

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Saba Ahmed's avatar

Great work...

Your words are inspiring and give hope to parents to do something for themselves

Best of luck 👍

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Wajeeha Nadeem's avatar

Thank you so much Saba, appreciate the kind words. 💕💕

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YellowHeights's avatar

for those of you who have followed my story, today i published the next chapter, with some pretty revealing stories of my education school experience. it's at https://open.substack.com/pub/yellowheights/p/chapter-9-of-unbalanced-memoir-of?r=535i4b&utm_medium=ios

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and thanks for mentioning my blog too, @creative parenting club

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Creative Parenting Club's avatar

Of course! We've been really enjoying your writing over the last week :-)

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YellowHeights's avatar

it's a great piece. keep on waneeha!

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Wajeeha Nadeem's avatar

Thank you so much! :)

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Alexander Hettinga's avatar

"I wanted to have it all, but to have it all, you need to give it all. With two young kids, I didn’t have much left to give." Feeling this today, and grateful for your story, Wajeeha!

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Wajeeha Nadeem's avatar

Thank you so much Alexander. You will get through it, we all do. Just hang in there. :)

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Wajeeha Nadeem's avatar

Thank you so much for this opportunity, I really enjoyed writing this piece!

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Creative Parenting Club's avatar

Thank you for writing! It really is the perfect metaphor for us creative parents 😅🏋️‍♀️

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Wajeeha Nadeem's avatar

I agree. It came to me randomly one day, when I was thinking back to those days of food blogging. Also is it weird that I really love phoenixes? 😅

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Creative Parenting Club's avatar

Def not weird :-) one of the best mythical creatures out there

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