Generational insight towards healing
Ons Mustafa & Sondos Al Sad “It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards,’ says the White Queen to Alice.” Lewis Carroll While I work diligently on identifying healing tools and introducing them to communities I work with, I am fully aware of my own journey towards it as a wounded healer. My […]
Reclaiming Women’s Power: Empathy!
Sondos Al Sad Thanks to the “mutant” common cold virus that has challenged our resilience and exposed our flaws like nothing else. We have witnessed “the taboos” getting liberated into our public court; everyone now is talking about religion, politics, and sex. The pandemic was an invitation to reclaim ownership of our minds and admit […]
Thoughts for Food
Sondos Al Sad Dec, 2022 “No fellow fills a container worse than a stomach. A few morsels that keep the back upright are sufficient. If we have to, then we should keep one-third for food, one-third for drink and one-third for breathing.” Our relationship with food has become more dysfunctional than ever. We link it […]
Bootstrapping
Sondos Al Sad Dec, 2022 The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” – Mahatma Gandhi It was 2005 when I designed the first women’s health education workshop, I had only taken a couple epidemiology courses and one community medicine course. I had no funding, mentorship or knowledge […]
Lemony Snicket’s or Hippocratic Oath
Sondos Al Sad Oct, 2022 “Followers of Islam are misunderstood, misinterpreted, and often feared due in part to prevailing derogatory media influences prior to and since 9/11” * Whether there is published data to prove it or not, Muslim patients are often getting the short end of the stick. Our biases are ticking bombs, they […]
Women’s health = Public health
Sondos Al Sad Nov, 2022 “Women should not shoulder the most burden with the least resources, even if they can.” Population health is the discipline caring for health outcomes and their distribution within a particular community. Public health is the umbrella that enforces changes to ensure all populations are in optimal health conditions. Women’s health […]
Enjoin wellness
Sondos Al Sad Nov, 2022 “It has too much sugar in it, are you sure you want that?”. I had to raise my head off the phone to see who quoted my forever motherly statement! Excitedly, the barista at the nearby hospital cafe offered a healthy reminder to the overwhelmed employee in the scrubs. Was […]