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8 Life Lessons to Learn from Kung Fu Panda
Introduction Kung Fu Panda is a fun and energetic film series filled with great fight sequences, wittiness, and wisdom. Even though kids...
Stella Beckmann
Feb 7, 2024


7 Reasons You Keep Failing at Your Goals - and How to Not
It’s the start of 2024: a time of new year's resolutions and goal setting. It’s no secret that the toughest part of achieving goals is...
Stella Beckmann
Jan 21, 2024


How to Rewire Your Brain to Create More Opportunities In Life
There’s a story about a devoutly religious man once caught in a severe flood. He prayed to God for rescue. Soon enough, a neighbour rowed...
Stella Beckmann
Jan 19, 2024


Meditating Under a Fig Tree to Figure Out Life
I’m currently at my family’s lifestyle farm for the Christmas and New Year holiday break. Being in the countryside is always a break from...
Stella Beckmann
Jan 14, 2024


6 Life Lessons to Learn From “Call Me By Your Name”
“Call Me by Your Name,” directed by Luca Guadagnino is a coming-of-age romance set in the Italian countryside in the summer of 1983....
Stella Beckmann
Dec 29, 2023


Get Rid of the ‘Grass Is Greener’ Mindset
I used to compare my singing voice to others in my music class. I’d think, ‘I wish I could belt notes as high as she can!’ or ‘I wish my...
Stella Beckmann
Dec 23, 2023


Contrasts and Commonalities: A New Zealander’s Perspective on Bangkok
Introduction Four days into an overseas experience in Bangkok, Thailand, and already, I’ve been struck by some of the stark differences...
Stella Beckmann
Jan 5, 2023


A Reflection: How to Make the Most of this Festive Season
It’s a Saturday morning. I got up at 7am to try a BodyPump class at the gym for the first time. It was challenging as expected, but...
Stella Beckmann
Dec 3, 2022


How to Make Friends At University
Introduction Once we’re past our school and university days, and have entered the workforce, it becomes harder to meet new people. At...
Stella Beckmann
Dec 2, 2022


Can You Guess What This Poem is About?
This poem explores the fantasy of flying as a metaphor for ultimate potential and freedom and the contemplation of the paradoxical...
Stella Beckmann
Aug 4, 2022


10 Ways to Add Value to Your Company (Retail Edition)
At work, would you want a promotion? Would you want a higher salary? Would you want to stand out from everyone else? Well… Duh… We all...
Stella Beckmann
Feb 4, 2022


5 Ways to Decrease Anxiety and Increase Mental Clarity
It’s only normal to experience anxiety or nerves every now and then. Your mind can be hazy, a confetti of debris. However, whether it’s...
Caitlin Mansfield
Jan 9, 2022


How ‘Squid Game’ Reinvents These 6 Cliche Life Lessons
Lately, ‘Squid Game’ has been dominating the media. Though the premise is enticing, I was initially put off by the disconcerting coloured...
Stella Beckmann
Nov 17, 2021


Eulogy: A Poem About The Destruction of Beauty
I wrote this reflection the better part of a year ago. It has since sat scrawled and untouched in blue ink in my diary. In essence that...
Caitlin Mansfield
Nov 5, 2021


3 Ways Lockdown Has Affected Us - Told From A Young Person’s Perspective
The other day I was on a zoom call for a history class when I heard an explosion. I looked to my right to see a meter of red-orange...
Stella Beckmann
Oct 7, 2021


9 Qualities We Can Learn From Lucifer Morningstar
We tend to carry preconceptions that prematurely shape our understanding of certain people or things. When my dad overheard I was...
Stella Beckmann
Sep 26, 2021


The Open Door
It’s been 8133 minutes, 135.55 hours, and 5.648 days since I’ve directly seen sunlight. I sit here on my laptop getting my dopamine fix...
Stella Beckmann
Sep 23, 2021


The Cure For Negative Emotions
A while back, a friend of mine was having a bad week. He was struggling with his girlfriend, as well as having lots of disagreements with...
Stella Beckmann
Aug 28, 2021


The Experience Of Lockdown: A Dream Or A Nightmare?
Empty streets, abandoned cities, and deathly silence. An apocalypse? The zombies would be those human-looking creatures that have evolved...
Stella Beckmann
Aug 26, 2021


Life Hacks 101: How To Know When You’ve Mastered A Healthy Habit
We all have an ideal version of ourselves in our mind. That person may look happier, more driven, more attractive, have a certain skill...
Stella Beckmann
Aug 17, 2021
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