Thought for the Day

Sharing our stories requires us to believe that we won't be

rejected for them–to believe that when we reveal our whole

selves, including the parts we aren't proud of, we won't be

seen as undeserving of acceptance or love.

~ Suleika Jaouad

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Quoted from Suleika Jaouad, "Fill the House with Light" in The Isolation Journals with Suleika Jaouad, May 25, 2025

 

Suleika Jaouad, Journalist, Author, Artist, Advocate, and Public Speaker

 

Jaouad's books are The Book of Alchemy:A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life (2025) and the memoir Between Two Kingdoms (2022); she also is the creator of the Isolation Journals newsletter. You can find on her Website some of her other writing, including her column for The New York Times and essays and reporting, as well as the trailer for a documentary, American Symphony, about Jaouad and her husband Jon Batiste.