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Breaking Free from Hosting Stress: Embracing Simplicity and Connection

Breaking Free from Hosting Stress: Embracing Si...

Hala Khalifeh

You wake up from the sound of dishes clanking downstairs. There’s a distant hum from what you can only imagine is the vacuum going over the carpet in methodic patterns...

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Breaking Free from Hosting Stress: Embracing Si...

Hala Khalifeh

You wake up from the sound of dishes clanking downstairs. There’s a distant hum from what you can only imagine is the vacuum going over the carpet in methodic patterns...

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We Lose Only When We Are Silent

We Lose Only When We Are Silent

Hala Khalifeh

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be a voice in the midst of this turmoil, and the weight that comes with being loud about something you...

We Lose Only When We Are Silent

Hala Khalifeh

I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be a voice in the midst of this turmoil, and the weight that comes with being loud about something you...

Preserving Tradition, Voices and Culture

Preserving Tradition, Voices and Culture

Hala Khalifeh

The most meaningful thing I took home from my trip to Jordan was a textile gifted and hand-stitched by my husband’s Palestinian grandmother, Sitti Aisha. It was lightly folded and...

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Preserving Tradition, Voices and Culture

Hala Khalifeh

The most meaningful thing I took home from my trip to Jordan was a textile gifted and hand-stitched by my husband’s Palestinian grandmother, Sitti Aisha. It was lightly folded and...

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Meeting deadlines when there are none

Meeting deadlines when there are none

Hala Khalifeh

Deadlines feel like those bowling bumpers that block the ball from rolling into the gutter. They’re there to redirect you to your ultimate goal—even when you get a little sidetracked...

Meeting deadlines when there are none

Hala Khalifeh

Deadlines feel like those bowling bumpers that block the ball from rolling into the gutter. They’re there to redirect you to your ultimate goal—even when you get a little sidetracked...

Resisting career norms and giving in to your creative side

Resisting career norms and giving in to your cr...

Hala Khalifeh

I’ve never been much of the sporty type, but if you consider rearranging your bedroom at 3 a.m. a sport, then I was an Olympian. Training took place nearly every...

Resisting career norms and giving in to your cr...

Hala Khalifeh

I’ve never been much of the sporty type, but if you consider rearranging your bedroom at 3 a.m. a sport, then I was an Olympian. Training took place nearly every...