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What Makes You & Me Who We Are?
Healing

What Makes You & Me Who We Are?

Not for the first time did I wonder what makes me me or anyone them? Nor was it the first to wonder at how self absorbed humans in general are.

Tshego Khatri
Tshego Khatri
7 min22-03-2026
The Selves of I
Healing

The Selves of I

A while back, when I finally got out of the depressed state I was in, I had a fair share of lessons about my many selves. The weird part...

Tshego Khatri
Tshego Khatri
5 min18-08-2025
The Beach, Dog & the Walk
Healing

The Beach, Dog & the Walk

Two months after a dog attack left me afraid of my own streets, a feral dog with grey-blue eyes on an unfamiliar beach reminded me what lightness feels like.

Tshego Khatri
Tshego Khatri
6 min07-07-2025
Grief is a Desert
Healing

Grief is a Desert

A personal meditation on losing a sibling and the transformative journey through grief over two years.

Tshego Khatri
Tshego Khatri
5 min09-06-2025
The Selves of Us

The Selves of Us

“May they hold up mirrors for us to truly see how all life on this beautiful Earth is connected.”

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