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Rasyida Paddy

Rasyida Paddy

#BreakTheBias starts at home

Every year, in the lead up to International Women’s Day, I spend a lot of time thinking about what the theme for that year’s IWD theme…

Mar 8, 2022

#BreakTheBias starts at home

Mar 8, 2022

Rasyida Paddy

The mother and the child

Long before I became anything else – a friend, partner, mother, or any other roles I have taken on – I was first and foremost someone’s…

May 9, 2021

The mother and the child

May 9, 2021

Rasyida Paddy

The legacy within me

Today marks a very special day. It’s the first day of the Ramadan fasting month for Muslims in many parts of South East Asia. I often look…

Apr 13, 2021

The legacy within me

Apr 13, 2021

Rasyida Paddy

2020 – the year I was lost at sea

Some time last year, at around this very date and at this very time if I recall correctly, I sat at my dining table with my newly unwrapped…

Dec 30, 2020

2020 – the year I was lost at sea

Dec 30, 2020

Rasyida Paddy

There is no formula or template for grief.

When my father died on the night of July 7, 2020, one of the first few things I thought about an hour after processing the information and…

Oct 5, 2020

Oct 5, 2020

Rasyida Paddy

Eulogy for my father

I looked around as I was sat in the living room of the house I grew up in this afternoon. Everything was still and silent, except for the…

Jul 15, 2020

Eulogy for my father

Jul 15, 2020

Rasyida Paddy

The art and science of keeping calm as a parent

It’s been a week since I am back from the hospital – with a new baby in tow. We officially began life as a family of four that day after I…

Dec 28, 2019

Dec 28, 2019

Rasyida Paddy

Prologue

Hello. My name is Rasyida and this is my story.

Nov 29, 2019

Nov 29, 2019

Rasyida Paddy

Rasyida Paddy

Mum, millennial, and metaphorical magician + juggler. I’m figuring myself out, and I write about the process of self discovery and transformation that I am on.

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