Many of us long to live more purposefully, but the reality of paying the bills can hold us back. In this reflection, Monica explores how creativity and practicality can coexist — and why honouring your gifts, even alongside your day job, is essential for living with meaning, balance, and self-expression.

What stops us from fully valuing ourselves? In this blog, I explore how early conditioning, fear, and self-doubt can hold us back—and how we can begin to shift those patterns. When we recognise our own value, the world starts to reflect it back.