State of Poverty, lessons from “Her Heart Song”

In 2020, I self-published my first book, “Her Heart Song: Poetry and Short Stories of a Healing Heart.” This book covers various topics, including mental health and poverty and their effects on the fictional character Eliza. I believe poverty can have many negative effects, especially for kids growing up in it. In this first prose,…

May 20, 20250Comments

ByIzzy Lala

Inspiration Wisdom

If ever you feel lost…

Have you ever felt like you lost yourself? Like somewhere along the way, between life choices and experience, you found yourself peering into a glass that reflected a stranger? Well, believe me, you are not alone. Many things in life can cause us to lose our way or even our identities. From bad relationship choices…

March 28, 20250Comments

ByIzzy Lala

Inspiration

How to rest for progress

If you would have asked me in my 20s what I wanted to achieve, I would have pulled out a long list of things I wanted to do and become. I can assure you one of those things would not have been what I found myself doing on my day off work – which was…

February 18, 20250Comments

ByIzzy Lala

Inspiration

How to be your own support system

If you have ever been in a hard time, only to look around and find yourself alone in it, take heart, because you are in fact not alone. According to Psychiatry.org, in 2024 30% of adults say they have experienced feelings of loneliness at least once a week over the past year, 10% say they…

February 4, 20250Comments

ByIzzy Lala