Raven Ishak | Wit & Delight | Designing a Life Well-Lived https://witanddelight.com/author/raven_ishak/ A Lifestyle Blog Fri, 08 Nov 2019 03:11:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 A Lesson in Finding Gratitude When Life Throws You a Curveball https://witanddelight.com/2019/11/finding-gratitude/ https://witanddelight.com/2019/11/finding-gratitude/#comments Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:00:11 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=48457 "Life has a funny way of granting you a better wish; a wish you didn’t realize you wanted. With a slight whisper, it’ll shift you in a different direction and push you into a world that you never thought was possible." Today contributor Raven Ishak is writing about how plans gone awry led to a day with her grandma for which she's forever grateful. It's a lesson in gratitude and love and leaning into the version of life that chooses to present itself on any given day.

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2019/11/finding-gratitude/feed/ 3 Please Stop Asking Me When I’m Going to Get Married https://witanddelight.com/2019/09/please-dont-ask-me-about-getting-married/ https://witanddelight.com/2019/09/please-dont-ask-me-about-getting-married/#comments Sun, 29 Sep 2019 15:00:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=46848 "An all too common thing occurs the minute someone realizes I’m engaged. They instantly lower their gaze to my ring finger, examine it with such determination that I truly believe their eyes will fall out of their mouth just to get a closer look, and then ask the age-old question without skipping a beat: 'So have you guys picked a date yet?'" Today contributor Raven Ishak is writing about the expectations others put on us to follow the recommended timeline in so many areas of life, and why she's choosing to forge her own way.

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]]> https://witanddelight.com/2019/09/please-dont-ask-me-about-getting-married/feed/ 4 Freedom Is Trying New Things and Failing https://witanddelight.com/2019/09/freedom-is-trying-new-things-and-failing/ Sun, 15 Sep 2019 15:00:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=46072 "What if instead of placing value on success and the lack of it, we reframe our thinking to view failure as a practice? If we consider failure as an act of practice, then we may be able to build a better relationship with it in the long run." Today contributor Raven Ishak is writing about her relationship to failure—how it's shifted over the years, and why it doesn't have to be viewed as a negative thing.

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]]> Grief in Normalcy: What Happens After the First Year of Losing a Parent https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/grief-in-normalcy-losing-a-parent/ https://witanddelight.com/2019/08/grief-in-normalcy-losing-a-parent/#comments Wed, 28 Aug 2019 15:00:00 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=44812 "People who once asked how I was doing, now talk to me like everything is normal. The check-ins no longer exist, and the world I once knew has bled into the background."

Today contributor Raven Ishak is writing about the things that have changed in the first year since losing her mom. She's sharing her journey with grief, and how her relationship to it has evolved over time.

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