A Doctor Appointment

A Doctor Appointment

Ritcha Saxena is a Pathologist, doctor, with an MD in Pathology and advanced training in the field of Hematopathology. A hematopathologist is someone who studies diseases of the blood such as leukemias, lymphomas, and myelomas. Ritcha has worked in different institutions during the long span 

10 Secrets to Happiness

10 Secrets to Happiness

Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions. – Dalai Lama XIV Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. – Benjamin Franklin Introduction Philosophers, scientists, and intellectuals have agonized over the years as to what 

Helping people find their dream

Helping people find their dream

We all need help in our lives. Life is full of challenges. No one escapes it. I truly believe that everything that happens to us is ten percent. Ninety percent depends on if you get up and face the reality of life. For many of 

Life as a Pastor’s Wife

Life as a Pastor’s Wife

The life of a pastor’s wife is not easy. There is this expectation that she has to be perfect, together, perfect family, perfect marriage, perfect children. Unrealistic expectations can freeze someone. The next time you run into the wife of a pastor, minister, or evangelist, 

Linda Breedlove: Be A Rebel On Purpose

Linda Breedlove: Be A Rebel On Purpose

Be a rebel on purpose. When you think of a rebellious person, what comes to your mind? The dictionary has about 45 synonyms for the word rebellious. Fractious, anarchistic, bellicose, difficult, refractory, and seditious are some of the synonyms. The autonyms for rebellious are happy, 

Unraveling the Christmas Star

Unraveling the Christmas Star

One of my earliest memories of Christmas is the Star of Bethlehem also called the Christmas Star on top of the Christmas tree. However, behind all the movies and the galore, did the event really happen?  Was it a figment of imagination? Was it a 

Sabika Hassan: Focusing on Women’s Health

Sabika Hassan: Focusing on Women’s Health

Sabika Hassan runs womenhealthhub and Sabika.whh which focuses on women’s health. I like her approach as it is real, vulnerable, direct, and open. She is also the first Muslim that I am interviewing at Four Columns. She covers a variety of topics regarding women’s health 

Klyn Elsbury: Empowering Women With Chronic Conditions

Klyn Elsbury: Empowering Women With Chronic Conditions

Klyn Elsbury is exactly what I need in my life. I am a loud, boisterous, elitist, complainer, and do not suffer fools and legalists. There are very few moments in life that have made me shut up. In Kashmir, watching the Himalayas next to the 

Finding Hope in the Midst of Suffering

Finding Hope in the Midst of Suffering

A Valuable Lesson on Hope Carolyn Gerber Hofauer created a meal train for us in April of this year. I love to volunteer, love to give, and for the first time in my life, I am on the receiving end. Gerry Bell challenged me to 

Life as a Writer

Life as a Writer

Life as a writer has its high and low moments. ‘The pen is mightier than the sword’ is a figure of speech penned in 1839 by Edward Bullwer-Lytton a well-known writer. The focus was that the written language or the press should be independent and