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Election Day: Anxiety is Mounting


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Hi there my beautiful lovelies! Hope you guys are doing well and staying safe. After a lot of anticipation, the day is finally here. It’s election day.

2020 Election Day is Here:

After months of debates, campaigning, election day is finally here. I am feeling anxious, feeling a butterfly in my stomach. Yes, my friends, I am feeling the election day jitters. Even with intentional living, I am feeling anxious, why? I am human and I am not perfect. I don’t expect to be. With mounts of anxiety running with my veins and heart, I am trying to work.

An unprecedented amount of almost 100 million Americans have cast their vote already. That’s 73% of 2016 total votes. As we have seen already, from our leaders has filed several lawsuits to suppress the vote. If that does not motivate you to exercise your right to vote, then what will? Every day, I have been talking to people and motivating them to vote if they have not so.

My dear lovelies! I am going to be short and to the point today. As you have seen in the news, this election, one roadblock after another has been placed to block people from voting. We have seen the attempt to toss 127,000 votes. When my vote is being suppressed, I rise up!

What will you do? Will you take all that, or will you rise up and show the oppressors, “Not my vote”. If your answer is later, rise up, and go out in record number to vote and say, “this is my vote and I will not let anyone suppress it. Don’t wake up tomorrow regretting your decision not to vote. Go out and vote, if you have not done already.

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Less 24 Hours Till The Critical Vote Begins


Vote:

Hi there my beautiful lovelies! Hope you guys are doing well and staying safe. With less than 24 hours left till the beginning of the crucial votes. If you have not voted already please do it on Election Day as if your life depends on it.

Why We Vote?

The law does not require all citizens to vote. However, voting is a very important part of any democracy. By voting, we are participating in the democratic process. We vote for leaders to represent us and our ideas, and the leaders support our interests. If we do not vote, we are essentially giving those leaders blanket incentive to represent their own interest over ours.

We have seen that all too often after the 2016 election. In the past four years, we saw how the elected officials put their and their party’s interests before ours. Most of all, they think that they can get away with anything. Moreover, voter suppression is a problem in many parts of the country. Some politicians try to win reelection by making it harder for certain populations and demographics to vote. For example, in Texas, the leaders decided to have one ballot box per county.

Why Does Your Vote Matter?

If you think that your one vote in a sea of millions cannot make much of a difference, consider some of the closest elections in U.S. history. In 2000, Al Gore narrowly lost the Electoral College vote to George W. Bush. The election came down to a recount in Florida, where Bush had won the popular vote by such a small margin that it triggered an automatic recount and a Supreme Court case (Bush v. Gore). In the end, Bush won Florida by 0.009 percent of the votes cast in the state or 537 votes. Now imagine, had 600 more pro-Gore voters gone to the polls in Florida that November, there may have been an entirely different president from 2000–2008.

Similarly, during the 2016 election, Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton by securing a close Electoral College win. Although the election did not come down to a handful of votes in one state, Trump’s votes in the Electoral College decided a tight race. Clinton had won the national popular vote by nearly three million votes, but the concentration of Trump voters in key districts in “swing” states like Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan helped seal enough electoral votes to win the presidency.

Your Vote Matters:

Your one vote may not directly elect the president, but if your vote joins enough others in your voting district or county, your vote undoubtedly matters when it comes to electoral results. Participating in elections is one of the key freedoms of American life. Many people in countries around the world do not have the same freedom, nor did many Americans in centuries past. No matter what you believe or whom you support, it is important to exercise your rights.

Plea:

It is my utmost plea to you, don’t sit at home this election. If you have not voted yet, please vote. Your vote matters. In 2000, 537 votes decided the outcome of the election. Please don’t let history repeat itself. Vote in honor of the over 230,000 lives lost this year. Vote for your ancestors who didn’t enjoy the same rights and freedoms that we had. Please vote for our future and our children’s future. Together we can overcome and conquer anything.

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Let’s make the political leaders accountable for their actions. I voted to honor my mom, whose progression of pre-existing conditions during the pandemic has landed her in the hospital. Every day I see the faces of all those who lost their battle with COVID-19, and I tell myself enough is enough. With my vote, I am telling Washington, they can’t get away with playing with our lives. If you don’t deliver, you are fired.

My dear lovelies! I have received the official email that my mail-in vote has been officially counted. What will you do? Are you ready to get your voice heard loud and clear? I leave the ball on your court now.

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Boxycharm October 2020 Premium Box


Hi there my beautiful lovelies! Hope you all are doing well and staying safe. Today, I will share you my review of October 2020 Boxycharm Premium Box.

Fenty Beauty by Rihanna Brow MVP ($20):

  • Boxycharm

This is an ultra-fine, retractable brow pencil made for hair-like precision, born in a groundbreaking range of 14 long-wear, waterproof, smudge-resistant shades—plus a built-in paddle brush for effortless blending and styling.

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I am not a big fan of brow pen but you do a more precise and natural look brow.

Kosas Tinted Oil Foundation ($42)

Clean, comfy makeup and active skincare blend that is made with six nourishing botanical oils to moisturize and even tone.

I myself didn’t like this foundation. After using it, for the first time in years, my face broke out. I will not recommend this perfume. It’s too oily for me.

Illuminati Cosmetics X Is A Eyeshadow ($48)

With multiple formulas ranging from creamy mattes, fine shimmers, rich glitters, and textured holographic shadows going from a soft-pastel day time look, to a sultry-glam night time look has never been easier with our ILLUMINATI X ISA Glam palette!

I like the colors but the glitter ones are very light, while the matte ones are bold. Hence, I am not too enthusiastic about this palette.

Murad Hydrating Toner ($35):

It is an alcohol-free toner that replenishes lost moisture to refresh skin and prepare it for treatment. It balances skin’s pH while lifting impurities

My skin feels soft as if I put lotion on with just the toner. I love that it doesn’t burn and smells so gentle and yummy. It is so refreshing and instantly cooling. I love applying it in the morning before my serum!

Go-To Skincare Exfoliating Swipeys ($35)

Single-use exfoliating pads soaked in an all-natural solution that gets rid of dead skin cells and hydrates the skin.

Exfoliation is an enormously vital part of any skincare routine, but not all exfoliation is equal. A chemical exfoliator, for example, (which uses naturally-occurring acids to remove dead skin cells, usually AHAs or BHAs) tends to give a far more thorough, even result than scrubbing your face with harsh, jagged particles. Which is why we much prefer it.

This product is a combination of the well-documented effectiveness of lactic acid, the most gentle of all AHAs, with ultra-hydrating essential oils to create a face exfoliator that thoroughly removes dead skin cells (the cause of dull skin and congestion), refines skin texture, minimizes the appearance of fine lines and deeply moisturizes. And all in 60 seconds, and using just one sweet, disposable little cotton pad.

My dear lovelies! What do you think about the October 2020 box? Please comment below. If you like what you see, check out the Boxycharm website, and use referral code Munziba-VDPRPCII.

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COVID-19 and Its Detrimental Affect on Health Disparities


Hi there my lovelies! Hope you guys are doing well and staying safe. Today, I will updated you on COVID-19 in the US and health disparities it has revealed.

COVID-19 Update

As of the last data from Johns Hopkins University, over 227,000 Americans died from COVID-19, while 8.8 million are infected. In addition, just on 10/27/2020, over 985 people died from COVID-19, while 73,240 individuals were newly infected with COVID-19. That my friend is a big wave coming to down us.

The above figures do not show the number is US for October 27. However, according to CDC, on October 27th, there were 72,183 new infections and 901 death. In other words on October 27th, the United States had 20% of global new cases, and 19.5% of global death due to COVID-19. The US only represent 4% of global population but 20% of global new infections and death.

What is surprising, we hear about eminent hurricane and/or Tsunami warnings, we do everything possible to protect ourselves, our loved ones and our possessions. Why can’t we do the same for COVID-19? After all, COVID is killing so much more than an average hurricane. Why are we putting us and our loved ones on harm’s way? Those who advocate for their 2nd amendment right to carry fire arms, would not hesitate to use that gun to protect themselves and their family. Yet, we are drowning ourselves with accelerant and playing with fires. When did we start losing our basic moral compass?

Virus Spread Prevention:

As Thanksgiving is coming around, we are all struggling to decide what to do. As for me, it’s simple. Do a Zoom Thanksgiving gathering. The most important thing is to keep my loved ones and my extended family safe. I do not want to be responsible for any possible outcome of family gathering. I rather have them be safe and gather virtually from in the comfort of their own socially distant homes.

COVID-19 and Healthcare Vulnerabilities:

COVID-19 has revealed some key vulnerabilities of our healthcare system. It is racial disparities. What is racial disparities? It’s when one race is affected disproportionately than another. We have seen that with various cancers such as cervical cancer (co-authors by me and accepted for publication). No part of the US has been fully spared. Nonetheless the burdens of the pandemic are unequally distributed. At every point, from initial infection to intensive care, COVID-19 exposed disparities by race/ethnicity and immigration status, by income and wealth.

According to CDC, American Indian, Alaska Native, and Black individuals are five times more likely, and Latin individuals four times more likely, to be hospitalized for COVID-19 than are non-Hispanic Whites. Low-income Americans are more likely to experience comorbidities, including diabetes and cardiovascular disease that make COVID-19 more burdensome and lethal. Immigrants represent 15 percent of the US labor force; one-third of these workers are undocumented. Almost three-quarters of undocumented immigrants work in essential, often people-facing, roles. Many immigrants face additional risks because they reside in crowded households.

According to a New York Times article, roughly 40 percent of COVID-19 deaths in the US, at least 77,000, have occurred in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. More than 760 nursing home staff members have died, making this one of the most dangerous occupations in the US. Moreover, according to Health Affairs, Right now, facilities that are less Medicaid-dependent with higher-quality ratings are less likely to report shortages of staff or protective equipment, suggesting that we will see widening COVID-19 disparities within the long-term care population and among the staff who serve them.

Furthermore, disparities are also seen increasing with proficiency and intensity of care. Critically ill COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals with fewer than 50 ICU beds were markedly 3 times more likely to die than were patients admitted to larger hospitals according to an article published in the Journal of American Medical Association Internal Medicine, on July, 2020.

From Emergency Medicine Journal – The BMJ

As studies have shown that the frequency of prone positioning (putting patient on their stomach) —a key evidence-based therapy for COVID-19 patients at risk from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)—ranged from almost 5 percent at one hospital to nearly 80 percent at another.

Such disparities align with other social and economic cleavages. Additionally, another study published in Health Affairs on August, 2020 revealed that there was a large gap in access to COVID-19 care by income: 49 percent of the lowest-income communities had no ICU beds in their communities, whereas only 3 percent of the highest-income communities had no ICU beds.

Access to Care:

The failures and successes of our national COVID-19 response underscore the need for a nationally coordinated, administratively capable, emergency response and public health system at every level of government. This disproportionate impact is linked to poverty, crowded housing, and other social determinants. Many low-income workers are ineligible for unemployment insurance or are uninsured. Although people can obtain free testing and some free COVID-19-related care, many avoid medical care, fearing its financial burdens. In addition, many avoid testing, in part due to practical logistical barriers, in part due to fears regarding the implications of a positive result. Without social insurance protections, many continue to work even when they experience symptoms of COVID-19.

When it comes to access care, the submarket Medicaid reimbursement doubly undermines ICU care. Medicaid-dependent hospitals lack funding to support facilities and staff. Hospitals with greater resources are correspondingly hesitant to fill this gap by accepting transfers of Medicaid patients. Long-term federal commitment to provide Medicare rather than Medicaid reimbursement rates—at minimum during public health emergencies—would reduce these barriers. Furthermore, the federal government leaves states and localities to foot the majority of our public health care bill. A state-federal matching formula similar to Medicaid would provide greater incentives for states to do more.

A sustainable funding model requires a geographically and ideologically diverse national coalition that will defend public health investments once the immediate emergency has passed (As mentioned by Eric M. Patashnik on Unhealthy Politics The Battle Over Evidence-Based Medicine (ISBN: 9780691203225). The Affordable Care Act (ACA) provides a humbling example. The ACA included supports for worthy endeavors in health care outcomes research and in the prevention and public health fund.

Moreover, Public health requires sustained investment in the social work profession and workforce. Building relationship and engagement with vulnerable people, communities, and groups, helping people gain access to basic resources and reduce personal risks—these are core tasks of the social work profession, shamefully underused and under resourced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

My dear lovelies, as mentioned in Health Affairs, we can’t turn back the clock to undo our missteps in addressing COVID-19; nor can we undo decades of public health infrastructure neglect. We can still learn from the tragedy and build on our best responses. We owe that to over 227,000 fellow Americans (and counting), whose lives were so tragically, and often so needlessly, lost this year.

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The Beautiful World of Meditation


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Hi there my beautiful lovelies! Hope you guys are doing well and staying safe. Today, I want to share with you a post regarding meditation and it’s practice.

What is Meditation?

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I want to start by defining meditation. According to Wikipedia, “Meditation is a practice where an individual uses a technique – such as mindfulness, or focusing the mind on a particular object, thought, or activity – to train attention and awareness, and achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm and stable state.”

Meditation isn’t about becoming a different person, a new person, or even a better person. It’s about training in awareness and getting a healthy sense of perspective. You’re not trying to turn off your thoughts or feelings. You’re learning to observe them without judgment. And eventually, you may start to better understand them as well.

Types of Meditation:

Although there isn’t a right or wrong way to meditate, it’s important to find a practice that meets your needs and complements your personality.

There are 9 popular types of meditation practice:

  • Mindfulness Meditation
  • Spiritual Meditation
  • Focused Meditation
  • Movement Meditation
  • Mantra Meditation
  • Transcendental Meditation
  • Progressive Relaxation
  • Loving-Kindness Meditation
  • Visualization Meditation

Mindfulness Meditation:

Mindfulness meditation, my favorite and specialty, originates from Buddhist teachings and is the most popular meditation technique in the West. In mindfulness meditation, you pay attention to your thoughts as they pass through your mind. You don’t judge the thoughts or become involved with them. You simply observe and take note of any patterns. This type of meditation is good for people who don’t have a teacher to guide them, as it can be easily practiced alone.

Spiritual Meditation:

Spiritual meditation is used in Eastern religions, such as Hinduism and Daoism, and in Christian faith. It’s similar to prayer in that you reflect on the silence around you and seek a deeper connection with your God or Universe. This practice is beneficial for those who thrive in silence and seek spiritual growth.

Focused Meditation:

Focused meditation involves concentration using any of the five senses. Try counting mala beads, listening to a gong, or staring at a candle flame. As the name suggests, this practice is ideal for anyone who requires additional focus in their life.

Movement Meditation:

Although most people think of yoga when they hear movement meditation, this practice may include walking through the woods, gardening, qigong, and other gentle forms of motion. Movement meditation is good for people who find peace in action and prefer to let their minds wander.

Mantra Meditation:

Mantra meditation is prominent in many teachings, including Hindu and Buddhist traditions. This type of meditation uses a repetitive sound to clear the mind. It can be a word, phrase, or sound, such as the popular “Om.” It doesn’t matter if your mantra is spoken loudly or quietly. After chanting the mantra for some time, you’ll be more alert and in tune with your environment. This allows you to experience deeper levels of awareness.

Transcendental Meditation:

Transcendental Meditation is a popular type of meditation. This practice has been the subject of numerous studies in the scientific community. This practice is for those who like structure and are serious about maintaining a meditation practice.

Progressive Relaxation:

Also known as body scan meditation, progressive relaxation is a practice aimed at reducing tension in the body and promoting relaxation. Oftentimes, this form of meditation involves slowly tightening and relaxing one muscle group at a time throughout the body. This form of meditation is often used to relieve stress and unwind before bedtime.

Loving-Kindness Meditation:

Loving-kindness meditation is used to strengthen feelings of compassion, kindness, and acceptance toward oneself and others. Because this type of meditation is intended to promote compassion and kindness, it may be ideal for those holding feelings of anger or resentment.

Visualization Meditation:

Visualization meditation is a technique focused on enhancing feelings of relaxation, peace, and calmness by visualizing positive scenes or images. With this practice, it’s important to imagine the scene vividly and use all five senses to add as much detail as possible. Many people use visualization meditation to boost their mood, reduce stress levels, and promote inner peace.

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The Hypocrisy of Washington


Hi there my beautiful lovelies! Hope you guys are doing well and staying safe. Today, I want to update on COVID-19 and the hypocrisy of Washington leaders, and the current administration.

Coronavirus Update:

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As of this moment, according Johns Hopkins University, 225,239 have died due to the coronavirus in the United States, and 8,636,995 Americans have been infected so far. Worldwide the number is 1,154,857 dead and 43,117,883 infection. As I have mentioned earlier, the US represent only 4% of the world’s population but over 20% of total COVID-19 infection worldwide.

I never thought in my life that the US will be in this situation compared to the rest of the world. For decades, we have warned about another pandemic but did not see the outcome to this extent as the one we are seeing so far. When did we become so complacent?

What is most amazing is that as, frontline essential and health workers sacrificing so much to keep everyone safe, the administration is ignoring the basic CDC and the Task Force recommendation. When did we become complacent to so much hypocrisy?

Washington Politics

As you have seen in the recent news that four of this administration’s inner circle have been infected with COVID-19, exposing the leaders to the virus. If we follow the basic CDC and the Task Force recommendation, if you come in contact with someone who has been infected with the coronavirus, you have to quarantine for at least 14 days. Nevertheless, we see the top of leaders of this administration holding a large rallies, and plan to hold more during the 8 days before the General Election of 2020.

Why is it that the current administration and Washington politicians are acting as if they are above everyone else in the United States? My dear lovelies! I try to focus on the big picture, not the politics of things. My focus has always been health, healthcare equity, and population health. Now, things I care about the most are put in jeopardy. Over quarter million Americans are dead and millions are infected with a deadly virus that do not look at politics, race, socioeconomic status or anything else for that matter. So, why does this nations coronavirus task force leader have little regards for the lives of its people?

Everyday, we see the current administration campaigning among large crowd, with little social distancing and blatant regard for the public health guidelines. I cannot imagine what the family of the quarter million Americans are going through.

Moreover, those who survived, many will have a lasting health impact on their health due to COVID-19. My aunt spent over two months in the ICU fighting for her life with ventilator. She was able to beat the virus, but at what cost? She needs to use supplemental oxygen all the time; her other organs are affected. I have also seen a relative loosing her life to the disease.

We know the cost of the pandemic or our daily lives, but we all are taking so much steps and making sacrifices to battle this pandemic and keep our loved ones safe. Why can’t the Washington leaders understand that and show a little sympathy and compassion? Why can’t they lead by example? What has the world has come to? There is a little regards from one another. Has the life of millions of people become dispensable?

My dear lovelies! I am not endorsing one party over another, but lives matter to me. I don’t support one over another, but as part of living with intension, I try to make every decision based on my core values, one of which my compassion for others. Their struggles matter.

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Love Yourself Unconditionally | Self-Love Healing Meditation for Sleep


Self-Love:

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Hi there my beautiful lovelies! Hope you guys are doing well and staying safe. Today, we will be doing affirmations for boosting self-esteem and reaching a higher self through self-love.

What is Self-Love?

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These affirmations will help boost unconditional self-love and self-compassion with peace, relaxation, and calm. You can do this before sleep and peacefully drift off to sleep nicely. The self-love meditation will help you shower yourself with love. You do not need to be anything more or do anything more to be worthy of your love. You simply must receive the love you deserve. So the intention of today’s self-love meditation is to shower yourself with love.

These affirmations for self-esteem relaxation includes affirmations to increase self-esteem and confidence and promote a general feeling of calm. Use this guided meditation to love yourself unconditionally. As mentioned in a June 2016 Huffington Post article, The fastest, most direct route to self-awareness and learning to truly love yourself, is meditation. Meditation takes us straight to our true selves. It teaches us about forgiveness, compassion, and acceptance.

Self Love Through Guided Meditation:

Meditation can work wonders for stress reduction and overall improvement of your mental headspace. Its popularity has risen over the years. Every few years, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) conducts a health interview survey that looks at the habits of people in the US, known as the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Part of the survey looked at habits like yoga and meditation. The most recent survey in 2017 showed that between 2012 and 2017, the number of people regularly meditating tripled. In 2012, only 4.1% of people survey practiced yoga, but that number spiked up to 14.2% in 2017.

You may not think meditation is for you, but we all need more self-love in our lives. The right kind of guided meditation makes it easy. A guided meditation for self-love increased confidence & feeling a universal connection to your inner power. Be yourself!

Did you find this affirmation meditation helpful? If yes what about this meditation that helped? Please comment below.

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My Top 20 Ultimate Motivational Quotes to Inspire Productivity


Motivational Quotes

Hi there my beautiful lovelies! Hope you guys are doing well and staying safe. Today I will share with you my top 20 motivational quotes that inspire me to get more done every day. Hope these inspiring quotes motivate you to get more things done every day. It is exactly what it does for me.

Motivational Quote One:

“You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.

– Tonny Robbins

Motivational Quotes

Looking at this quote always motivates me to do what do. Even if I feel tired I remind myself if I don’t take any action, things will not get done even if I know what do you. Living with ADHD doesn’t make things easy. Hence, I always have all these inspirational, motivational quotes on the wall so that I can take a look at them throughout the day.

Motivational Quote Two:

“Life is short. Do stuff that matters.”

– Siqi Chen

This is one quote I tell myself all the time. If we have learned from the current pandemic if life is short. It motivates me to do things that matter to me, i.e., spending time with my family, share and connect with others through my blog and YouTube channel.

Motivational Quote Three:

“It always seems impossible until it’s done”.

– Nelson Mandela

This is one of my favorite motivational quotes. My grandfather used to tell me that there is nothing impossible in life if we have the motivation to and in turn, actually take the first step to take the appropriate action.

Motivational Quote Four:

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work”.

– Stephen King

Stephen King is one of my favorite writers with his description stories that awaken our vivid imagination. I love this quote because I know from my experience that waiting for inspiration does not take us to the finish like but working towards it does.

We landed on the moon, invented cures for the most life-threatening diseases because the great heroes got up and went to work on the cure. Even during this current pandemic, our healthcare, and frontline heroes did not wait for inspiration. Instead, they got up and went to work every day so that we could stay home.

Motivational Quote Five:

“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

– Franklin Delano Roosevelt 

This is another of my most favorite motivational quotes. Every time I used to get nervous about taking a step, I used to remind myself of the above words of FDR. I would keep going a small step at a time until the finish line.

Motivational Quote Six:

“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life”.

– Muhammad Ali

I have seen the importance of the above words of Muhammad Ali in real life. I was stuck on my current job with a low salary because I didn’t want to take the risk to move forward. To me, it was not about money but I just did not want to take any risk if when opportunities arrived. As a result I staying in the same position without any movement and low wage. It took me further and further away from a public health career.

However, when I decided to take the risk, it allowed me to experience the other side of healthcare, meet different people, get exposed to racism at work, and then get the chance to work with some amazing scientists and researchers of this country. If I didn’t decide to finally take the step to explore further, I would not have grown as a person, a public health professional, and a stronger individual.

Motivational Quote Seven:

“Where there’s a will there’s a way”

– English Proverb

This has to be my favorite motivational quote. Since, I can remember whenever I was stuff on something, my grandfather used always say, “when there’s a will there’s a way”. These few words helped me through some very rough times in my life. I always reminded myself complacency is not an option if I want to make changes.

Motivational Quote Eight:

“Don’t allow our doubts of today limit our tomorrow.”

Franklin D. Roosevelt

This so true. I have seen it first hand. In order to nurture and awake your spiritual self, you first and foremost need to under that what you think will manifest on your outcome. For example, if you approach preparing for an example with the attitude, “I’m going to do bad on the exam”, that negative attitude with manifest on your preparation and the outcome. Hence, if you start something with the attitude that you will succeed, it will manifest in a successful outcome, because your positive attitude and motivation will lead to the result your are seeking. Hence, before starting anything just remind yourself the above words.

Motivational Quote Nine:

“Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.”

-Oprah Winfrey

This is similar to FDR’s quote. As I have mentioned above, how you approach your actions will manifest in the outcome. If you do your best and have the positive attitude during your action, you will be in the best position for a successful outcome.

Motivational Quote Ten:

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he wo conquers that fear.”

– Nelson Mandela

The biggest evidence of the above words are seen during horrific pandemic. Healthcare workers and other frontline staff triumphed over their fear of catching the virus and/or giving it to their loved ones with COVID-19. It is their relentless bravery that have saved many lives, and allowed us to stay home. Similarly, it is the bravery of our service men and women that keep us safe at home.

Motivational Quote Eleven:

“How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.”

– Yvon Chouinard

Your journey in life is more important than your destination. It is those moments that help us grow as a person, and learn. I would not change anything about my journeys, because it was during those times, good and bad, I have learned the important lessons of life and grow as a person.

Motivational Quote Twelve:

“There is no royal, flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it. For if I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard.”

– C.J. Walker

The above motivational quote inspires me every day to work hard to achieve my goals. If we are motivated and work hard to achieve our goals we will be successful. It is up to us to create the path towards success. I have seen it happening each and every moment of my life.

Motivational Quote Thirteen:

“Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.”

– Henry Ford

This is a short much very inspiring motivational quote. Whenever I am stuck on a hard project, I remind myself to break it into small parts and handle one by one. Before I know it, I have finished the project with ease.

Motivational Quote Fourteen:

“All our dreams can come true – if we have the courage to pursue them,”

– Walt Disney

This is my favorite Walt Disney quote. Throughout history, from Gandhi to Martin Luther King, Jr to all the successful people in this world have got this done, not because they sat on the sideline, but because they decided to get and pursue their goals. They decided to take action.

Motivational Quote Fifteen:

“The hunger for change is the desire to make a change.”

– Laila Gifty Akita

In our current life, we all hungry for change. What are tired of seeing people dying due to a lack of leadership. We are tired of all the negativity and divisiveness. We are tired. However, in order to show our hunger for change we can to desire and work to make the change.

Marching is not enough, we need to take our frustration to the polling place where our voices will be heard loud and clear. Our votes are our voice, our weapon against absurdity. Remember that before deciding to sit at home and not vote for this election. Remember some states were won/lost by only about 10,000 votes. Do you want to be on the right or wrong side of history?

Motivational Quote Sixteen:

“To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.”

– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

There is a big difference between talking the talk and walking the walk. Those who are successful take the courage to act in accordance with their dreams. They act on their pursuit and they break their goals into small pieces and address one at a time until they have completed the who. They are courageous.

Motivational Quote Seventeen:

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, the other is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.

– Henry Link

We cannot be complacent, we need to learn from our mistakes and take actions for our own betterment. I still remember my grandfather telling me “if you fail try and try again…this is how you will learn”. I cannot me afraid of making mistake. It is our mistake that makes us better.

Motivational Quote Eighteen:

“If spend too much time thinking about a thing, you will never get it done.

– Bruce Lee

The above words are so true. Every time, when I spend too much time dwelling to something, I never get it done. I just become exhausted and give up. As Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe mentioned, “To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.”

Motivational Quote Nineteen:

“You cant be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute.”

– Tina Fey

As shown above, acting in accordance with our thinking is the hardest thing to do. As FDR said, “the only fear we should fear is fear itself.” Additionally. as seen this years and during the past four years. The marches, seen all over the years the past few years is hard. However, taking actions based on those beliefs is the hardest. We need to take the ultimate action, vote, to get our voice hard louder and anything else.

Motivational Quote Twenty:

“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”

-Pablo Picasso

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One thing we have learned this year, is life is short and transient. Over 223,000 Americans and over 1.1 million people worldwide died due to COVID-19. Hence, we always have to think that we may not be here tomorrow. We should not leave anything for tomorrow, and it is uncertain. When leaving a task for tomorrow, think if there will be regrets for not getting those think being undone. Just remember you have not have tomorrow.

My dear lovelies! What quotes inspire and motivate you everyday? Please comment below.

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Boxycharm October 2020 Base Box


Hi there my lovelies! Hope you guys are doing well and staying safe. Today I will share with you my October 2020 Boxycharm Base Box Unboxing and Review.

Boxycharm is a subscription subscription box service that offers monthly subscription boxes to its customer. Additionally, it the YouTube video above, I also shared some makeup tutorial hacks so keep watching.

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Luxie Wonderlust Set – MRSP $45

This chic black travel case is filled with five cruelty-free, synthetic, and vegan eye makeup brushes. These brushes are ideal as they create a perfect eye look just like their full-sized companions.

This brush set contains the following brushes: LUXIE 205 Tapered Blending brush for applying and blending out transition colors in your crease; LUXIE 237 Blending brush is ideal for applying transition colors to the crease; LUXIE 207 Medium Angled Shading’s angled head is perfect for sweeping highlight over the brow bone; LUXIE 209 Large Shader can be used with any cream, powder, or liquid eyeshadow to apply an even wash of color over the eyelid; and finally, LUXIE 201 Brow and Lash is ideal for shaping and grooming brows before makeup application.

Symbiosis London Tightening & Resplendent Eye Mask – MSRP $93

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Eye Mask in-cream to tightens, rejuvenates and brightens the delicate eye area. This eye mask is fortified with Hyaluronic Acid, Pullulan as well as shea butter, and works to visibly reduce puffiness and the appearance of fine lines and dark circles. I can’t wait to try it.

Dose of Colors Meet Your Hue Concealer – MSRP $24

Dose of Colors Meet Your Hue Concealer is vegan and cruelty free. This multitasking, full coverage concealer has a lightweight easy to blend formula. Conceals dark undereye circles, blemishes and other skin imperfections. It is currently available in 30 all inclusive shades, and six different complexion categories: fair, light, light medium, medium tan, dark and deep. Each category features five different concealer shades.

Ace Beaute Draw It Lip Liner Duo – MSRP $16

The Draw it Lip Liners are super pigmented liners that draw on smoothly and can be used to line the lips or fill them in completely. It includes a sharpener at the base that can be used to sharpen the liners tip. I really love this liner duo. It glides easily.

Beauty Bakerie Breakfast in Bed Eyeshadow Palette – MSRP $38

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When we have Breakfast in Bed it feels as though we have it all! Beauty Bakerie’s Breakfast in Bed Eyeshadow Palette is a delightful morning medley of saturated mattes and shimmery shimmers. This palette is perfect for the classic office to happy hour transitional touch up. I love the colors and there is very little fallout. I give it two thumbs up.

My dear lovelies! What do you think about the October 2020 box? Please comment below. If you like what you see, check out the Boxycharm website, and use referral code Munziba-VDPRPCII.

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I am free

I Am Free – The Story of My Personal Epiphany


Hi there my beautiful lovelies! Hope you guys are doing and staying safe. Today I want to talk about my transformation and how it has set me free. I am free.

Unload The Old And Embrace The New:

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My dear lovelies! Before I dug deeper into the subject of my freedom, let’s go back a little further. You guys already know this story. Since childhood, I have been constantly dealing with anxiety, distraction, and more anxiety. Every decision I made, I second-guessed myself and if things go right, I would have a panic attack. I was sinking deeper and deeper into darkness, and ADHD did not help.

The First Step:

Sinking deeper into the dark world of paranoia, anxiety, and negativity is a big burden to deal with. I always felt palpitation and nausea and all other physical symptoms that became very overwhelming and suffocating. I started burying my agony but manifested into overwhelming physical pain. I ended up passing out and throwing up a lot. Of course, the scientific world, the medical world called it Gastroparesis and low blood pressure. I was drowning.

After a few years of medications and intense side effects, I stopped throwing up and gained weight. However, I kept feeling sick to my stomach. I could not breathe, I was drowning in my own pain. With that pain, I finished my undergraduate and graduate degrees and started my first full-time job. It was in that job, I found the light.

I was helping with a clinical study on the impact of guided meditation on stress and anxiety among help care professionals. My boss could sense my struggles and asked me to just participate in the study without being a study participant. So my journey began.

Acknowledge The Problem Without Being Consumed By It:

As I have mentioned in previous posts, it was during one of those study sessions, I found myself, or at least the beginning. When I realized how bound and overwhelmed I was, I started questioning myself and everything I stood for. For the first time in my life, I felt so lost. Even when I was a college freshman, I knew what I wanted and I had my life figured out. Boy was I wrong.

After doing guided imagery and meditation for a few weeks, I became lost. I fell like a tiny fish in a big ocean with fins cut off and unable to swim. It happened for a few years and then came the day when I felt completely alone for the first time in my life.

My dear lovelies! I lost my grandma, my guardian angel. With her death, I started questioning death and dying and my purpose. I felt remorse for not spending more time with her when she was alive. My grandma had such a strong belief in me. Of her 16 grandchildren, I was her favorite. With my grandma gone, I was depressed, frustrated. I was alone. It was during that time an opportunity arrived. I completed my second graduate degree, which kept me distracted for two years. After graduation, I got the chance to get certified through a 6 weeks course on mindful meditation. It was the first step towards my freedom.

Using the Right Brain:

The first thing I learned to use in mindfulness meditation is to learn to use the right brain often. I started pained again. With those right brain exercise, my mind started to open up to see beyond me and other selfish attitudes. My right brain started to open up my mind, until a couple of years ago, when I lost my aunt to lung cancer and my uncle a year later to pancreatic cancer.

Perhaps the most devastating event for me was the diagnosis of my RA related interstitial lung disease or RA-ILD, characterized by scarring of the lung. It regressed back and ended up in the Emergency Room several times for migraine and gastrointestinal issues.

Stairways to Freedom:

Even with my regular guided meditation, I felt lost. However, it all changed last year, when I saw the earth’s true beauty. I was in Hawaii. My dear lovelies! My trip to heaven felt like divine intervention. I was up every single day, watch the beautiful sunrise against the backdrops of the Diamondhead Crater.

It was the beginning of the end of my sleeping in. The beauty of mother nature made so mesmerized by its beauty. It then hit me, nature is so beautiful and we are all robbing it blindly with our pollutions, and carbon footprint. I realized that life is more than the McDonalized society we are living in, it’s more than the robotic emotionless world. Once I got to see the beautiful mountains and all the exotic flowers and lives, the more I appreciate its beauty. I evolved completely.

The Final Straw?

Every day of my stay in Hawaii felt like constant meditation. I was feeling lighter and freer. Until this year, when COVID-19 hit. The death of millions worldwide and over 218,000 here in the US brought the whole perspective of living in the current moment took a whole new meaning for me.

Hearing the story of so many people and the deterioration of my mom’s health due to lack of timely follow-up interventions, made me realized we cannot take life and our loved ones for granted. It was during that time, the principle of living in the moment got instilled in me. I have been freed.

My dear lovelies! The devastating pandemic made me so much more empathetic than I have been my entire life. I starting seeing my anger disappearing. I become more forgiving and happy. I am light as a feather and am ready to fly. For the first time, my life became more than my physical life. It became more about the spiritual one.

Now, I am no longer worried about things I cannot control. I started seeing people who used to make me angry and pieces of the big puzzle of life. For the first time, life has more than just me. When you see the biggest massacre of human life by an unrelenting pandemic, how can life be less than beyond just you?

I don’t know if I have awakened my spirit, but I have awakened my inner self. I no longer get trapped by my physical symptoms. It is very true. In fact, one physician told me last week that some people screams and cries in the ER, and then the various studies find nothing, then there are individuals, who look normal but the tests show a scary outcome. Which one is me?

You guessed it right, I am the later one. My doctors are more worried about me than I am. I just know things happen to you when you are ready for it. I am so much for fortunate than others. I have a job, I have my family, I am loving co-workers. I am grateful for every moment of my life and look at me with compassion. I am free.

My dear beautiful lovelies! Have you experienced self-epiphany moments in your lives? Please comment below.

I have not come to this point in my life easier. I am mindful and try to live my life intentionally. I live each and every day as if there is no tomorrow, as this pandemic has taught us more than anything, there may not be a tomorrow. More than ever, I am open to possibility. I know that I am a small fish in the big oceans, but instead of drowning, I am learning of my surroundings to ride the waves. I am morphing into someone who measures success by the difference I make in this world.

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