by Lauren Neal | Mar 10, 2021 | BLOG
The Reward of Risk in a Comfortable Life I was recently asked in an interview how risk has played a role in either my personal or professional life. I almost laughed at the question, not because it was comical or humorous but because of my long-standing history with...
by Lauren Neal | Feb 1, 2021 | BLOG
Shattered and Pieced Together Again And so it goes: The coming and going, The greetings and goodbyes. You are there and I am here; The distance feels so bitter. So I wonder and I wander, Heart grieving and rejoicing, A harmony of sorrow and joy, Of feeling empty and...
by Lauren Neal | Jan 5, 2021 | BLOG
When Re-Entry is Hard: A Personal Reflection No one can prepare you for re-entry, not even your closest friends and family who have traversed the season alongside of you from which you are returning. Neither can a countless number of books and podcasts nor accumulated...
by Lauren Neal | May 7, 2020 | BLOG
FollowFollowFollow Ahmaud Arbery: Where Darkness Prevails It was the third day of sorority rush. I was a sophomore at the University of Alabama, fresh off of summer break, thrown back into the thralls of brief meet and greets, rehearsed songs, and all the makeup and...
by Lauren Neal | Apr 13, 2020 | BLOG, COVID Chronicles
COVID CHRONICLES: TWO YEARS IN QUARANTINE A thought piece from the perspective of Scindie Saint Fleur Being confined is nothing new to me. This July will mark two years since ongoing political and social crises have plagued my country. And these periods of...
by Lauren Neal | Mar 25, 2020 | BLOG, TRAVEL
The Gravity of Privilege Beneath the shade of the bamboo and the palm leaves, he crouches over, his concentration fixated on the task before him—the scrap metal that he will soon transform into marketable art decor, a statement piece to be bought and hung on the wall...
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