Social commentary and essays from career to mental wellbeing, capturing the general WTF of life and topical news, by award-winning author, former HuffPost Exec editor and lifter of heavy weights, Poorna Bell.
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What happened when I deleted Whatsapp (and Instagram) while on holiday
And what it taught me
Two things precipitated my decision to delete Whatsapp (and Instagram) off my phone while on holiday, an announcement that prompted 99% of people I told, to react with dismay. The first was a recollection of what holi...
On the Empire State Building proposal - not all love stories are equal
Saying the quiet part out loud
For anyone who hasn’t seen The Mindy Project, it’s a comedy show by director and actress Mindy Kaling that came out in 2013 about a hot-mess gynaecologist living in New York. Whatever your feelings about Kali...
Wondering what kind of older lady I'm going to be
Which also feels somewhat pointless
Credit: ITV
On AI cutting out the middle person when it turns out the middle person is actually the whole point
Outsourcing the things that make us human from reacting to grief to planning a holiday
Ever since I read that beautiful poem by Shawn Smucker about AI and how our usage of AI is eroding our conversations and connections with real people, I...
The difference between optimising your time and valuing your time
On living life versus endlessly learning about it
I made the mistake of googling: ‘is time real or a concept’ and following a brief wander into the theory of relativity, quantum physics, the subsequent explosion of my brain, a cup of tea r...
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Award-winning author of six books and journalist of 22 years, Poorna writes broadly across women’s issues, cultural analysis, mental wellbeing, love, grief, life, fitness (she's a competitive powerlifter) and everything in between
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