Latest Reflections
“I am in everything and everything is in me” From judgement to gratitude
Luba Kassova | January 18, 2022
We often spare our children the truth about the past, even when they are grown up. Our desire to protect them, and ourselves, from emotional suffering leads our own traumas and those of others before us to remain buried deep inside our family constellation....
Disrupting the cycle of pain which does not belong to you
Luba Kassova | January 05, 2022
Growing up, I remember having a persistent fear that I would be abandoned by my parents and lose everyone I loved. I carried this into adulthood, despite never being able to trace it back to any actual situation in my early life which had triggered it. That...
The inherited heartbreak from displaced past generations
Luba Kassova | December 22, 2021
As I observe with horror the fate of 27 refugees lost in the freezing waters of the English Channel last month, I am drawn back to stories I have uncovered about my own family history in the past year and feelings of what it means to be a refugee for...
Inside of us all is hidden a warrior who is just waiting to be honoured
Luba Kassova | December 07, 2021
What is it that drives empowerment? The key, in the eyes of prominent contemporary Bulgarian fiction writer Katerina Hapsali , lies in appreciation. I recently had the privilege of interviewing her for my upcoming book and found her life-affirming...
The person who loves you just because you exist
Luba Kassova | November 23, 2021
Finding respite in a polarised world This blog was first published in Bulgarian in Maiko Mila website on the 17th November 2021 Warm green eyes. Soft ageing skin. A wise unassuming smile. An enveloping embrace. A smell of home, a feeling of acceptance,...
The hammer blows to your self-worth…
Luba Kassova | November 11, 2021
“You may think that he’s a demolition expert (breakaway!)When he’s finished with your self-esteem (breakaway!)”George Ezra, “Breakaway” It is so quiet that all I can hear is my heart beating. One, two, one, two, one,...
Should we worry that women writers are dominating fiction?
Luba Kassova | November 04, 2021
Elizabeth Strout warns us of the dangers of women writers dominating fiction in her interview with Bryan Appleyard in a recent edition of The Sunday Times (24/10/21) . Her concern is that the world of published fiction books “is becoming too...
The White Person’s Joke
Luba Kassova | October 27, 2021
One Friday afternoon last year, one of my sons came home from school deeply upset at having overheard a highly offensive racist comment made by a friend “as a joke”. I couldn’t sleep that night, filled with anguish and despair. In my...
Women’s voices are missing in the climate crisis story
Luba Kassova | October 19, 2021
“The Missing Perspectives of Women in COVID-19 News” report, which was published in 2020 in the midst of the pandemic, exposed concerning truths about the global scale of women’s reduced agency in generating pandemic-related news stories....
Facts. Truth. Trust.
Luba Kassova | October 13, 2021
It is utterly splendid that two extraordinary journalists and amazing human beings - Maria Ressa from the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov from Russia – have been awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize. It is the first time since 1935 that the prize...
