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Elina Ashimbayeva

Corporate benefits of humanity & diversity

It has been almost 2.5 years since Steven and I decided to start interviewing our friends and sharing their stories on Storyo. I remember…

Oct 24, 2021

Corporate benefits of humanity & diversity

Oct 24, 2021

Must be hard to be white

In a world of anger and turmoil, You didn’t choose this privileged skin tone. Your eyes, your hair Isn’t automatically equal to bigotry

Jan 13, 2020

Must be hard to be white

Jan 13, 2020

I am from Kazakhstan

How important is our place in this world — literal physical place?

Jan 1, 2020

I am from Kazakhstan

Jan 1, 2020

What is Culture?

Have you asked yourself recently what is culture? What is my culture?

Oct 27, 2019

What is Culture?

Oct 27, 2019

Homelessness

Homelessness. What a crazy concept?

Oct 10, 2019

Homelessness

Oct 10, 2019

One Soy Flat White Please

I watched yet another documentary about oppression and wrote this weird messy vulnerable thing.

Sep 19, 2019

One Soy Flat White Please

Sep 19, 2019

Being proud vs being grateful

A year ago I did this emotional inventory exercise where I went through a set of questions to figure out where I am at internally. One of…

Jul 27, 2019

Being proud vs being grateful

Jul 27, 2019

Sometimes No Doesn’t Mean Try Harder — A Story About Self Defence

Walking to your car at night clenching the keys in your hand trying to look at your fast pacing feet taking one headphone out, you are…

Apr 14, 2019

Sometimes No Doesn’t Mean Try Harder — A Story About Self Defence

Apr 14, 2019

Imposter Syndrome — When Will We Stop Comparing Ourselves?

It is a fascinating phenomenon — Imposter Syndrome. As the members of quite individualistic society, we are incredibly susceptible to…

Mar 27, 2019

Imposter Syndrome — When Will We Stop Comparing Ourselves?

Mar 27, 2019

Why You Should Try Therapy Too

Yesterday I finished my last of the four funded therapy sessions and I wanted to talk about it.

Feb 23, 2019

Why You Should Try Therapy Too

Feb 23, 2019

Life Skills Education or What Might We Need To Be Good At Life

We measure societal progress on by capita income and growth. In recent years there has been a great debate stating that economic…

Jan 20, 2019

Life Skills Education or What Might We Need To Be Good At Life

Jan 20, 2019

Problem solving as basis for everything you do in life: 1 hour class for school students

I thought about questions I had when I was younger, questions university students have at events, what my younger brother asked me…

Dec 6, 2018

Problem solving as basis for everything you do in life: 1 hour class for school students

Dec 6, 2018

When being nice becomes cool

“I am not impressed by your position, title, money. I am impressed by how you treat other people.” — got stuck with me today.

Nov 28, 2018

When being nice becomes cool

Nov 28, 2018

How To Seem Like You Are Doing A Good Job At Being A Student

You have listened to multiple podcasts and TED talks. You know now: you shape your own destiny. You are the change the world needs. You…

Oct 22, 2018

How To Seem Like You Are Doing A Good Job At Being A Student

Oct 22, 2018

How do you know what you want to do when you grow up?

When you watch high school students celebrate their last day, or see university graduates throwing their hats in the air, or listen to…

Sep 1, 2018

How do you know what you want to do when you grow up?

Sep 1, 2018

No, things didn’t happen just because you worked hard

Here is a short 2 minute reminder on how lucky you are, beautiful human reading this. Yes, you have gone to school / finished that degree /…

Jun 19, 2018

No, things didn’t happen just because you worked hard

Jun 19, 2018

The outcome is not the outcome. The end is not the end.

Someone whose mind I admire immensely quoted this fable as one of their favourites:

Mar 18, 2018

The outcome is not the outcome. The end is not the end.

Mar 18, 2018

How To Be Attractive Even Though You Are A Complete Potato

Do you ever wake up, attempt to brush your teeth and notice a complete potato in the bathroom mirror? Do you always feel like staying in…

Jan 15, 2018

How To Be Attractive Even Though You Are A Complete Potato

Jan 15, 2018

Why do we do what we do? Part 2

Why do you do what you do? Fill out: I live for _____

Jan 15, 2018

Why do we do what we do? Part 2

Jan 15, 2018

What Would You Be Doing If You Didn’t Get Caught Up In Things All The Fucking Time?

Getting caught up in life is a weird argument we tend to use to justify our state of probably being-a-bit-too-busy-and-not-too-happy. It is…

Nov 27, 2017

What Would You Be Doing If You Didn’t Get Caught Up In Things All The Fucking Time?

Nov 27, 2017

Elina Ashimbayeva

Elina Ashimbayeva

Thinking, writing, evaluating, re-evaluating. Talking about what’s important and how to live a usefull life. What is inside your head?

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