Sometimes, I wish life was simple: everyone understood everyone else, treated each other equally, and lived a life of ease and tranquillity. Well, this is just a utopian dream. In reality, we are not meant to live a trouble-free, conflict-free life. We are meant to understand the big drama of life and work towards transforming each moment. We are meant to be tested, and life does a good job of it. When we cannot escape, we manage. The fact that humans have made progress means that we are capable of making the best of challenging situations. What comes in the way is a repeated pattern of viewing the drama instead of tapping into our agency. When I facilitated my first mental wellness workshop for the cohort, I wondered how I could best support them. One of the primary principles we follow at Parity Lab is that each person is the expert of their reality. My job is to bring them face to face with their individual, organizational, and community realities. We began by introducing them to t