As Armenia heads to the polls, Sheila Paylan reflects on the meaning of voting, the temptation of strategic choices, and why the only truly wasted vote is the one never cast.

This month for Unleashed, Sheila Paylan draws a line from childhood bullying to Armenia’s unexpected rise into the global spotlight, reflecting on how people and countries can use pain and rejection to rise above and beyond what tried to break them.

A reflective Easter meditation on boundaries, self-worth and the power of walking away. Drawing from personal and professional experience, Sheila Paylan argues that refusing to tolerate disrespect is not loss, but a necessary act that creates space for growth and better possibilities.

In this month’s Unleashed, Sheila Paylan challenges the double standards that celebrate women for a day but judge them the rest of the year, and makes the case for women to live boldly, freely, and unapologetically on their own terms.

A personal, witty reflection on Great Lent, reframed not as joyless deprivation but as disciplined transformation. Blending faith, self-control and modern life, Sheila Paylan explores how fasting, intention and style can coexist.

Rejecting quick fixes and perfect starts, Sheila Paylan reframes New Year’s resolutions as bold, life-shaping commitments and encourages readers to stop quitting small promises and start pursuing the "major" goals that truly change a life.

Reflecting on democracy, dissent and the dangers of entrenched power, Sheila Paylan tells the story of jailed Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza with growing concerns in Armenia, urging vigilance against the erosion of hard-won democratic space.

Reflecting on her struggle with impatience and the hard-earned art of restraint, Sheila Paylan writes with humor and honesty about how learning to pause before reacting, speaking, or judging can become an act of power, healing and grace.

Forgiveness is often misunderstood whether as surrender, self-help, or moral performance. Drawing from personal experience and collective trauma, Sheila Paylan explores the tension between justice and mercy, insisting that peace built on truth, not amnesia, is the only kind that endures.