Word of the Week: Listen Life Lesson: Happy 2020 beautiful MV community! While I am not really big into setting New Year’s resolutions anymore, I do enjoy setting aside time at the start of a new year for self-reflection. I created a vision board for my personal hopes and dreams, Andrew and I created a […]

The New Year can bring about a sea of emotions: excitement, anxiety, disappointment, frustration, overwhelm, and shame. On the one hand, new beginnings can give the illusion of having a blank slate. Talkspace therapist Joanna Filidor, LMFT, finds that January is a time when many people are motivated to create change. On the other hand, January […]

My husband and I are both Chinese American — he is first-generation and I am second-generation. We often have conversations about how our Chinese heritage impacts our daily life. Some days we forget entirely that we are Chinese, and other days we are hyper-aware of the microaggressions we incur as part of an immigrant family. […]

Word of the Week: Bold Life Lesson: One of the overarching themes I decided I wanted to embody for my branding photoshoot was to be bold. I wanted to be bold enough to let the “real me” shine through. Not the safe version of me. Not the most likable version of me. Not the corporate […]

Word of the Week: Release Life Lesson: Back in October, I felt an itch to give my company a fresh look. The biz photos I was using were almost two years old and something told me it was time for an update. While it seemed like a silly thing to prioritize out of the many […]

I grew up thinking stress was a normal part of life. In fact, my family practically celebrated being stressed because it was a sign you were working hard. Working hard was the gold standard in our achievement-oriented household. If you weren’t stressed, you probably weren’t living up to your potential, right? Equating stress with self-worth […]

Word of the Week: Alignment Life Lesson: Since I first started my business nearly three years ago, I have taken it in many different directions. From weddings to life coaching to workshops to writing, I have danced with all the different ways to share my work and reach the people I’m meant to reach. It’s […]

I used to be a pretty superstitious person. I would jump over cracks in the sidewalk, hold my breath as I passed by a cemetery, and I never, ever opened an umbrella indoors. Did these silly rituals really offer protection from bad things? Unlikely. It’s taken a long time to accept that suffering and hardships […]

Word of the Week: SuccessLife Lesson: One of my favorite parts about our recent trip to Denver, CO was the question “What do you do for work?” almost never came up. We would meet people and talk about the best hikes in the area, where we went running, and the latest CBD-infused drink we tried before […]

Word of the Week: Inner WisdomLife Lesson: When I sit down to write this newsletter, sometimes I have zero ideas and sometimes I have so many ideas I don’t know what to do with. How do I eventually decide what to write? I draw a tarot card! For those of you who are thinking “Wow, […]