Clinical Psychologist Dr. Jenny Wang gave an insightful talk yesterday about the importance of protecting our energy.
I think her points are especially relevant given that many members of our community are being stretched physically and emotionally in the wake of the pandemic, the suffering in the AAPI community with the...

Context: the shooting in Atlanta last week really threw me into the deep end that awakened me to my own amnesia of growing up as an Asian American experiencing everything from brutally unaware statements like 'your English is so good!', to interactions loaded with heinous intent: 'go back to China!'. ...

As you think about the work environment, the home, and the community you wish for yourself and others, consider a garden by analogy: 

When cared for, a garden can be a beautiful and diverse arrangement of vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers — the kind that, in addition to being serene, is...

Most things worth doing require your participation in what feels like a long game: 
Switching careers involves years spent acquiring new skills, and countless job applications and interviews. 

Getting a Ph. D. involves years of course work, research, publications, going to conferences, and writing a dissertation. 
Qualifying for the olympics involves a lifetime...

A place worth being is exactly how it sounds: it’s the place you prefer to be because it provides any number of important qualities like meaning, joy, and fulfillment. 

If you look back at the jobs you have had, the locations you have traveled, and the people you have engaged with,...

Last week was difficult to say the least with the shooting in Atlanta that left 8 dead and created ripples of suffering, sadness, and frustration within the community. 

For all the contention and debate though, especially at the political level, about what to label these violent acts or the precise mechanisms...

“Her.”

That was the response of Atlanta Spa shooting victim Hyun Jung Grant’s son, Randy Park, when asked by ABC’s Juju Chang about he missed the most about her. 

It wasn’t just one specific aspect of his mother that he felt the absence of, it was the totality of her existence —...

Went to the post office today. 

As I approached the my mailbox I experienced a surge of flashbacks from 2013 when I found out my grandpa in Taiwan was dying:

I needed to fly back to Taiwan immediately but couldn't because my passport was still in the process of being renewed. 

Once I...

The Elephant

Whether it is about community, home, or the work place — we all have our fair share of elephants: 
Issues of enormous importance and implications that need discussing but are not discussed for reasons that run the gamut: fear of social repercussion and judgment, the desire to avoid controversy, or...

First, some alignment:

Oxford Languages defines ‘progress’ as ‘forward or onward movement towards a destination.’

The undertones of forward, onward, and destination are this: it’s about getting to an a place that is both decidedly better and important.

As you endeavor to make progress — to move towards a better an important place...