PinnedPlease stop killing us.Speak up. Donate. Meditate and pray for the API community. “Thinking about you. Try to stay safe out there,” my friend had texted. Confused by the text, I checked the local news thinking something dangerous and urgent had happened in NYC. Not seeing anything, I replied, “Huh? What happened?” “Atlanta…Aapi5 min read
Feb 12, 2021Continuing Lunar New Year traditions through the pandemicHow my mother’s cooking taught me to honor my ancestors Lunar New Year, or Tét in Vietnamese, is a special day in my family; actually, it is the most special day of the year. It is filled with so many traditions, including lucky money, games, fireworks, dragon dances, and most…Lunar New Year9 min read
Published in Meditating On What Matters·Jun 4, 2020Our work will never be doneLet this time be a calling for all of us to show up, to practice and to embody these teachings until we are all free from suffering. As I continue to navigate my mourning of the murder of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, I clicked on the #yoga…Yoga5 min read
Apr 8, 2019Why I didn’t lose my shit when my laptop got stolen. Spoiler: All that meditation paid off.“Even a few moments of offering lovingkindness can reconnect you with the purity of your loving heart.” — Tara Brach, American psychologist and meditation teacher A little over a week ago, I was having coffee with my friend. (She is lovely and you should check out her art.) It was…Life9 min read
Mar 29, 2019How do we become more patient with the world — and with ourselves?“To understand patience or trust and other beautiful qualities is to hold them in a wide and loving heart with the fullness of our humanity. We become more patient and more trusting when we realize that trust also includes room to be impatient or to make mistakes, or to have…Meditation7 min read
Mar 21, 2019How an appendicitis scare made me more comfortable with vulnerability“Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it’s a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.” — Brené Brown, ‘Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead’ I hate…Life Lessons7 min read
Mar 14, 2019Can abandoning hope make you fearless?“Hope and fear come from feeling that we lack something; they come from a sense of poverty.” — Pema Chodron, an American Tibetan Buddhist nun I remember stumbling across a piece from Pema Chodron — one of my favorite Buddhist teachers and authors — years ago on how the act…Life6 min read
Mar 5, 2019Creating your own Land of Happiness“The temple may be ancient but the meaning is always modern.” — an ancient Bhutanese saying I first heard about Bhutan a few years ago when its King (yes, King) announced a new system of measurement for the country — Gross National Happiness (GNH). “(GNH) is based on the conviction…Life9 min read
Feb 25, 2019How discipline will set you free — and allow you to live with a bit more magic“If there’s discipline or passion, it’s not about how many times you get rejected or you fall down, it’s about how many times you stand up and are brave enough to keep on going.” — Lady Gaga, after winning Best Song at the 2019 Academy Awards I’ve just finished my…Personal Growth5 min read
Feb 15, 2019Stopping to start again“You stop running. You stop struggling. You allow yourself to rest, to heal, to calm.” — Thich Nhat Hanh, Zen Buddhist Monk I have a hard time with transitional periods in my life because of the staleness of them. …Personal Development7 min read
