Seeing things clearly can be such an emotional issue — literally. That’s what I’ve learned from my holistic eye doctor, Marc Grossman. He’s the guy who taught me that my severe nearsightedness is all about letting go, while people who are farsighted have issues with focusing. We first met back in the late ’90s. I [...]
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What a thrill! After four days without power, the electricity is back. Now that a week has passed since the wrath of Hurricane Sandy, I’m moving on to the new normal of downed trees, long gas lines and of course, my new personal recovery campaign. With yesterday and today as my regular days off, I’m [...]
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Some lessons are very, very hard for me. But I’m going to surrender to the moment and blog the shortest post ever. If I can truly minimize the word count in this space right now, it means that I have made progress in learning to slow down. Trying to cram a million things into each [...]
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So today, I need you to help me write this blog post. I’ll do my part by supplying an iconic image from my childhood. One look and I’ll bet you’ll instantly understand a lot about my personal issues. My hope is that you can explain what happened to me. I can still remember the day [...]
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Ready to try something new? While I don’t think of myself as an Asian-American blogger, the intrepid Betty Ming Liu is flying to an Asian-American bloggers’ convention in Los Angeles. Even though I’m a little nervous, I’m sure it will be fun. As you know, The Ethnic Identity Issue can get messy for me. After [...]
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If you can’t wait to go on vacation, hold onto that feeling! That’s the takeaway from the session I just had with my shrink. We were going through the usual blah-blah until I mentioned my upcoming plans for a week off. He said my face lit up. Like, REALLY lit up. Then he mentioned a [...]
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