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I started blogging in 2008. Here’s my journey.
Writing tips from Maxine Hong Kingston
April 22, 2017
Forty years ago, she wrote “The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts.” The book was a breakthrough bestseller about growing up in a dysfunctional Chinese immigrant family. Today, […]
Daily gratitude makes every single day worth living
April 15, 2017
Five years ago, I lacked confidence. I didn’t trust my creativity. So I decided to practice gratitude. My thinking and feelings started changing in surprising ways. Today, daily gratitude makes […]
After the breakup: being my own woman
April 9, 2017
Seven months ago, I chose to end a three-year relationship. In the past, I would’ve told myself to just get over it. This time, I let myself feel. So I […]
If you want to feel better, meditate now
April 2, 2017
I used to be scared of meditating. What if I tried it and nothing happened? Then I’d feel like a spiritual failure. But then, I learned that meditating is as […]
6 reasons why the badass hapa BBC girl inspires my inner child
March 19, 2017
Marion Kelly is four years old. She’s hapa — half Asian and half-white. She has a Korean mommy, a white American daddy and a baby brother named James. On March […]
Fat-buster: How to make daikon noodles
March 12, 2017
Pasta has a million calories and nearly zero nutrition. I used to be sad about this. But then I learned how to make daikon noodles. As a pasta substitute, daikon […]
The historic trauma of Asian American women, since Day 1
March 5, 2017
Did you know that a ban on Chinese immigrant women created America’s first immigration laws? Discovering this forgotten historical moment left me appalled by the suffering of the ancestors. They […]