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I launched this blog in 2008. My mini-me.
My beauty secret. Or: How I became a model.
May 24, 2025
Save the date: Please join me online for my next seasonal, self-healing (free!) workshop, Summer Celebration. We’ll listen to our bodies. What’s your complexion and the rest of your body […]
5 Element Theory of Chinese Medicine
March 26, 2025
You’re now looking at one of the world’s most important health and mental health frameworks. The 5 Element Theory has been essential in China for the past 2,500 years. These […]
My mantra: What was, what’s new, what’s now®
November 5, 2024
Back in 2011, I came up with an easy way to teach my college students a weird-sounding writing trick. The “trick” is called a nut graf. It’s a key storytelling […]
Journalist? Artist? What it means to be a JournalARTist®
October 8, 2024
In 2013, I invented a new word: JournalARTist®! You can also write it as JournalArtist®. Or any other way where word “ART” snuggles right in the middle of j-o-u-r-n-a-l-i-s-t. This […]
Asian American research fact sheet
June 1, 2024
The other day, I went online in search of new – or at least, newish material – about Asian America. Along the way, I also visited some of my […]
Why we all need The Cultural Iceberg
June 1, 2024
About four years ago, I discovered The Cultural Iceberg at a teacher training program. The iceberg left me speechless. So simple. Yet, so profound. Ever since then, I’ve been sharing […]
May 31, 2023
If writing a personal essay feels like too much pressure, you might be carrying memories of childhood school days. Maybe you were told you were a “good writer.” Or, maybe […]