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I launched this blog in 2008. My mini-me.
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 […]
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 […]
Single & satisfied on Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2017
Are you in love today — and every day? It can happen. That’s why this year, I’ve set aside my usually hating against hearts, roses and candlelight dinners. Every Feb. […]
Year of the Rooster: therapy talk for 2017
January 29, 2017
Year of the Rooster has me thinking about how happy I am to finally, truly appreciate my difficult parents. The two of them, plus my first shrink, now occupy the […]
Love trumps Trump — if it’s true love
January 22, 2017
All the news coming out of the White House makes me insane. But after much gloominess and overeating, my doubts are gone. I believe 1,000% in my mantra. Against the […]