I started writing this year’s Mother’s Day post as a How-To Guide, but honestly, I think I’ve grown from previous years that it’s not what I want to share on this day. When you don’t have an active relationship with…
How To Get 5 People To Compliment Your Skin
Lately, five people whom I’ve known between 5 to 35 years told me that my skin looks AMAZING. Here’s what I did to work on my skin—over a whole year.
ultimate guide to sunscreen for asian skin
I’ve been doing a deep dive on tinted mineral sunscreens so now you don’t have to go through the research rabbit hole yourself! So why tinted? Why mineral? And what the heck is butyloctyl salicylate? Keep reading.
Facing Burnout? Here’s One Revolutionary Act to Do Now
Nothing. Just do nothing. That’s it! Now, if you’d like more context, keep reading… Why You Might Be in Burnout Mode You’ve got mile high to-do lists, kids to take care of, meals to plan every damn day, and people…
5 Ways My Relationship with Mother’s Day has Changed
Over the past couple of years, I’ve written some pretty dark (but hopefully dark-but-there’s-still-light) posts about Mother’s Day. I was struggling so much with the relationship that the only thing I knew how to do was to expel it from…
Best of: Children’s Books about Asian Food
Happy Asian Heritage Month! I thought that the best way to celebrate our collective Asian heritage is through books on food. Cuz how many times have we heard our parents shove food in front of our faces vs saying “I…
Hate making decisions? Here’s how to reframe it
I used to have the hardest time making decisions. Why? Because I was a perfectionist, so I could never make not only the “right” decision, but the “perfect” decision. But economics tells us there’s no such thing as perfect information….
10 Signs You Know You’re Healing From C-PTSD
C-PTSD seemed like it was something I’d have to live with… forever. But a pretty miraculous thing happened recently: I heard genuinely positive confirmations that I’ve grown. And this is coming a woman nearing the fifth decade of her life….
Friend Breakups: How to Know When to Leave (excerpt by Lane Moore)
This piece on friend breakups by Lane Moore resonated with me so much, I’m sharing an excerpt here.
10 (Sad) Things I Did This Mother’s Day
After going through yet another difficult Mother’s Day season this year, it dawned on me today that I did a lot of unconventional things around this holiday. And no, one of them wasn’t watching JLo’s new Netflix movie, The Mother.
how to treat your younger self (+ mistakes) with kindness
The past seems to be tinged with cringe (I know I’ll regret writing this hah) to the point that I couldn’t bear to re-read old entries documenting these faux-pas so I actually burned some old journals.
what to expect when you’re (no longer) expecting: a guide to miscarriage
TL;DR this is an uncomprehensive guide to miscarriage told from my personal perspective. I hope you read it, just so you know what others have been through, but never need to refer to it. Today was the official due date…
