Aug 23, 2016 | Personal Growth
I recently participated in a professional women’s career development workshop. The all female group gathered from multiple disciplines to learn about salary negotiation and bridge the women’s confidence gap to apply for leadership positions. The person who...
Aug 5, 2016 | Embodiment, Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self-Care
“Just look at her and she’ll bruise.” That’s what my mother used to say about my level of sensitivity. And yes, it is true. I am extremely sensitive. My feelings get hurt easily. Criticism, especially for something I care about and have worked...
Jul 20, 2016 | Mindfulness, Personal Growth
Six weeks have passed since I’ve been in touch. This is the longest I have gone since starting the blog 3 years ago without posting. After the Orlando shootings in June, I thought let me give it another week. More space. And then turmoil and tragedy takes place...
Jun 1, 2016 | Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Poems
Noise. Do you recognize it? Can you see it clearly for what it is? I am not interested in fighting for anyone’s attention. I am not interested in shouting displays or loud proclamations, even if positive. Let me retreat into the silence of empty space. Then act...
May 19, 2016 | Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self-Care
In less than two weeks, Memorial Day will be here to kick-off the vacation season. You may have vacation plans you secured months ago or scramble to get some sort of good enough get-away happen for you, your friends, and family. But there is a question that begs to be...
Apr 19, 2016 | Mindfulness, Personal Growth, Self-Care
A few weeks ago I led two Burnout Prevention workshops for a group of female physicians and researchers. Having worked in the medical field and a teaching hospital myself (I also graduated from the Medical College of Georgia where I briefly dated a med student who...
