Healing doesn’t happen overnight, despite our wishes. For a shift to happen, we need to look into ourselves for the root cause. Just like a sickness, it takes time and patience to heal. Sometimes… Read More »Healing Is a Long Journey, though Sometimes Painful, Leads Us to Treasure
Just like road rage, or quick anger to your nagging mom, most of the negative emotions come from an auto-pilot system as reactions. We are not aware of it and think our reactions are what… Read More »Shift Happens When You Deal with the Root Cause
We all get angry many times. Someone’s elbow hits you in the crowd. The car in front of you is too slow, and someone tailgates you. Your classmates laugh at you. Your mom nags you… Read More »Angry at Someone or at Yourself?
How earth-shattering it was to realize I had NEVER seen what was in front of me! As it was. This realization came almost 14 years after I had consciously embarked on the healing journey. I… Read More »We Look But Do Not See
My turning point came when I hit the rock bottom, right after I turned 22. As I studied at a Catholic high school where I only had to conform to the values already set for… Read More »Rock-bottom – Turning Point
“You are given what you can carry” is a phrase that has supported me all through my healing journey. I heard this phrase when I was thirteen or fourteen. I’d had feelings characteristic of adolescence,… Read More »You Are Given What You Can Carry
I come to presume Walking a long healing path That We were perfect and whole before our birth We get hurt through interacting with others We get healed through others Our life is A long… Read More »Opening Words
On March 7, 2018, I posted on Facebook: Dear Angel, I’m happy to announce, though I’m sure you already know, that I’ve fulfilled the promise I made 20 years ago. You told me to write… Read More »Angel Working Behind the Scenes
In January 2014, my husband emailed me asking if I wanted to join “some kind of Tai Chi” practice with him. On that day, he was with his Aikido teacher, looking for a place… Read More »Encountering Integral Tai Chi
That week, I saw two new names on the patient list: two Caucasian ladies both in their fifties, in the rooms on each side of the hallway. As soon as the nurses saw me, they… Read More »Volunteering on the Palliative Care Floor