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Summer Road Trip during the Pandemic
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page.” -Saint Augustine In July, I took a nine-day vacation and went on a road trip with my good friend. This was my first time traveling since February, a record amount of time for not traveling over the...
Self-Care: Building Healthy Daily Habits
“The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. Chinese Proverb Self-care is a mindset and way of living. It’s more than going to a yoga class or spa; it’s about building healthy habits that you can incorporate into your daily life to enhance your...
The Virus and Mental Health: 5 Essential Tools to Keep Moving Forward
The Virus and Mental Health: 5 Essential Tools to Keep Moving Forward In collaboration with SASE (The Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers), I’ve given my very first webinar on how to maintain your mental health, your well-being, and how to keep moving forward...
Male International Students
Below is an abstract on the ongoing research that I am doing about male Asian international students' experiences in the US. Inspired and motivated by the desire to seek higher education and brighter opportunities for the future, international students risk multiple...
My Inspiration for Becoming an Integral Coach
During this pandemic and uncertain time, the ability to internally process it, adjust your state of mind, adapt to changes, and create a new routine in your life is crucial for your immediate and long term success and overall mental health wellbeing. One of the most...
What’s My Place – To Protest or Not
I support the people that are protesting and marching against systemic racism and police brutality. I have been asking myself and reflected on if I should go out and protest? What's my role in this whole thing? One thing I know for sure is that I should not let my ego...
White People Wake Up, We Are the Problem!
by PJ Damico To all my white friends who are sad, and don’t know what to do. After you march, sign petitions, plant yard signs and share your anger — Here are 11 tangible things you can do to disrupt the savage structural racism in our country (from easiest to most...
Implicit Bias and Mental Health
The effect of centuries-long of racism and discrimination has people believe that "they don't see color" and "racism doesn't exist anymore." What we have witnessed with George Floyd's death is the cycle of unexamined bias and prejudice that are controlling our...
Overcome the Shame of Feeling Good
Have you notice that it's so much easier to stay angry, mad, and down for hours and days. But, the moment you feel good, positive, happy, and content for a minute, you immediately think something is wrong or off. This is because our mind is bombarded with negative...
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