People have different theories and perspectives of what healing looks like, how it shows up in our lives. After many years of practicing as a counselor and under powerful mentorship, I have found that healing looks like a spiral. Here is a small visual to describe this view. (Use your

Healing can seem like an elusive concept yet all of us experience it in one way or another. Here is a small visual comic to describe how I see it. (Use your screen zoom-in feature to enlarge the image.) If you want to read more, check out my blog post

As a self-proclaimed student of shame, I’ve collected many personal stories over the years that capture my own battles with it. On one occasion, I was asked to speak about a program I co-created but completely blanked on what I prepared to talk about. Standing there in the park, in

A Gift of Autumn Ease Fall. My favorite time of the year. Here in the Pacific Northwest where we only get a few months of sun, many people really struggle with it. I get it! At the same time, while it is here can we open to the medicine that

Ever since I was little, I’ve always loved the magical and mystical. Unfortunately, it wasn’t exactly encouraged, especially if I were to have a successful career as a first-generation college student (with Asian-American values). Ironically, it wasn’t until I was in formal training to become a counselor that I returned

Many people believe that healing is a linear process. They believe that healing looks like a steady movement upward and forward. When someone doesn’t follow this trajectory they assume that they are moving backwards. This can lead to a lot of anxiety and shame. I’m here to tell you that