Why Accepting My Pain Helped Me Heal My face was marred with scars. These very scars caused by isolation, shame, and self-hate. And I was trying to hide them from tyranny, for fear that I will be chastised for my pain. I was dying to be seen. And my scars were just a symbol of my pain-begging to be seen as ok, to be transmuted into light. Instead, I learned to reject and hide my scars, because ...
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Reverse and Hack Cancer without Killing Healthy Cells? Interview with Ira Pastor, CEO of Bioquark
I've always had a curiosity for new technologies of curing diseases. While our diet, emotions, lifestyle all play a role in our health, I also believe that cutting edge technologies can help us live a healthier life. When it comes to diseases like cancer, many feel powerless to the disease, and may spend time, energy, money on treatment like chemotherapy, radiation, which also has ...
4 Steps To Setting Boundaries and Saying “Yes” To Yourself
Growing up in traditional Chinese family, I was not allowed to develop my sense of self, let alone express what I needed. As a result, I did not know my needs and my boundaries. I did not even believe that I had the right to have boundaries. This means: I’d say yes when I meant no. I’d not call out on someone who mistreated me. I’d allow exes, “friends” and people to say things to me that are ...
How To Change Your “Karma” & Future
The Past is Inherently “Empty” How to change your karma and future A second ago, you may have been drinking coffee. Now, as you put down your coffee, that moment of you sipping that cup of coffee, which is a second ago, is already gone. The past is “gone”—the past is your perception of what happened; you can also call it “your memory.” Most of the time, the past is the meaning your mind has ...
How This Fast Casual 2.0 Vegetarian Restaurant Is Changing the Future
As the New York Times mentioned, the hippies have gone mainstream. Vegetarianism and wellness are the “it” word these days. The poster child of a healthy, happy, beautiful girl sipping on green juice, eating organic kale, doing yoga and meditating seem to be the “ideal” to strive for these days. ;) While some of you may secretly think that green juice tastes crappy and that raw salads are ...
Adaptogens: Better than Caffeine? (Part 2)
Last time around, we learned what adaptogens are, and how they work in balancing our body. We’ll pick up today from where we left off and cover why adaptogens can increase our energy without leading to a crash, and how they work in balancing our body. You might think that adaptogens may only cause a short term effect, if any, but this may not be the case – in fact, drugs and caffeine are ...
Interview with Dr. James Costello – Adaptogens: Secret to Better Mood, Sex, and Health? (Part 1)
There are lots of talk about adaptogens in the wellness world these days. It's the new "buzzword", well at least in the "West." Adaptogens have gotten particularly popular these days. Examples include GOOP's collaboration with Moon Juice's Amanda Chantal Bacon on their $30 adaptogenic "Dusts," and Nootrobox's use of nootropics. Actually, adaptogens have been used in centuries in China and ...
How A Near-Death Car Accident Taught Me About Self Love
It was midnight. I remember when I looked out to the right car window, I knew I was near death because there was nothing we could have done to avoid the collision. I had only two seconds to react, and then the other car struck my friend’s car. My friend and I were extraordinarily lucky we walked out of that accident with minimal injuries. A year after the accident, this got me thinking—how did I ...