Have you recovered from the holidays yet? Did you go back to work? Are you still on break? I’m wishing you all a happy and healthy 2018. I’ve read many posts about setting 2018 goals and working toward chipping away at them. I haven’t been as organized as most. I’m still in the process of thinking about what I’d like to accomplish in the upcoming year. But I don’t feel as though I’ve fallen...
As a social science researcher, I’m curious about people, innate behaviors, and the perceptions of others. The research question I wanted to explore in my dissertation partly emerged from experiences in corporate America and growing up as an Asian kid in U.S. society. Like many Asian parents, my Mom and Dad firmly believed that education was a pathway toward success. To them, victory meant...
It’s the middle of November, and I know many of us are bracing for the chaos that’s about to emerge. But each year, we somehow manage through the season. We are resilient in many ways and don’t acknowledge our strengths often enough. With Thanksgiving around the corner, I’m pausing to remember why we celebrate. It’s a time for expressing gratitude and I have much to be...
It was April 2002, many months after 9/11. I had relocated back to San Francisco after spending four years in New York City. Like many people, I was consistently anxious; reminded that the world was not what I had once envisioned. It was during this time that I sought to belong to something greater. For me, it meant offering assistance while being part of a community. I volunteered and helped...
Have you ever thought about how others perceive you? And how their perception of you shapes or strengthens your own identity? I’ve thought about the concept of identity for many years now; and in the past nine years, I’ve come to understand that several factors contributed to the development of who I truly am. We are a compilation of many things. Factors such as culture, family environment...
