Being told you’re intimidating can be a good thing; you just gotta own it. INTIMIDATION This word has haunted me my entire life. It started in grade school when one of my friends told me a friend hers finds me intimidating. She said her friend told her that my eyes Read more…
But will I let my daughter? It’s the year 2000 and I’m sitting in my Grade 8 French class. My flared Mavi jeans are tight around my waist. I’m bloated. The crown of my head is throbbing in pain, radiating in a ring of fire that never ends. My lower Read more…
When you have a product you believe in, it makes it easier. https://youtu.be/EKJrhgRDhVk I‘m like the Asian mom version of Mr. Money Moustache Growing up with Chinese immigrant parents, I had to learn and appreciate the value of a dollar. My mom would get down to business whenever the flyers were Read more…
Asian moms are like magicians in the kitchen, cooking up a storm without the thunder and lightning https://youtu.be/NEqSa8bG3eo As a mother of 2 with a husband who has the stomach the size of a basketball player’s inside a small Chinese man, I cook A LOT! One day as I was Read more…
When you have a second baby, how does the first kid react to their newborn sibling? https://youtu.be/FGGh5EInX8Q When you go from being a mom of 1 to a mom of 2… Does the chaos also double? My son just started solids and my daughter’s reciting to me an entire episode Read more…
So earlier this year, I published a book on some strategies that helped my relationship with my parents. https://youtu.be/7jVgoZNsGJE The title of the book assumes that it provides the reader with a clear solution to their problems. But with any self-help, personal development, relationship advice book, the solution lies within us. Read more…
Being good at something doesn’t mean you enjoy it and should be doing it. When parents, teachers, supervisors, managers and bosses tell you you’re good at doing this, does that mean you’re also passionate about it? What do you want to do with your life? What’s your life’s mission? What do you Read more…
Do you fear death and dying? As a wife and mom of 2 young kids, this scares me a lot. However, blogging and being authentic in the content I create give me comfort in what I’m leaving behind YOLO, life is short, carpe diem… Have you ever thought about your death? Read more…
Does online dating actually work? I met my husband over years ago and here’s our love story. When did you meet online? Brian: We had met towards the end of the summer in 2013. Katharine: Summer of 2013. I remember Drake’s “Hold On, We’re Going Home” was playing nonstop on Read more…
Food and I have a love-hate relationship. It’s something I’ve been managing my whole life. How my past eating disorder affects me as a mom How do you feel about your body? How do you feel about food? As someone who has struggled with body confidence her whole life, I’ve had Read more…