Vân, Cúc, Trúc, and Trang; Dũng, Dai, Khôi and Phát. In my mother tongue these names carry music, cadence, poetry. They evoke for the listener i...
Change is like going on an expedition: It can be a trudge or a hike. Take it all in and enjoy the view, or focus on the faults -- it's absolutely a choice. Here are some lessons I've learned about encountering change, some by resisting it and some by jumping into it with two feet.
Like fish, a big change is harder to tackle, so I start small. The bigger things are the ones that really gnaw, like some endless loop of regrets and hypothetical do-overs.
"I have so much love to give." Few things could be more obvious than to point out that young women are hard on themselves. Self-criticism (often as...
A close friend of my mother's generation used to insist that a woman who reveals her age will reveal anything. Since I say that I am devoted to transparency, isn't this the right time and place for me to fess up to every one of my god-given gift of 85 years?
Sometimes we think that being a positive person means accepting our circumstances. While it is important to see the good that is around us, I think it is also important to have the right perspective on situations.
The thing about change is that when it gets too personal, most of us don't actually like it. It's easier to work on change in small doses. How can we take one tiny step towards something new?
