“Being American”: A First-Generation Immigrant Story

“Being American”: A First-Generation Immigrant Story

What I have realized, and I guess you could say the biggest epiphany about my life, is this: Value your heritage and embrace your distinctiveness. I have. I am not American. I am not Korean. I am both. I realize now that I don’t have to belong to one clique or one...

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10 Great Things To Do On Your Birthday in Los Angeles

10 Great Things To Do On Your Birthday in Los Angeles

Photo from Afternoon Tea at The Peninsula Hotel I just had another birthday roll by and am always explaining my latest philosophy about birthdays and how I’ve been spending them the past few years so I thought I’d write about it so I can just refer people to what I’ve...

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How to Practice Self-Compassion And Be Your Own Best Friend

How to Practice Self-Compassion And Be Your Own Best Friend

I’ve been thinking a lot about KINDNESS lately and I think the first time I really understood self-compassion was listening to Kristin Neff as I filmed her telling me her greatest epiphany. Self-compassion is about being KIND to yourself. Being your own best friend. It was a concept I never understood until that moment. It was the way she described it that gave me my own epiphany.

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My Interview with Maya Angelou and How It Changed My Life

My Interview with Maya Angelou and How It Changed My Life

A few years ago, I had the honor of interviewing Dr. Maya Angelou for my book, Epiphany. I reached out to Dr. Angelou because several requests had come in via my website for her to be interviewed, and then I asked a woman I was interviewing, Stacey Lannert (also in my...

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