This Spring I had some spare time on my hands during the pandemic lockdown. With it, amongst other things, I took the popular Happiness Coursera class, “The Science of Well-Being“. Soon after finishing the course during challenging times, I received a follow-up email from Professor Laurie Santos thru Coursera. She wanted to share some new […]
During Spring 2018, the Yale psychology professor Laurie Santos disclosed a new course, Psychology and the Good Life. The topic was “happiness”. The class was the manifestation of the reaction to what she saw on campus. At the time, she lived within the midst of the students in residential housing. She saw something which shocked […]
Raised in a small town predominantly populated by Caucasians as Asian Americans, facing racial slurs was commonplace for us. Due to ignorance and/or fear of the unknown, our race was the cause of the contempt we had to deal with! The Xenophobia faced by many Asians during the coronavirus pandemic, brings this to the forefront […]
In honor of Pride Month and the desire to contextualize the current circumstances we are living in, here are some books to include in your reading list. They aim to shed light on and clarify significant historical moments which informed and shaped the modern LGBTQ rights movement. All My Mother’s Lovers: A Novel by Ilana […]
Summer has finally arrived with a vengeance! However, the long awaited warm weather we’ve been craving for all year also comes with substantial surges in our utility bills. But cooling down your home doesn’t have to result in an increase cost to you. Here we will provide you with a few tips which will help […]
There is important, urgent work to be done against racism and all forms of discrimination. It is time for us to commit to long term change to drive equality by listening and learning. We should all reflect internally on what we can do as individuals. To help bring this about, we have compiled a list […]
