These Summer Rice Paper Rolls with Herbs & Avocado are a vibrant, cooling dish inspired by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) principles that support balance, ease tension, and clear excess heat—especially during warmer seasons. With crisp vegetables, fresh herbs, and creamy avocado wrapped in delicate rice paper, this dish is as refreshing as it is therapeutic, offering both physical nourishment and energetic harmony. continue reading
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
~~ African Proverb
Greetings to all my precious people!!
We’ve journeyed through kindness as embodied healing, awakened to kindfulness, discovered grace through gratitude, explored contribution as medicine, found joy in service, expanded our vision of midlife possibility, and redefined resilience as community strength. This week, we turn to something our individualistic culture has almost forgotten: REMEMBER.
This comforting breakfast bowl blends Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) food therapy with modern nutrition to create a dish that is both grounding and nourishing. Designed to strengthen Spleen Qi, nourish the Blood, and moisten internal dryness, this warm, lightly sweetened recipe is ideal for transitional seasons, dry conditions, or anyone seeking digestive support and gentle energy replenishment. continue reading
In our busy lives, it’s easy to underestimate the silent, vital role water plays. We often think of hydration as something necessary only when we’re exercising or sweating profusely. But hydration is critical to everyday health, affecting nearly every system in our bodies. continue reading
“I can be changed by what happens to me.
But I refuse to be reduced by it.”
~~ Maya Angelou
Greetings to all my precious people!!
Last week, we shattered myths about midlife limitations and embraced the science-backed truth that your greatest possibilities may still be ahead of you. This week, we explore the foundation that makes pursuing those possibilities sustainable: RESILIENCE.
But not the “grit your teeth and tough it out” version of resilience our culture promotes. Not the toxic self-reliance that insists you should handle everything alone. We’re diving into revolutionary research that reveals the strongest form of resilience comes not from individual toughness, but from kindness practice and community connection.
This changes everything we thought we knew about strength, adaptation, and surviving life’s inevitable challenges. continue reading
