IMBUED WITH MEANING

"I felt inspired to get this for you," she said, stretching her arm across the wooden table to hand me a little square paper bag. Velvety gray with silver writing on it, representing the jewelry store where it was from—elegance was its name. My heart skipped a beat. "What? For me?"

NOW + RESONANCE =mae yoshikawaJuly 9, 2024beauty, magnificence, criticism, self-love, open-heart

DEAR POP,

Dear Pop. My relationship with you, perhaps, has been complex in a different way than it was with mom, who was severely ill for seventeen years until she passed.

NOW + RESONANCE =mae yoshikawaJune 18, 2024

MOMMY, I MISS YOU

Mommy. I didn’t think i’d say this but: I miss you. It’s weird because you were severely ill for seventeen years of my life.

NOW + RESONANCE =mae yoshikawaMay 15, 2024

GRADUATING CRITICISM

These days I am taken aback by beauty. I’d been working on graduating criticism in my mind. A little here and a little there; until today. I am discovering what that old mode of operation is about to be replaced with…

NOW + RESONANCE =mae yoshikawaFebruary 9, 2020beauty, magnificence, criticism, self-love, open-heart

CREEPY MOM'S GUIDE TO ECSTASY

Every mom knows how sweet those squishy marshmallow kisses from a toddler taste. I can be a bit of a creep about it. But it’s okay. It’s all for love.

MINDFUL + MOTHER =mae yoshikawaFebruary 9, 2020mothering, motherhood, toddler, mindful, mindfulness, child-rearing

THE LITTLE SWEET THINGS

Today I had a daydream . . . I dreamed of a world where the common news is curated not by adults that are already weary . . .

NOW + RESONANCE =jeeyoon rheeSeptember 26, 2019

PERFECTIONIST’S LOGIC TO LET GO OF PERFECTION

Is my perfectionism getting in my own way? The answer to that, chances are, is YES. If you’re asking yourself that question, it is obvious you’re feeling some traction there.

LIFESTYLE - RESISTANCE =jeeyoon rheeSeptember 26, 2019

REINVENTING THE NEWS MEDIA

It’s the little sweet things, that contain a seed in them. The seed of wonder, of truth, of a whole depth of experience that can hardly be told in words.

NOW + RESONANCE =jeeyoon rheeSeptember 26, 2019

BEYOND BOUNDARIES

I always loved to travel. To see the world. Taste new flavors. Meet new people and ways of life I’d never seen or imagined before.

WORLDVIEW - FEAR =jeeyoon rheeSeptember 26, 2019

FORGIVE BEFORE YOU SEE ERROR

” . . . this is one of the most powerful insights or kizukis that has altered my understanding of the world . . .

LIFESTYLE - RESISTANCE =jeeyoon rheeSeptember 26, 2019

ISSA'S INVINCIBLE QUESTIONS

Here is one of those naturally unwinding Issa-and-Mae conversations as I lay next to him in bed, just before saying goodnight . . .

MINDFUL + MOTHER =jeeyoon rheeSeptember 26, 2019

TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE

Okay, there are two types of people in the world: An Uplifting Cnt or a Down-dragging Dck. In short, either you’re an Up-Cnt or a Down-Dck.

WORLDVIEW - FEAR =jeeyoon rheeSeptember 26, 2019

"I felt inspired to get this for you," she said, stretching her arm across the wooden table to hand me a little square paper bag. Velvety gray with silver writing on it, representing the jewelry store where it was from—elegance was its name. My heart skipped a beat. "What? For me?"

Dear Pop. My relationship with you, perhaps, has been complex in a different way than it was with mom, who was severely ill for seventeen years until she passed.

Mommy. I didn’t think i’d say this but: I miss you. It’s weird because you were severely ill for seventeen years of my life.

These days I am taken aback by beauty. I’d been working on graduating criticism in my mind. A little here and a little there; until today. I am discovering what that old mode of operation is about to be replaced with…

Every mom knows how sweet those squishy marshmallow kisses from a toddler taste. I can be a bit of a creep about it. But it’s okay. It’s all for love.

Today I had a daydream . . . I dreamed of a world where the common news is curated not by adults that are already weary . . .

Is my perfectionism getting in my own way? The answer to that, chances are, is YES. If you’re asking yourself that question, it is obvious you’re feeling some traction there.

It’s the little sweet things, that contain a seed in them. The seed of wonder, of truth, of a whole depth of experience that can hardly be told in words.

I always loved to travel. To see the world. Taste new flavors. Meet new people and ways of life I’d never seen or imagined before.

” . . . this is one of the most powerful insights or kizukis that has altered my understanding of the world . . .

Here is one of those naturally unwinding Issa-and-Mae conversations as I lay next to him in bed, just before saying goodnight . . .

Okay, there are two types of people in the world: An Uplifting C*nt or a Down-dragging D*ck. In short, either you’re an Up-C*nt or a Down-D*ck.

Okay, there are two types of people in the world: An Uplifting Cnt or a Down-dragging Dck. In short, either you’re an Up-Cnt or a Down-Dck.