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Hello! If this is your first visit to Lily Pond, welcome! At the Pond, you will find topics at the intersection of mental and emotional health…
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Midsummer Updates: Recovery, Art, Garden, Protest and Pride
Living through fatigue, rebirth, rage, joy and pride.... What a month it has been!
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An Immigrant Mother's American Dream
An imagined dialogue between my mom and me
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Updates from My Pneumonia Weeks
'We Can Do Hard Things' show, Corporate America, and how to counter despair
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A Corporate Tsunami
How my attempt to speak the truth and hold executive leaders accountable resulted in a nasty slap on the face.
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Cross-Cultural Experiences

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The Authoritarian Déjà-vu
A selection of rhyming similarities between China and the U.S. at this moment in history
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English as America's Official Language: An Executive Order that Reeks of Linguistic Imperialism
The threat of normalizing discrimination against people who have limited English-speaking skills, and why it's ever more important to decolonize our…
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The Great American Exodus
Perspectives of an immigrant--and a perpetual second-class citizen--on the mass exodus of Americans overseas
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Self-Discovery & Growth

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What Does It Actually Mean to be Grounded, Present and Mindful?
How learning to swim has shown me the path toward this esoteric state and opened up a new way of living
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Reflections on My Journey from Shipwreck to Shore
How I learned to float and swim — physically and metaphorically — after the shipwreck of sexual betrayal last year.
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When the Inner Truth of the Tao is Lost
A passage in Tao Teh Ching that sheds light on our inner, familial and political life
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Relationships

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Memoirish

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Artsies

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Diverse Voices

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Caregiving

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A first-generation immigrant reflects on cross-cultural issues, inter-generational trauma, and what it means to be whole and belong in this world.
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