Practice what you preach, the art of mothering yourself
Min Yi | February 6, 2012
How often have we, as mothers – as nurturers, tend to the needs of everyone around us and often forget to nurture ourselves?
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Reviving Conscious Relationships
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When my children cook and clean
Min Yi | December 16, 2011
If someone told me that one day, my children would do the dishes, clean the laundry, help prepare dinner, clean up afterwards, prepare their lunch for the next day … and put away their toys, I would have gone back to sleep because I would have been dreaming. Today, that dream is playing out in [...]
All the worlds a stage… and the curtains are closing
Min Yi | May 9, 2011
It didn’t seem so long ago when my mother was about my age and I was 9, Jing Wen’s age, and changing my little brother’s diapers when my mom worked in the sweatshop that promised us food and shelter. I thought of this as I watched my mother waving goodbye to me from the curb [...]
Translating for mom and how it saved our relationship.
Min Yi | May 4, 2011
When may parents were learning to survive in New York City shortly after immigrating from China, I was their translator for many essential purposes. By age 8, I translated: bills, contracts, directions, movies, music, the news, I was even the translator for the parent teacher conferences. When there is a need, we must decide, can [...]
The Flu + Three kids = ???
Min Yi | August 17, 2010
I had the flu this week. It completely knocked me out. Like many of my illnesses, I took it as an opportunity to listen to my body which possess far greater wisdom than I (the ego). The most I could come up with was that I needed more rest than I’d been giving myself. As [...]
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