Summary: my epiphanies and realizations from my 21-day silent meditation retreat in Thailand. I just finished a 21-day silent Vipassana meditation retreat at Wat Chom Thong, a Buddhist monastery near Chiang Mai, Thailand, and my mind is blown. I had never really meditated before, and I chose to throw myself […]
Learn Chinese with Comics, The Adventures of MonkMan! Summary/Review of Words ANNOUNCEMENT: ALL PREVIOUS CHAPTERS/LESSONS WERE CONSOLIDATED ONTO ONE PAGE HERE!! (new chapters past #40 will be announced in posts) Note: If there’s no PinYin (in red) above a Chinese character showing you how to pronounce it, it’s because it’s […]
Summary: How to balance “Ambition” vs. “Laziness”? As 2021 comes to a close, I’ve reflected that this year has been way less “Doing” and more just “Being” as I’ve tried to purge old cultural conditionings of Achiever mindsets. Though I knew cognitively that our innate Worth isn’t tied to what […]
Learn Chinese with Comics, The Adventures of MonkMan! Summary/Review of Words ANNOUNCEMENT: ALL PREVIOUS CHAPTERS/LESSONS WERE CONSOLIDATED ONTO ONE PAGE HERE!! (new chapters past #40 will be announced in posts) Note: If there’s no PinYin (in red) above a Chinese character showing you how to pronounce it, it’s because it’s […]
Summary: The story behind my life’s calling to help women and my “Shame-Free Sex Ed” course…it all started in a shady college dorm room with a flashlight and a plastic speculum… (part of my college Brown University’s “FemSex” Female Sexuality Workshop, which CHANGED MY LIFE)!! I always view my life […]
Learn Chinese with Comics, The Adventures of MonkMan! Summary/Review of Words ANNOUNCEMENT: ALL PREVIOUS CHAPTERS/LESSONS WERE CONSOLIDATED ONTO ONE PAGE HERE!! (new chapters past #40 will be announced in posts) Note: If there’s no PinYin (in red) above a Chinese character showing you how to pronounce it, it’s because it’s […]
Learn Chinese with Comics, The Adventures of MonkMan! Summary/Review of Words ANNOUNCEMENT: ALL PREVIOUS CHAPTERS/LESSONS WERE CONSOLIDATED ONTO ONE PAGE HERE!! (new chapters past #40 will be announced in posts) Note: If there’s no PinYin (in red) above a Chinese character showing you how to pronounce it, it’s because it’s […]
Just a quick update that after several times of taking too long to explain my original website name (“LTNoM(a)D“), I decided to change the URL/domain to “Dr. Tooni.” It fits better anyway, and I feel more settled in this new identity. I had been torn about what to focus on […]
Summary: General life update after my month+ detox from screens and biz, on worthiness and being “enough.” I chose to detox from social media and online hustles for over a month, both to adjust to my new job in telemedicine and because I was feeling exhausted and even resentful of […]
Summary: This month’s travel mishap – I fell prey to an internet scam by a “Paypal tech support.” Last month I finally mustered the courage to go back on the nomad road. I moved cross-country from NY to Las Vegas. It’s been a forever dream of mine to explore out […]