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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Summary: How our outer and inner worlds are connected, and how we can make lasting changes. I truly believe our outer world is a reflection of our inner worlds. Everything around us reflects back what we put out there. We can try to hide it and tell ourselves we are […]
Summary: 5 strategies on how to set boundaries with toxic people you can’t just avoid or cut out completely from your life. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned to become more selective of whom I spend time with and reveal my inner world to. You may have heard we are […]
Summary: We matter, even if all we do is exist. All beliefs are worth challenging; there are very few absolute truths. I recently realized I’ve been so afraid of committing fully to my business or being an entrepreneur. I’m afraid of failure, but also afraid of success. It doesn’t make […]
Summary: We as humans all need connection and support, especially if we are taking a road less traveled! In my journey to figure out how to live nomadically all over the world, and support myself outside of medicine, I realized it was essentially entrepreneurship I was tackling. I had never […]