Category: A Touch of Sunshine
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H&W|Incorporating Gua Sha Into My Evening Routine
🌻 Flava Wellness Series Incorporating Gua Sha Into My Evening Routine Evenings have become my time to slow down, breathe, and create rituals that care for both body and spirit. Lately, I’ve added something new to this nightly rhythm — Gua Sha. Gua Sha is an ancient Chinese healing practice that uses a smooth-edged tool,…
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H&W|The Energy of Our Space
🌻 Seasoned SoulZ Reflection (Part 2) The Energy of Our Space Our voices carry energy, but so do the spaces we create. Patients and families don’t just notice our words — they notice how it feels to be in our clinic. Recently, I met a family visiting from another state. The patient was a spine…
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Life| When Healers Are Still Healing Themselves
🌻 Seasoned SoulZ Reflection: When Healers Are Still Healing Themselves Many of us are drawn to healing practices not because we’ve mastered peace, but because we are searching for it. BreathWork, meditation, therapy, yoga, wellness coaching — these practices often call to people in the middle of their own struggles. And that’s not a flaw.…
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Life|The Balance Between Storytelling & Straight Facts
🌻 Seasoned SoulZ Reflection: The Balance Between Storytelling & Straight Facts I’ve always loved storytelling. There’s something about taking a real experience — even something as simple as a quiet day or a trip to the phone store — and shaping it into a reflection that carries meaning. For me, storytelling isn’t just sharing what…
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Life|🌟 Systems Over Goals
🌟 Systems Over Goals 🌻 A Seasoned SoulZ Reflection I recently listened to an audiobook that spoke right to my spirit. It said: ✔️ Shift from goal-based thinking to system-based living ✔️ Build habits that produce consistent progress ✔️ Focus on the process, not just the outcome ✔️ Stay consistent even when motivation disappears And…
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Life|Have We Stopped Being Friends With Each Other? 🌻
Have We Stopped Being Friends With Each Other? 🌻 Seasoned Souls Reflections This morning, as I sat by Lake Washington with my coffee, I thought about the sound of gunshots I fell asleep to and woke up to. I thought about the dream I had, where I was at a community center and a gang…
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Life|Your Voice Carries Energy
Seasoned SoulZ Reflection 🌻 “The Energy We Carry Over the Phone” Today a patient called me Sunshine. 🌞 It made me pause, because they didn’t see me — they only heard me. Yet somehow, through the phone, they felt my energy. We sometimes forget that words are more than words. A rushed tone, a sigh,…
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H&W|Warning About Plastics
Health: Everyday Choices for Wellness 🌻 Flava Wellness Series We use water bottles and food containers every day without thinking much about them. But as I’ve been learning more about wellness, I’ve realized the type of material we choose matters — for both safety and lifestyle. Plastic Water Bottles Single-use bottles can leach chemicals such…

