1. Eat whatever the hell you want.

Lili Jade is my opportunity to honor my ancestry by carrying forward the traditions, community roles, and principles my family has upheld for centuries.

I tend to be a control freak and it just really isn’t serving me anymore. Sharing some reflections on the importance of letting go.

These last few weeks have been grueling for Iranians across the diaspora. Every day we are cloaked in feelings of grief, guilt, rage, and paranoia.

When working with my clients, I’ve found that people often think setting boundaries is somehow selfish. That protecting their own health and well-being comes at a cost of supporting others.

Anger is not an emotion I feel comfortable with. I’m afraid of a fire that runs that hot—that has the potential to be destructive and vicious.

The ritual of rtushandi gives us an opportunity to ease our mind and our bodies into a new season with grace and intention, just as Nature does.

When I received my multiple sclerosis diagnosis, I began adjusting my eating, movement, and lifestyle routines to better support my mind-body system while I wait to begin medical treatment.

In my last post, I traced the sources of inflammation that triggered my optic neuritis flareup and shared that it was up to the doctors to understand why my immune system was having this kind of reaction—demyelination—in response.

On the 8th day of my 15-day Italian adventure, my left eye began to lose some sight.

Easing our bodies and minds into a new chapter requires that we release the elements of Spring that no longer nourish us and cultivate new habits that will keep us healthy and vibrant in the Summer.

The horrors of these last few weeks have tilted our collective energy towards the heaviness of grief, anger, and frustration. It is important to feel these feelings and to not become desensitized to them. It is also equally important to know when and how to bring yourself back to center to protect your own mental health.

This week was a reminder that balance only exists in the presence of counterbalance.

If we’re teetering on the edge of a cliff, we’re going to want the immediate intervention that stops us from falling. A guardrail that halts our destructive momentum.

What goodness of our history deserves to be woven into the grooves of our branch?

When I mapped out the road to starting my own business, I made an intentional decision to give myself a warmup season. Time to move gently from theory to practice, observing what resonates with others and within myself. Here are 4 things I’ve learned.

All living things enter into a season of rebirth and renewal in the Spring, thus so should we.

Twenty-five years. On average, that’s how much time we’ve bought for ourselves over the last century. Twenty-five more years between us and the next inevitable transformation.

No one tells you how horribly and beautifully painful the growth of your twenties can be.

It was this time last year that I realized I hit burnout. Here are some reflections on why some of us reach this point.