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February 16, 2018

2018 Best Lent Ever: Day 3: Tip Hotel Housekeeping

This past weekend, my husband and I argued over whether or not to leave a tip for hotel housekeeping. I do. He does not. My belief on tipping comes from the first time I took a business trip. My boss had forgotten…

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February 15, 2018

2018 Best Lent Ever: Day 2: “My God, My God, Why Have You Abandoned Me?”

Jesus cried out on the cross, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?” Are you feeling that way with another mass shooting of school children? Catholics sing these words during the Lenten season, leading up to Easter. While…

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February 14, 2018

2018 Best Lent Ever: Day 1 Ash Wednesday

Hello and happy Lent. Today is Ash Wednesday which kicks off the start of the Lenten season, or the 40 days that lead up to Easter Sunday, the holiest holiday for Catholics. Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus and that…

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August 8, 2017

An Exploration of World Religions: Islam

When I put the call out for people to interview for this religion series, I was contacted by a blogger who was eager to participate. When she told me more about herself and her background, I felt truly blessed to…

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June 6, 2017

An Exploration of World Religions: Judaism

Because I have so many Jewish friends, I feel a special connection to their religion and culture. Also, as someone who is religious, I feel deeply honored to have visited synagogues, attended weddings, seders, a bris and a brit bat….

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May 10, 2017

An Exploration of World Religions: Buddhism / Catholicism

Here’s my interview of Patrick and his hybrid faith in Buddhism and Catholicism. Tell me about yourself. Where you’re from, where you live, what you do? Born in San Francisco, raised (or made in) Hayward, CA, still live there and…

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May 2, 2017

An Exploration of World Religions: A Message from Pope Francis

I hope you’re enjoying the series on religion. It has been well-received. Launch of New Blog Series: An Exploration of World Religions An Exploration of World Religions: Zoroastrianism Feel free to take another look as I updated with pictures of Monisha’s…

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April 26, 2017

An Exploration of World Religions: Zoroastrianism

This post launches a new blog series on world religions, which I gave a short introduction to here. We’re kicking it off with Zoroastrianism, one of the world’s oldest religions. This post will be unique from the others because I interviewed…

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April 21, 2017

Launch of New Blog Series: An Exploration of World Religions

I’m excited to launch a new blog series next week: An Exploration of World Religions. Even though I’m a devout Catholic, I adore rituals and traditions from other religions and feel so blessed when friends invite me to participate. I…

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February 25, 2016

Spotlight on Catholicism

The other night, Dean and I watched Spotlight which is nominated for several Academy Awards including Best Picture. I’m going to take a different format with this post and interview myself based on questions I’ve been asked in the past…

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Welcome to my site, derived from an advice column I wrote while getting my MBA. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I give helpful, opinionated advice based on my own experience and from the expertise of my extensive network. For more, click here.

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