Reflections on awareness, courage & love
Monthly essays from Dr. Mavis Tsai on connection, belonging, and the quiet practice of living more fully — moment by moment, choice by choice.
When Hope Feels Lost: Four Questions That Can Change Everything
What if hopelessness isn't something to fix, but an invitation to listen more deeply? Four themes that emerge again and again when hope feels out of reach — and the questions that can begin to soften them.
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Wonder: At the Intersection of Fragility and Possibility
Last week in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, I found myself returning again and again to a feeling I want to consciously seek more often: wonder. Not excitement. Not achievement. Not certainty.
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Is Life Asking Something More of You?
A quiet ache that's hard to name—a sense that something more is being asked of us. Not more achievement, but more truth, more courage, more love. A reflection on how purpose is created, not found.
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From Loneliness to Belonging
For a long time, I thought loneliness was something to hide—something to outgrow. Looking back now, I see it differently. I think loneliness has been one of my greatest teachers.
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Finding Your Power
When the world feels too heavy to hold, one quiet pathway remains open to us all—to create. A reflection on agency, contribution, and the surprising power of small acts.
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What Is This Moment Asking of You?
When grief or worry takes hold, the mind races ahead to rehearse losses that haven't arrived. A reflection on mortality, presence, and the small acts of agency this moment quietly asks of us.
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Love—Its Gifts and Wounds
The greatest joys I have known have come through love. And so have the deepest pains. A reflection on how love opens us, wounds us, and teaches us to remain tender in a world that often makes us want to close our hearts.
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A Different Beginning
Every January, the same familiar energy fills the air—the lists, the resolutions, the urge to become someone new. But what if the deeper question isn't what to accomplish, but what we're truly longing for?
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