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00:01 – 01:53 October 9, 2025 Teresa Jade LeYung, San Francisco, California; added more photos, links and tags 16:55 October 9, 2025

Author Ann Tashi Slater says:

“I’m a writer and speaker exploring how our personal histories and cultural roots shape us and how we find meaning in a world where everything—including we ourselves—changes and ends. My new book, TRAVELING IN BARDO: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World (Sept. 2025, Balance/Hachette), interweaves explorations of impermanence in relation to marriage and friendship, parents and children, and work and creativity with stories of my Tibetan ancestors and Buddhist perspectives on the fleeting nature of existence, offering a new way to navigate change and live life fully.”

TRAVELING IN BARDO is available in hardcover edition, Kindle e-book, and audio book format.

Please support your local booksellers and public libraries.

Ann Tashi Slater’s website: https://www.anntashislater.com/

Ann Tashi Slater's poignant memoir TRAVELING IN BARDO: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World. Ann Tashi Slater in conversation with Sylvia Boorstein - photo by LeYung

Ann Tashi Slater reads the opening lines of her book TRAVELING IN BARDO: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World.

https://youtu.be/kAj-jkRT-8c   56 seconds filmed by LeYung

Ann Tashi Slater in conversation with Sylvia Boorstein at Book Passage in Corte Madera, California

Sylvia Boorstein , Ph.D. and Ann Tashi Slater at Book Passage, Corte Madera, California - photo by LeYung

With a foreword by NYT best-selling author Dani Shapiro and praise from Elizabeth Gilbert, Melissa Febos, Sharon Salzberg, and others, Ann Tashi Slater’s book has been named a Next Big Idea Club “Must-Read” for September 2025. Publishers Weekly calls it a “rich and freewheeling meditation on life, death, and impermanence.”

photo: author Ann Tashi Slater and adoring family members, Book Passage, photo by LeYung

Publishers Weekly calls it a “rich and freewheeling meditation on life, death, and impermanence.”

Ann Tashi Slater autographing her compelling memoir TRAVELING IN BARDO: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World - photo by LeYung

TRAVELING IN BARDO is available in hardcover edition, Kindle e-book,

and audio book format

TRAVELING IN BARDO - book front cover and back cover

Cheers to author Ann Tashi Slater and her poignant memoir TRAVELING IN BARDO: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World

Please write your reviews for Ann’s compelling book

https://www.amazon.com/Traveling-Bardo-Living-Impermanent-World/dp/0306835215

Ann Tashi Slater with new fans - photo by DS at Book Passage, Corte Madera, California

Ann Tashi Slater dedicates her book - TRAVELING IN BARDO: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World - to her husband David

Ann Tashi Slater’s website: https://www.anntashislater.com/

audience at Book Passage cheering for Ann Tashi Slater in conversation with Sylvia Boorstein - photo by LeYung 2025.09.27

I wish everyone vibrant health, peace and happiness always!

Sincerely,

Teresa Jade LeYung

Author / Blogger / Story-Theme Consultant / Photo Historian

https://m.youtube.com/@teresajadeleyung/videos

https://LoveMadeOfHeart.com/blog/  goes to Teresa Jade LeYung’s Blog on Wellness, Story Themes, Archetypes

Love Made Of Heart ®

02h18 mardi le 24 juin 2025 Avignon FRANCE; amended 15h48, 19h32 mardi le 24 juin 2025

By car, the time it would take to say “Bonjour” to … Paris, Aix-les-Bains, Avignon, Apt and the Villages in the Luberon, and, Nice (in FRANCE)…  would be more than 13 hours without stopping.

On foot, it would take me more than 10 days… and that is if I do not stop to take photographs, use les toilettes, sleep, bathe or eat.

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My friend Sharon taking photos in Avignon / Mon amie Sharon prend des photos à Avignon

21 juin 2025 Avignon FRANCE

I used to drive, a lot.  [ Je conduisais beaucoup.]

I drove all over the state of California in USA for my mother-daughter novel Love Made of Heart - to bookstores, schools, libraries, writers’ conferences, writers’ organizations, book festivals, trade shows, community events.   I will always be grateful to literary agent Stacey Glick, Vice President, and everyone at  Dystel, Goderich & Bourret LLC; acquisition editor/director John Scognamiglio, president Steven Zacharius, publisher Laurie Perkin, art director Louis Malcangi, and everyone at Kensington Publishing Corp. in New York; sales representatives, teachers, librarians, my then spouse, my sister, friends, mentors, colleagues, the folks at the day job – the East Bay Regional Park District, the folks in the communities, members of California Writers Club, members of Women’s National Book Association, members of Women’s Brain Exchange, every reader …  everyone who cheered for me and my work, everyone who invited me and my book to show up.

I used to see the world from behind the steering wheel. Now I see not only with my eyes, but also, with each foot step I take.

In France, I walk and gawk … at the architecture, the window displays at shops, the heavy doors, the balconies, the gardens, the churches, business signs, the trees, les boulangeries, les pâtisseries, the names of streets, the sky, the food, the food, the food. Aahh… the visuals.

As for the audios .. I adore hearing the French language. My favorite phrase right now is “Je vous en prie.” I feel like I’m eight years old again… learning a new language. It’s slow going for me; the verb conjugations; the article-noun pairing; the silent letters, the silent syllables; the “liaison” (connecting sounds). At first, I thought… why do so many French words begin with the letter “L”?  That’s what I hear.  When I see the spelling … no more mystery; when a noun begins with a vowel, the pronunciation of the article preceding the noun is rolled onto the noun.

le + appartement becomes  l’appartement — sounds like  “la-par-te-mont”

le + aéroport becomes l’aéroport — sounds like “lair-o-port”

le + orchestre becomes l’orchestre — sounds like “lor-kestr”

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Me Teresa Jade, with Sasa and Sharon / Moi Teresa Jade, avec Sasa et Sharon

Festival du livre de Nice 2025

le chien Claude et Guillaume, le mari de Sasa.

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20 juin 2025

Last night June 19, 2025, after a cool shower (it was 36 Celsius / 96.8 Fahrenheit in Avignon), new energy flowed through me.  I worked until 8:00am June 20, then, I went to bed.

I haven’t been this happy in many many months.  I am grateful. I celebrate everyone who has been kind to me.

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Caroline's magnificent plant / La magnifique plante de Caroline

Being in FRANCE this time has revived me. It’s because for the first time, I am in a real home for many weeks, not a vacation rental. Through the kindness of MCC who had asked her dear friend CK to rent me the studio apartment in her house in Avignon… I am experiencing tranquility.

CK is kind and creative, and, she has finished rewrites of her novel. Also, she has written a series of stories for children. I celebrate CK’s perseverance!

Happiness spreads.  Just the day before, I opened an email from author Ann Tashi Slater https://www.anntashislater.com/

who shared her happy news -

Traveling in Bardo: The Art of Living in an Impermanent World (Hachette Book Group) is arriving September 9, 2025!

I celebrate Ann’s perseverance!  I met Ann at San Francisco Writers Conference when Sasa Southard, Mary E. Knippel and I were presenters, and, our pal Margie Yee Webb was in Linda Lee’s super team.

I pre-ordered Ann’s remarkable book.

https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/ann-tashi-slater/traveling-in-bardo/9780306835216/

And… I so hope to see Ann on September 27, 2025 at Book Passage Corte Madera in California.

https://www.bookpassage.com/event/ann-tashi-slater-sylvia-boorstein-traveling-bardo-corte-madera-store

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Sharon et Marie-Christine au Le jardin Singulier /Esprit des lieux / Maison forestière 84390 Saint-Léger-du-Ventoux - photo by TL

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A bookstore in a forest?  Oui.

https://www.provenceguide.com/patrimoines-culturels/mont-ventoux/le-jardin-singulier-esprit-des-lieux/provence-5294194-1.html

The quote from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry -

“Si tu diffères de moi, mon frère, loin de me léser, tu m’enrichis.”

[  "If you differ from me, far from hurting me, you enrich me." ]

 https://francearchives.gouv.fr/fr/commemo/recueil-2000/38930

 http://evene.lefigaro.fr/citation/differes-frere-loin-leser-enrichis-1406.php

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22 juin 2025

In this blog post, I shall include references to movies that have hooked my attention this month.

Why do I study movies? To honor the writers of the scripts. While the names of the authors for books and stage plays are almost always associated with the title of the book or the play … the names of the writers for screenplays aren’t always the foremost association with the movie titles.  Generally, in the public’s eyes.. the names of the actors and directors get the most attention.  When a movie compels me to watch it again, I always rewind to the opening credits to say “Thank you” to the writer(s).

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15 juin 2025 in Avignon, FRANCE

Today I realized that I know more people who are dead than those who are alive. I’m not being funny… it’s  just that on June 11, 2025, I said to Marie-Christine that I would like to show Sharon one of my favorite places in the town of Apt  – Maison du Parc du Luberon https://www.parcduluberon.fr/ 60, place Jean-Jaures, 84400 Apt. While I was mesmerized by the display showing a scale of geological times in the Luberon region (10 million years ago, 35 million years ago, 150 million years ago), the phrase “ashes to ashes, dust to dust,” came to mind.

Standing there, in front of the display

… the voice inside me said  … when I die, I shall be part of the geology of the planet.

[ … la voix en moi m’a dit … quand je mourrai … je ferai partie de la géologie de la planète.]

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https://www.theluberon.com/villages/

https://en.luberon-apt.fr/

https://www.luberon-apt.fr/apt-et-les-villages

Those words ”ashes to ashes, dust to dust” – spoken by the character Delbert in this movie – made me chuckle.

Undertaking Betty – original title: Plots with a View (comedy movie) – To start a new life, she had to fake her own death!

• Writer:  Fred Ponzlov
• Director:  Nick Hurran
• Stars:  Brenda Blethyn, Alfred Molina, Christopher Walken
• Thank you, Youtube Channel: Cinéfilm, for posting

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21h45 le 16 juin 2025

The mighty wind in this part of FRANCE… Le vent puissant…

Avignon, FRANCE https://www.avignon.fr/

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https://www.britannica.com/place/Avignon

Avignon, city, capital of Vaucluse département, Provence–Alpes–Côte d’Azur région, southeastern FRANCE. It lies at a point on the east bank of the Rhône River where the narrow valley opens into a broad delta plain, northwest of Nîmes. It was the capital of the papacy from 1309 to 1377. Recognized for its architectural beauty and historic importance, the centre of Avignon was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1995, and the city served as the European cultural capital for 2000.

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I wish everyone excellent health, peace and happiness always.

Je souhaite à tous une excellente santé, la paix et le bonheur toujours.

 

me, Teresa Jade, at L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue https://www.islesurlasorgue.fr/

 

a grateful Teresa Jade LeYung

Une Teresa Jade LeYung reconnaissante

 

Author / Blogger / Story-Theme Consultant / Photo Historian

 

Auteur / Blogueur / Consultant en matière d’histoires / Historien de la photo

 

https://m.youtube.com/@teresajadeleyung/videos for short short movies of Aix-les-Bains and Paris, FRANCE 2024 and 2025; Portland, Oregon USA 2024; Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA 2024

 

https://www.youtube.com/@teresajadeleyung/shorts for “shorts” 

 

https://LoveMadeOfHeart.com/blog/  goes to Teresa Jade LeYung’s Blog on Wellness, Story Themes, Archetypes

 

Love Made Of Heart ®

15:20 April 15;  19:17 April 16;  18:00 May 15; 22:12 May 17; 17:06 May 20,; 20:20 May 23, 2025 Benicia, California

Dear Reader,

I wish you and everyone around you … vibrant health, peace and laughter always.

For me, illness comes and goes, comes again and goes again … I smile to help my Brain boost production of dopamine and serotonin…to benefit my immune system.

https://www.nbcnews.com/better/health/smiling-can-trick-your-brain-happiness-boost-your-health-ncna822591

The kindness from my sister, elders, mentors, friends, neighbors, Angels… around the world led me to this moment.

Recently… when friends from San Francisco and San Bruno heard about my attempts and determination to see them …  they changed their plans and carpooled to Benicia to see me. They gave me an afternoon that my Brain will associate the moments with happiness and gratitude.

Friends who let me house-sit for them. Friends who ask their siblings and friends to rent me their places at my modest budget. Friends who come visit me. Friends who drive me to see other friends. Friends who help me organize my worldly possessions in storage. Friends who wish me wellness via email, message, voicemail and postal mail. Everyone who sends me happy thoughts.  I thank everyone with all my heart.

Right now, April 15, I am watching (again) NOEL, the movie that stars Susan Sarandon, Penélope Cruz, Robin Williams, Paul Walker, Alan Arkin, John Doman, et al.

Ms. Sarandon’s character Rose Collins is visiting her despondent mother in the hospital. She shows her mom an angel (one that would fit on top of a Christmas tree) but her mom is not responding. Rose notices the patient across the hall, under blanket, not moving, alone. She enters the room, hangs the angel on the window blind. When she turns around to leave,  she is startled by a man sitting in a chair near the door. She had not seen him when she entered ….

at 51 minutes into the movie Dr. Baron (portrayed by John Doman) tells Rose that even though her mom has lost her memory and the ability to recognize people .. one thing she’ll never lose is her emotions… that she can sense and she can feel … that’s why we tell family members to touch… to talk….

According to https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/noel

“English speakers borrowed the word noel from French. It can be traced further back to the Latin word natalis, which can mean “birthday” as a noun or “of or relating to birth” as an adjective.

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Thank you, writers, continuity editors, actors, directors, producers, casts, crews, casting directors, et al!

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I love laughing with kooky and kindhearted characters in sitcoms.

Thank you, Youtube channel users, for posting episodes and clips from MIKE & MOLLY.

Here’s a 3-minute and 13 second compilation from CBS

Mike & Molly – Exclusive Preview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi0VCpbkZQk&list=PL1RaM8eddoioVffitiSzPCrwOC2A5bDTT&index=1

Thank you, Youtube channel user Andrei Toth, for posting

Melissa McCarthy wins an Emmy Award for Mike and Molly 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfoxRXvNTGA&list=PL1RaM8eddoioVffitiSzPCrwOC2A5bDTT&index=12

6 fabulous women / actresses!

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This year, I was fortunate to have seen these remarkable healers

Marie-Christine Cornet https://www.mariechristinecornet.com/,

Dr. Amy Grace Lam https://www.vibrationalenergywellness.com/,

Dr. Faiza  Dossa https://www.lunettesdumondeoptometry.com/

Dr. Jae Reed, DC  https://azureskychiro.com/,

Stephanie Wilger, NC https://stephaniewilgernc.net/,

Dr. Cynthia Cox https://www.oaklandpacificdental.com/

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Thank you for reading my blog post: “Kindness from Sister, Elders, Mentors, Friends and Neighbors Turns Every Day Into Noel for me everywhere I go”

I wish everyone vibrant health, peace and laughter always!

Sasa's roses

 

a grateful Teresa Jade LeYung

Author / Blogger / Story-Theme Consultant / Photo Historian

Auteur / Blogueur / Consultant en matière d’histoires / Historien de la photo

https://m.youtube.com/@teresajadeleyung/videos for short short movies of Aix-les-Bains and Paris, FRANCE 2024 and 2025; Portland, Oregon USA 2024; Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA 2024

https://www.youtube.com/@teresajadeleyung/shorts for “shorts” I have created.

https://LoveMadeOfHeart.com/blog/  goes to Teresa Jade LeYung’s Blog on Wellness, Story Themes, Archetypes

Love Made Of Heart ®

12:25pm – 22:45 December 9;  21:08 December 11;  08:58-13:33 December 12, 2024 Aix-les-Bains, FRANCE

Dear Reader,

Bonjour!

I wish you and everyone around you … peace, happiness, and Nature’s Beauty.

I am forever grateful to the people in my life who help me grow.

I am forever grateful to healers, medical, health professionals, caregivers, patients, researchers, authors, editors, publishers et al who make current information available in many languages.

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YouTube link to the interview with

Dr. Norman Doidge, M.D. about the BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BRAIN and HEALING

Chronic Pain; Parkinson’s and other Movement Disorders; Strokes; Autism; many more conditions

posted in 2015 by CANADA BROADCAST

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c5aTlq3nYI&list=PLcU9gOvQNUr8XPza1RhGAjp06-f3E4QAL

Dr. Norman Doidge, M.D. | The Power of Thought

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You know friends who have had . . . Strokes?  Chronic pain? Someone you care about suffering from symptoms of MS?  Cerebral Palsy?  Muscular Dystrophy?  Alzheimer’s?  Parkinson’s?  Head injury? Balance problems? Vision problems? Depression?

Our amazing brains!

Reviewing the chapter titles and the index sparks hope and motivation to ask physicians the right questions.

https://normandoidge.com/

the book –

The Brain’s Way of Healing:  Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity

by Norman Doidge, M.D.

Available, so far, in 22 languages:

The Brain’s Way of Healing is now available in over 100 countries, and 22 languages including translations from English into  Bulgarian, Chinese Traditional Characters, Chinese Simplified Characters, Czech, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish,  Portuguese, Portuguese-Brazil,  Romanian, Russian,  Spanish,  Turkish and Ukrainian.

French edition book title:

GUERIR GRACE A LA NEUROPLASTICITE: Cerveau les fabuleux pouvoirs de guérison

English translation of French edition: HEALING WITH NEUROPLASTICITY:   Brain The Fabulous Healing Powers

Chapter 1 Physician Hurt, Then Heal Thyself

Michael Moskowitz Discovers That Chronic Pain Can Be Unlearned

Chapter 2 A Man Walks Off His Parkinsonian Symptoms

How Exercise Helps Fend Off Degenerative Disorders and Can Defer Dementia

Chapter 3 The Stages of Neuroplastic Healing

How and Why It Works

Chapter 4 Rewiring a Brain with Light

Using Light to Reawaken Dormant Neural Circuits

Chapter 5 Moshe Feldenkrais: Physicist, Black Belt, and Healer

Healing Serious Brain Problems Through Mental Awareness of Movement

Chapter 6 A Blind Man Learns to See

Using Feldenkrais, Buddhist, and Other Neuroplastic Methods

Chapter 7 A Device That Resets the Brain

Stimulating Neuromodulation to Reverse Symptoms

I. A Cane Against the Wall

II. Three Resets: Parkinson’s, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis

III. The Cracked Potters

IV. How the Brain Balances Itself—with a Little Help

Chapter 8 A Bridge of Sound

The Special Connection Between Music and the Brain

I. A Dyslexic Boy Reverses His Misfortune

II. A Mother’s Voice

III. Rebuilding the Brain from the Bottom Up: Autism, Attention Deficits, and Sensory Processing Disorder

IV. Solving the Mystery at the Abbey: How Music Raises Our Spirits and Energy

Dr. Doidge’s books make for fascinating reads – our brains and the phenomenon of neuroplasticity -  thank you to all the patients who did not give up, their loved ones, their physicians who did not give up, and the dedicated neuroscientists . . .  for providing the stories.

Even if your physicians and healers have not read this book . . . YOU can arm yourselves with the information and ask them to make referrals. And, you can also ask friends to share their resources.

I cheer for you, friends & colleagues!  To those who write books, I cheer for your books too!  The subject matters in your books and Dr. Doidge’s books carry plenty of connections.

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Conversations with our own Brains about what we want for our Bodies.

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My father suffered from Parkinsonian Disorder.  The disease impacted the safety of his walking.

I felt a great sense of accomplishment (after reading Norman Doidge, M.D.’s book The Brain’s Way of Healing

… especially Chapter 2 “A Man Walks Off His Parkinsonian Symptoms”

and learning how to ask Papa’s neurologist the right questions)…

Questions that led Dr. White to  order “specific” physical therapy for Papa – therapy NOT for injuries like a broken leg from a skiing accident but therapy for movement disorders -  to help Papa reverse the Parkinson’s “shuffling” gait and “freezing” gait as well as improve posture. Thank you, Dr. White!

The Brain is smart. When one set of instructions “doesn’t connect” another set of instructions will. At one appointment with neurologist Dr. Luthra when she said to my father: “Let me see you walk.”

I offered information: “Dr. Luthra, when Papa is at a doorway to enter or leave a room, and, at elevators (lifts) … his legs lock … he can’t move. That’s dangerous when the elevator door closes and he cannot move. Or when his walker gets caught by a rug that is not properly secured to the floor.”

Dr. Luthra stepped out of her small office and stood in the hallway, facing Papa. She smiled, gestured for Papa to walk out of the room.  At the threshold, his legs wouldn’t cooperate. He lurched forward with his walker, but his legs couldn’t move.

Dr. Luthra: “Mr. Leung, keep one hand on your walker, raise your other arm.” She demonstrated. She raised her right arm straight up. She added: “Raising your arm tells your Brain that you want to move.”

Papa kept his left hand on his walker, he raised his right arm, then lowered it back to the walker

I watched with astonishment as he and his walker walked out the room with ease.

Later, Movement Disorder Physical Therapist Brenda taught Papa more tricks to help his Brain and his Body talk to each other, learn from each other.

If I hadn’t learned what I had learned from Dr. Norman Doidge, M.D.’s books and asked my father’s physicians the right questions, perhaps my father wouldn’t have received the level of attention from people who had the power to prescribe and deliver specific therapies, specific treatments… appropriate to Papa’s needs.

One day I was thinking out loud to my dear friend Sue R.  I said: “I wish there was a Chinese edition of Dr. Doidge’s book. Papa would benefit so much if he could read Chapter 2 himself.” Sue told me that Wen Hsu worked with publishers in Taiwan.

Fast forward….  Wen contacted the publisher in Taiwan who was translating  THE BRAIN’S WAY OF HEALING into Chinese. Wen wrote to the editor, explained to her/him about my father’s situation; the editor emailed Wen the “advance copy” of Chapter 2.  One of the happiest moments in my life was presenting Papa those pages – Chinese transalation of “A Man Walks Off His Parkinsonian Symptoms – How Exercise Helps Fend Off Degenerative Disorders and Can Defer Dementia”

Then, when the Chinese edition came out in print, Wen helped me order many copies of the book from the publisher in Taiwan.

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Papa and his friends read this wonderful book in their native language.  I am forever grateful.

https://normandoidge.com/

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Has it really been more than nine years ago when I published my October 21st, 2015 blog post

https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/the-brains-way-of-healing-chapter-titles-and-index-in-book-spark-hope-and-motivation-to-ask-physicians-the-right-questions/

Through http://www.duskyswondersite.com Dusky Pierce, I had found a remarkable book that has enriched my life, my papa’s, my friends’, Papa’s friends.

Please ask your librarians and booksellers to make this book available.

The book is The Brain’s Way of Healing: Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity

by Norman Doidge, M.D.

Dr. Doidge’s first book:  The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science

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Here is the YouTube link to Dr. Norman Doidge’s lecture in Melbourne, Australia

posted April 23, 2013  An astonishing new scientific discovery called neuroplasticity is overthrowing the centuries-old notion that the adult human brain is fixed and unchanging.  The Brain is, instead, able to change its own structure and function, even into old age.

Melbourne Conversations: Your Brain – How it can change, develop and improve

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibpbkV7xc24&list=PLcU9gOvQNUr8XPza1RhGAjp06-f3E4QAL&index=2

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A thousand thanks to Michael J. Fox Foundation

https://www.michaeljfox.org/

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https://movementdisorders.ucsf.edu/

The UCSF Movement Disorders and Neuromodulation Center is a well-established, internationally recognized program. It is also one of the busiest deep brain stimulation implanting centers on the West Coast with a wide referral base.

The mission of the center is to provide state-of-the-art comprehensive multidisciplinary care to patients with movement disorders. They offer a variety of services that include comprehensive neurological evaluations, medication treatment and disease management, botulinum toxin injections, neurosurgical procedures including deep brain stimulation, and deep brain stimulation programming.

The medical staff includes neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuropsychologists, radiologists, and nurses who have specialized training in movement disorders and the problems associated with these conditions whose goal is to provide individualized comprehensive care.

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Thank you for reading my blog post:

The Extraordinary and Beautiful Ever-changing Brain, Healing Body to Improve Daily Life, Neuroplasticity

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For other posts related to “Neuroplasticity” … please look at the right side of my blog… under “Categories” please click on “Beautiful Brain Neuroplasticity”

delicious soup from Madame Cornet in Aix-les-Bains

I wish you and everyone around you – vibrant health, peace and happiness.

Sincerely,

Teresa Jade LeYung

Author / Blogger / Story-Theme Consultant / Photo Historian

https://m.youtube.com/@teresajadeleyung/videos for

short short movies of Paris, FRANCE; Portland, Oregon USA; Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA 2024

https://LoveMadeOfHeart.com/blog/  goes to Teresa Jade LeYung’s Blog on Wellness, Story Themes, Archetypes

Love Made Of Heart ®

2024 October 1, 14:02-23:04 Kuala Lumpur time

Happy Anniversary!

Mother-Daughter Novel LOVE MADE OF HEART debuted in October 2002, now twenty-two years old!

Ten thousand people to thank!  Please accept my gratitude.

book cover of LOVE MADE OF HEART, written by Teresa LeYung-Ryan (Teresa Jade LeYung)

The book Love Made of Heart  was:

*  a 2002 nominee of the Asian American Literary Awards

*  recommended by the California School Library Association

*  recommended by the California Reading Association

*  used by teachers who taught Women in Psychology, First-Year Composition college course, Advanced Composition English-as-a-Second-Language classes

*  read by students at Stanford University, U.C. Berkeley, San Francisco State University, City College of San Francisco, City College of Sacramento, Lowell High School, and many other wonderful institutions

*  available at public libraries

*  and still is… archived at the San Francisco History Center

*  read by thousands of readers, many of whom I never got the chance to thank in person … I thank everyone now and always.

Teresa Jade LeYung (formerlyTeresa LeYung-Ryan) uses her novel Love Made of Heart to:

*  celebrate the courage of immigrants

*  encourage adult children of mentally ill parents to speak openly about the stigmas

*  help survivors of family violence find their own voices

About the book and the folks who helped me craft her and helped her thrive in the publishing world:

https://lovemadeofheart.com/Love-Made-of-Heart-a-Daughter,-a-Mother,-a-Journey-Through-Mental-Illness.html

Reviews and Interviews:

https://lovemadeofheart.com/Reviews-Interviews-Love-Made-of-Heart.html

Readers who posted their reviews on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Love-Made-Heart-Teresa-Leyung/dp/0758202172/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.VzaNAlDDKsMS8NPx1G4aCQ.CevWcA9M_SL_K7IrypcIQ7wVZpx2Htg9HaAJ1e6q0aw&qid=1727778688&sr=1-1

Love Made of Heart is listed in Wikipedia when you search: “Chinese Immigration to the United States”

Autobiographies and novels:

• Maxine Hong Kingston, The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts, Vintage 1989 (Neuausgabe), ISBN 0679721886
• Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club, Putnam Adult 1989, ISBN 0399134204
• Laurence Yep, Dragonwings. Golden Mountain Chronicles. 1903, (HarperTrophy) 1977, ISBN 0064400859
• Teresa LeYung Ryan, Love Made of Heart, Kensington Publishing Corporation (Neuausgabe), ISBN 0758202172

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_immigration_to_the_United_States

“Teresa LeYung Ryan is so proud that her work is included in the same list as the works of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, and Laurence Yep, especially when Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior inspired Teresa to begin writing Love Made of Heart.”

Again, Everyone, please accept my gratitude.

Sincerely,

Teresa Jade LeYung

Published author, blogger, lover of Paris, FRANCE, photo historian, story-theme consultant Teresa Jade LeYung says:

“I wish you and everyone you care about … vibrant health and happiness always!”

Writing Coach Teresa Jade LeYung says:
“I love helping writers identify the themes in their manuscripts to hook readers, and, build and fortify their platforms before and after publication. Reach out, not stress out.”

Love Made Of Heart ®

September 28, 2024, 22:55  Teresa Jade LeYung says:

“Author and Illustrator Maria Kawah Leung uses her children’s book to help communities help families all over the world.”

Happy fourth anniversary to:

Educator, Children’s Book Author and Illustrator, Children’s Advocate MARIA KAWAH LEUNG and Happy Dog and Mia, and their duo-language (English and Chinese), delightfully illustrated children’s book entitled:

LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET: AND HOW THEY STAY STRONG IN AN UNHAPPY HOME

Happy Anniversary to children's book author Maria Kawah Leung and Happy Dog and Mia!

https://www.amazon.com/Little-Heroes-Bay-Street-Simplified/dp/1543759815/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15K4Y481LOH3Z&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.EZ627MWriWbxRptr94SE4BtcVRPDV1waqprKg5kOfQCGlihRHkS6-FzE3h1JmvbF6MThVUHKGWjFQfqrvwqlu-OaeK6R97ZYkVh1viRKrFs93F7PbH5ZkvSJz6SvwVOHwXZ_zbdKj8_2LkfgqszkXRYmxR7TYNBXm8d86RoFKS_I90n2rgVdXBJXOpwcQq_L1-yfF62T6k6n3cm5RvNefexj6UugY9KHrE0dQdydVPs.0YOWrBeVH9YvhK_w_Jn0MZB4CMiKdkMCK2QjHs7yXoQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=LITTLE+HEROES+OF+BAY+STREET&qid=1727535609&sprefix=little+heroes+of+bay+stre%2Caps%2C351&sr=8-1

MARIA KAWAH LEUNG shows how a girl named Mia and her loyal companion Happy Dog (he’s much much more than a stuffed animal) use their imagination to cope in an environment they have no control over – domestic violence.

Together, they learn that friends do not have to always like the same things, and, that love means protecting and comforting each other. 

Maria Kawah Leung’s messages help everyone – “When you’re scared or sad, talk to grown-ups you trust.”  and  “It’s not a child’s job to make parents happy.”

Maria Kawah Leung says: “Domestic Violence Awareness is about helping the Families.”

Happy Anniversary to children's book author Maria Kawah Leung and Happy Dog and Mia!

author Maria Kawah Leung reading her delightfully illustrated children’s book

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vivKrfvokkk   13 minutes

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How to get out of Domestic Violence (GET HELP NOW!)

Jamie Ong interviews children’s book author Maria Kawah Leung

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoZ4DfNzh0g

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To watch the 39-minute interview – author Maria Kawah Leung in conversation with Kim McMillon, Ph.D.

https://youtu.be/p-YMEPfwp2Q

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LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET is endorsed by Hannah Yeoh who is a Member of Parliament in Malaysia.

Story Time with Hannah Yeoh: LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k8DLcJlvVg  20 minutes

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Happy Anniversary to children's book author Maria Kawah Leung and Happy Dog and Mia!

author Maria Kawah Leung’s facebook page: https://web.facebook.com/maria.kawah

To see my other blog posts that reference Maria Kawah Leung  https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/?s=Maria+Kawah+Leung&search=

Sincerely,

Teresa Jade LeYung

Published author, blogger, lover of Paris, FRANCE, photo historian, Writing Coach Teresa Jade LeYung says:

“I wish for all children everywhere – gentle, kindhearted, easy-going, safety conscious, open-minded guardians/caregivers/teachers, nature’s healing, love and laughter.  Thank you, dear Educator, Children’s Book Author and Illustrator, Children’s Advocate MARIA KAWAH LEUNG and Happy Dog and Mia, and your duo-language (English and Chinese), delightfully illustrated children’s book entitled:  LITTLE HEROES OF BAY STREET: AND HOW THEY STAY STRONG IN AN UNHAPPY HOME.“

Writing Coach Teresa Jade LeYung says:
“I love helping writers identify the themes in their manuscripts to hook readers, and, build and fortify their platforms before and after publication. Reach out, not stress out.”

Love Made Of Heart ®

2024 August 10, updated August 15, 16

Blog post updated September 9, 2024 by Teresa Jade LeYung, 2018 alumna of A PLACE OF HER OWN

Cynthia Tom, founding director of A PLACE OF HER OWN, says:

Join our Closing Celebration on September 15, 2024 from 12pm-3pm as we lift and are lifted by the collective and individual strength from our PLACE artists! They have wholeheartedly embraced the full spectrum of emotions, from discomfort to joy, fostering new connections and personal growth — all for you to witness in real time through this found-object based art exhibition.

Our close friend and dear supporter of PLACE, Ravi Chandra MD also wrote a great piece about the show titled, “Intergenerational Trauma and Ancestral Pattern Shifting” on Psychology Today you must check out when you have the chance!

That being said, come to our final festivities, invite your friends and family and be inspired with this exhibition one last time!

Sept 15, 2024 Closing Celebration: Gallery 12– 3pm
Location: J-SEI Cultural Center, 1285 66th St, Emeryville, CA 94608 USA

Artists include: Ahran Lee, Amy Lam, AVOTCJA, Christina Yu, Christine Yang, Cueponcaxochitl Moreno Sandoval, Cynthia Tom, Deborah Santana, Emily Yamauchi, Frances Cachapero, Irene Wibawa, Jazz Diaz, Julie Lee Andersen, Katie Quan, Manon Wada with Sanié Bokhari, Martha Zamora, PAZ, Purla Montiel, Reyna Daudian, Shari Arai DeBoer, Tomo Hirai, Yeujin Yoon, Zaina Rose

Intergenerational Trauma and Ancestral Pattern Shifting

Healing intergenerational trauma through art

Ravi Chandra M.D., D.F.A.P.A.

The Pacific Heart

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/the-pacific-heart/202408/bipoc-people-and-the-art-of-ancestral-pattern-shifting

updated August 21, 2024 Reviewed by Michelle Quirk

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Bonjour everyone!

I cheer for Cynthia Tom and everyone connected to Cynthia’s programs and events !

August 11 – September 15, 2024

A PLACE OF HER OWN

found-object based art Exhibition

Founder of A PLACE OF HER OWN / Teacher / Artist / Curator CYNTHIA TOM   says:

August 11 – September 15, 2024

A PLACE OF HER OWN Exhibition

You are invited to view this found-object based art exhibition. PLACE multi-ethnic, multi-generational alumni artists share their healing journeys and the art created in answer to the question, “If you had a place of your own, what would it be?”

Using found objects, their intuition and self-agency, they create works that speak to their healing journeys, imperfect, messy and gloriously full of epiphanies.

Co-curated by Cynthia Tom and Jillie Andersen

 

August 11. Opening:  Gallery 12-5 pm  Recep 1pm – 4pm
August 18.  Artist Talk: Gallery 12-5 pm/ Talk 1pm – 4pm
Sept 15. Closing Celebration: Gallery 12– 3pm

Location: JSEI at 1285 66th St, Emeryville, CA 94608

Artists include: Ahran Lee, Amy Lam, AVOTCJA, Christina Yu, Christine Yang, Cueponcaxochitl Moreno Sandoval, Cynthia Tom, Deborah Santana, Emily Yamauchi, Frances Cachapero, Irene Wibawa, Jazz Diaz, Julie Lee Andersen, Katie Quan, Manon Wada with Sanié Bokhari, Martha Zamora, PAZ Zamora, Purla Montiel, Reyna Daudian, Shari Arai DeBoer, Tomo Hirai, Yeujin Yoon, Zaina Berger

https://www.aplaceofherown.org/

https://www.aplaceofherown.org/newsevents/save-the-date-a-place-of-her-own-exhibition

Cynthia Tom receives  a 2024 WOMAN WARRIOR Award from Pacific Asian American Women Bay Area Coalition.

Hearty congratulations to Cynthia Tom and all the award recipients.

Ceremony to be held on September 22, 2024 at Hotel Kabuki – JDV by Hyatt,  1625 Post Street San Francisco, CA 94115

Tickets:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-woman-warrior-awards-tickets-949421303677

Pacific Asian American Women Bay Area Coalition says:

“Join us as we honor six local Asian Pacific Islander women for their lasting contributions to the API community and notable career achievements. First bestowed in 1983, PAAWBAC is excited to carry on this tradition of recognizing accomplished API women as modern-day Woman Warriors — talented and courageous — as they distinguish themselves in their respective fields, while giving back to others.”

https://www.paawbac.org/woman-warriors-main

I cheer for Cynthia Tom and everyone connected to Cynthia’s programs, events, exhibitions !!!

Teresa Jade LeYung with her art "My Four Desks" photo by artist Irene Wibawa

A Place of Her Own 2018 Alumna /  Story Theme Consultant Teresa Jade LeYung

wishes Everyone – Beauty, Total Wellness, Peace and Joy!

Published author, blogger, lover of Paris, FRANCE, photo historian, Writing Coach Teresa Jade LeYung says:

“I love helping writers identify the themes in their manuscripts to hook readers, and, build and fortify their platforms before and after publication. Reach out, not stress out.”
https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog

Love Made Of Heart ®

2024 August 5

Dear Readers / Writers

I am visiting brilliant Olga Malyj in Oregon… enjoying her beautiful energy, her sweet home and garden.

Two evenings ago, I had a delightful conversation with Kristiane McKee Maas whom I met through author / teacher / The Plot Whisper Martha Alderson https://marthaalderson.com/ close to 19 years ago at a writers’ conference hosted by the South Bay Branch of the California Writers Club https://southbaywriters.com/.

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Kristiane McKee Maas is a writer, artist, and the owner of Bar 46 Ranch and breeder of Longhorn cattle.

She says:

“My paternal grandmother homesteaded Bar 46 Ranch in 1899 and is a continuing source of inspiration for me.”

https://bar46ranchlonghorns.com/about-bar-46-ranch-2/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF6pLi8kAWE

Kristiane McKee Maas is author of Table Affairs, contributing author of Seasons of our Lives: Spring

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Through Kristiane, I met  Matilda Butler – Author/Memoir Coach/Social Psychologist

Matilda Butler  is the award-winning author of Rosie’s Daughters: The “First Woman To” Generation Tells Its Story, Writing Alchemy: How to Write Fast and Deep, and a collection of award-winning anthologies: Tales of our Lives.

https://womensmemoirs.com/contact/about-the-two-women/

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Also through Kristiane, I met  artist and author Gale Henshel

Gale’s beautiful book:  Dyslexia, My Gift, My Story

https://www.ebay.com/itm/145870337197

https://www.abebooks.com/9781611702392/Dyslexia-Gift-Story-Henshel-Gale-1611702399/plp

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Teresa Jade LeYung thanks Olga Malyj, Martha Alderson, Kristiane McKee Maas, Matilda Butler, and Gale Henshel.

Sincerely,

Story Theme Consultant Teresa Jade LeYung wishes Everyone – Beauty, Total Wellness, Peace and Joy!

—   photo by Nan and MEK

Published author, blogger, lover of Paris, FRANCE, photo historian, Writing Coach Teresa Jade LeYung says:

“I love helping writers identify the themes in their manuscripts to hook readers, and, build and fortify their platforms before and after publication. Reach out, not stress out.”
https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog

Love Made Of Heart ®

2024 August 4 Oregon USA

Mille merci, chère Olga, de m’avoir fait découvrir le film français

Les Enfants du Paradis, French movie 1945  (Children of Paradise)

International Movie DataBase https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037674/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1  says:

The theatrical life of a beautiful courtesan in 1830s Paris and the four men who love her.

• Director:
  • Marcel Carné
• Writer:
  • Jacques Prévert – scenario and dialogue
• Stars:
  • Arletty
  • Jean-Louis Barrault
  • Pierre Brasseur
  • Pierre Renoir
  • María Casares

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Thank you, YouTube channel Irizu Germain https://www.youtube.com/@irizugermain8397, for posting the French movie:

La Belle et la Bête (Beauty And The Beast 1946 with English subtitles)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K0jMczNpmM

International Movie DataBase https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038348/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2  says:

A beautiful young woman takes her father’s place as the prisoner of a mysterious beast who wishes to marry her.

• Stars:
• Jean Marais
• Josette Day

2024 August 4 Sunday in Oregon USA

Dear Readers / Writers,

Thanks to my dear friend Olga Malyj’s beautiful energy and her sweet home… I am enjoying Beauty and Tranquility.

Yesterday while emailing an aspiring writer links to my blog posts that focus on plotlines, character arcs, archetypes, and story themes…

inspiration sprang – for me to show the links to those blog posts in a single post.

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Story Consultant Teresa Jade LeYung says: “When illness takes us onto a Hero’s Journey”

https://lovemadeofheart.com/blog/story-consultant-teresa-jade-leyung-says-when-illness-takes-us-onto-a-heros-journey-2/

Thank you, Martha Alderson https://marthaalderson.com/ for having taught me how to create a compelling plotline of cause and effect.

Writing Coach Teresa LeYung-Ryan says: “When a plotline and a theme work well together, Hollywood invests in remakes.”

Writing Coach Teresa asks: “How do you hook your reader at the middle of your book?”

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May your major and not-so-minor characters be memorable!