Most people don’t know how I ended up on my path. Bear with me a moment and the relationship to this month's theme on energy will surface. At the time of this writing, my path is in transition, yet the focus has always remained the same. As a kid and teenager, two main things played a part in the unfolding of my path. First, I have always been an empathic person. Curious about others’ lived experiences, I listened and asked questions. Friends at the time told me I’m going to be a psychologist and that path just seemed to be chosen. The second twist was how I struggled growing up between the two very different worlds of American culture and East Indian culture.
The stress of wanting to fit in and yet feeling and sensing I was different was a constant stressor in...