Our Story

MISSION

Empowering individuals to create their own path to wholeness encompassing physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing

For most of us, our story started in high school. Trying to find our place, we found commonalities in similar cultures and backgrounds. We became lifelong friends. Being first-generation American in the 80s and 90s typically meant we had parents who worked hard, generally long hours to make a living, and their end goal was all the same. “It was for our future success.” For us to have a better life, they put in their heart, sweat, and tears with the expectation that we were to get good grades, obtain a good education, and aspire to do great things in the world. Their sacrifices were for us, and the “pressure” was on.

And we did become successful and accomplish these things but not without our own “stresses.” Trying to fit in but maintaining our own meant finding some sort of acceptable balance. Getting good grades, education, jobs, and life partners became our mission while newfound freedom in high school and college allowed us to experience all that western culture had to offer… many times to the extreme. Because it had become the “norm,” we probably did not realize where to draw the line between healthy socializing and risky behaviors. Why?
Over two decades of friendship, we went through life together and celebrated all the happy milestones such as weddings, housewarmings, baby showers, etc. However, at the same time, many things were left unspoken…the stress and struggles that can come along with these life changes. Ups and downs with spouses, life changes, financial burdens, postpartum depression, raising children…. things most people experience over time were skipped over in conversation, swept under the rug. Was spending time at a bar, having drinks over superficial conversations, the definition of being “close friends”? How did we know so much, yet understand so little about each other?

2019 was a year that we will never forget. This was the year we lost a close friend at a young age. This was the year we reflected on the value of our friendships, our families, and our lives. We looked for more meaning in our relationships and weighed “different perspectives.” As we learned to cope, a second blow….another close friend passes unexpectedly…more grief, more coping, more reflection. One life lost paves the way for togetherness. A second life lost intensifies our journey towards “WHOLENESS”.

“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston S. Churchill