Partly Sunny Lives

Art is everywhere - for a reason. It's one of those things that humans have created that have truly changed the world (for better or worse). In my life, art has given me the solace, inspiration, and escape that I have needed for as long as I can remember. I believe that everyone, including those who have long hated art museums, need to realize how much art has influenced their lives for the better...

There are some things I've learned, throughout my couple decades of life, that I was unequivocally wrong about. Chickpeas, putting your air in tires, buying slippers - I was wrong about it all. And a lot of the times, it's helpful to admit you were wrong. This week's episode will dig into that as we kickstart season three of Partly Sunny Lives - welcome back everyone. Instagram: @partlysunnylives...

This year has been the craziest, most challenging, most rewarding year of my life so far. Maybe a little bit of Stockholm Syndrome, but I'm also very grateful. This episode I wanted to talk about stuff that I've learned this year, and how I'm gonna choose to maybe switch things up for the next one.

Every perfectionist handbook out there tells you to stop checking the boxes - it won't make you happy. But why do so many of us feel the need to? We understand that checking the boxes won't make us happy, yet we get upset when we don't check them anyway. Being in a field where every aspect of your life is going to be evaluated to some extent as the gateway for you to be "successfu...

Does anyone have a healthy relationship with food? Food had always been a source of pleasure and anxiety for me, and even now it can still be a struggle to truly define a "healthy" relationship with food. I had always felt like the way I was eating was wrong, something to be fixed. It took a long time for me to get to a place where I am comfortable with how food fits into my life, but li...

In honor of International Women’s Day (yesterday), I wanted to take a moment to dedicate an episode to the women that have changed my life for the better. I truly would not be where I am today without them, and I hope this inspires you guys to find your people (and if you have them, to keep them). Friendships, especially female ones, can be the greatest source of happiness, comfort, and love, in w...

What is confidence really? It’s been confused with a lot of different things - youth, beauty, career, money. But confidence can’t depend on any of those - it’s a side effect of self love. Tune in this week to deep dive into my own insecurities and confidence issues - a proper yap session.

A while ago a read (half of) the book The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel. Even though I didn’t finish it, the lessons in that book truly changed my perspective on my relationship with money (and that I had a relationship at all). This week I wanted to explore what money means to me and to also explore what I find to be “financial success.” We all strive for it, we all think we need to have i...

The long awaited ins and outs list of 2023 has arrived. My unoriginal takes are making it to the podcast, and I’m excited for you guys to listen. This week we talk about how caring for your posture is actually important, why drinking is not as fun as you think, and why The Hunger Games remains superior in the literature world. Thank you guys for listening all this year - I hope to bring much more...

So many cities are showcased on social media as the epitome of living, to the point where it can feel like if you don’t live in one of those cities, you’re missing out. But this begs the question - can you be happy living anywhere? Does one have to live in a big city to be happy? Short answer - no, but let’s dive into why we tend to associate these cities with “making it” in life.

Our relationship with our parents can be very complicated. They can be a source of great happiness and comfort but also anger and resentment. They also manifest in the way we think about ourselves, how we think and behave, and our relationships with other people more than we want to admit. The way that I was raised especially influenced my certain tendencies such as perfectionism. Especially in th...

We are back to officially kick off season 2 of Partly Sunny Lives! I’ve missed recording the past few months and sharing my life and lessons with you all. This episode we dive into how starting medical school has been the past few months, my grandma passing away, and things I’ve learned about myself that I’ve never known before. Starting something completely new doesn’t come without it’s challenge...

For almost all of my life, I have loved shopping. I was always looking for the next best thing, wanting to own things that I thought exhibited taste or style, or buying things to just spend some cash. I never thought of it as a big issue, until it got to the point that I owned too much stuff and wasn't happy with any of it, or with how it made me feel. Especially during the pandemic, when mass...

These days, it's really easy to be cynical of love. Another one of your former high school classmate is engaged, another cheating scandal involving a supposed "wife guy," another situationship had turned bad - love can be messy and complicated. No wonder people are jaded when it comes to love these days. But everyones wants love, whether it's in the form of friendships or familia...

Happy birthday to me! 23 years on this planet (and counting), and I am still feeling like a toddler in many ways. Being in your young 20s is difficult and fun, fun and difficult. This birthday for me was a little bit different. I actually took the time to think about what I wanted my day to look like, and with what attitude I wanted to approach this day. It wasn't like the big birthday bash I...

The past few weeks I've been listening to and reading a lot of interesting content and thought I'd give my own take on it with you guys. Specifically, with R.F. Kuang's newest book release Yellowface and the podcast episode "Boredom" by Overthink , I've found myself exploring new aspects of racial identity and productivity culture that I hadn't before. How much have I...

"You don't know until you try!" We have all heard this phrase before - maybe a parent coaxing us to try a vegetable or a coach teaching us a new skill in a sport. Our childhood was filled with learning and trying things. There was also the phrase, however, that "we would understand when we were older" - that we would know all of life's answers. I think I took this phras...

"There are too many podcasts out there. Everyone seems to have a blog. Why does everyone have a YouTube channel? I need to write a UNIQUE essay for university applications, something that isn't like everyone else." In this age of technology, sharing our story has become easier than ever. With a click of a button, we can create a website, post a YouTube video, or record a podcast. But...

Jealousy is something we have all felt. It's a messy, sticky feeling that can make you think or do things you didn't want to do. I've gone through phases of jealousy throughout my life, whether it's being jealous of how other people look, act, or have, and now I've been learning to come to terms with it. Jealousy doesn't always have to be such a bad thing; rather, we can lo...

Some days I love social media. Some days I wish social media was never a part of our lives. It's a tricky relationship, especially with something that is so integral with how we communicate with others, how we fit into society, how we view ourselves. I've gone through multiple stages of interacting with social media ever since starting my first Facebook profile in the early 2010s. These da...

I think every one of us has heard some version where you could "have it all." You could have the popularity, the guy/girl, the wealth, the status. You can do it all - be a kick-ass parent while juggling a full time job and cultivating your hobbies. But can we really "have it all"? Or is it just an illusion built to be a fantasy? Having it all can mean a lot of different things,...

These days, with the talk of nepotism and the "it's who you know, not what you know" mindset, the question of whether anything is a meritocracy comes to the forefront. For me, it's especially shedding more light as "traditionally meritocracy" fields (such as medicine) are exposed as being nothing more than a networking game. As I work through my naiveté in this episode,...

How do you live your life in a way that nothing matters, yet everything matters at the same time? To celebrate Everything Everywhere All at Once sweeping the Oscars this past weekend, I wanted to dedicate this week's episode to all the people wondering how their lives will pan out, if they're making the right decisions, if they're going to be happy. This movie taught me some very important lessons...

Everyone has either fantasized about living in Manhattan or know someone that has. I was one of those people that fantasized. To me, living in a big city was everything. I thought it would give me the identity I needed, the life I needed. But after moving here, I realize that it's not all about that. Don't get me wrong, living here has been an experience I wouldn't trade for the world. But there i...

February can be the worst… but this year I decided to do things a little differently. This month was my self care month. Group fitness classes, going to museums, going to workshops - all that jazz. How do we properly do a self care month? Listen in this week to find out.