Welcome to My World

Who Am I?

I’m Batman….

Pshaw.  If only.  To be able to start a blog by openly admitting that I am the Caped Crusader would be just too amazing.  But I am neither caped, nor a man, although I would like to think of myself as a Health Crusader.  With a Twist.  While growing up in a staunchly traditional and extremely suffocating Korean household, during breaks between piano lessons, violin lessons, trumpet lessons, Math classes, computer classes and Korean school, I would write in my beloved journal.  It was my sole source of expression in a culture that rigidly reminds women that opinions and voices are for men, and that we of the fairer half should practice the art of peeling fruit so that it comes off in one long, unbroken string.  I shit you not.

I am not quite sure when my interest in health came about.  It was always assumed that I would become a Medical Doctor – a dream that was quickly dashed when I applied to Naturopathic College to become a Naturopathic Doctor.  A decision that escalated, much like pierced ears, wearing make up, dating boys and curfews later than 10pm, into a bone of contention between me and my parents.

“But I AM a doctor..’’ I find myself whining to my parents.  And I can see the flash of disappointment in their eyes when I can almost hear their thoughts stating  yah…a Witch Doctah.

So here I am.  A Witch Doctor, doing what I do best, which is railing against the conventional and expressing myself in the way I know best – in writing.  It is here that I will touch on topics of health from a Naturopathic viewpoint, with a touch of spiced Korean Chili.

Welcome Everybody.  Welcome to My World.