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November 14, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

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Hi, I’m Felicia – a mom of two boys, wife, doctor, adventure enthusiast, food lover, and photographer. I spend a lot of time and energy researching fun things and interesting things for my family to do, explore, and eat – so I created this blog to share some information that might be helpful to others.

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Joshua tree, April 2019. Our family ❤️, in one of our most favorite places/ parks 💚, captured by one of our most favorite photographer - turned - friend 💛 @galaxieandrews ✨ #somuchmagic #joshuatree #optoutside #adventuretogether

And off they go again! 🏃🏻 Ok, I totally intended on sharing my photos from joshua tree, but I have to share a couple more by 📷 @galaxieandrews because there are about 83845937274 photos that I love so much from this session, and I can’t help myself. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Also, can you believe how green Joshua tree is in this pic? The desert was beyond dreamy thanks to this spring’s rain 🌧 #joshuatree #kidsinnature #alwaysrunning #boymomlife

Just one more dip in the hot tub before check out. 🙌✨ #livingtheirbestlives #desertgold #acidodorado #joshuatree

Acido Dorado, Joshua tree. Designed by architect @robertstonedesign We’ve stayed at some neat design homes and hotels over the years, but this place will be my forever favorite. We stayed here for the first time in 2010, and returned in 2011 and 2019. This place is as magical as it looks. ✨💛 (swipe to for interior) Do you have any favorite vacation spots that you return to again and again? #iphonepic #acidodorado #joshuatree #modernarchitecture

Family Selfie Series ✨Joshua Tree We just got back from a whirlwind weekend in San Francisco, and I realized I haven’t shared pics from our spring break trip to Joshua Tree (other than a few of our pro pics by the awesome @galaxieandrews 👏) . So please bear with me as I go through some of my favorites this week! Joshua Tree national park is one of our favorites, we try to visit at least once a year. It’s less than 2 hours away, and the entire park is a basically giant playground for families with fun hikes and boulders to climb. The landscape and vegetation is so different than anything either Jason or I had ever seen growing up in Canada and New England, and totally different from coastal Southern California where we live now. This year, we were excited to return to the desert to celebrate ten years of marriage, and also return to the place we stayed to celebrate our first anniversary with our boys. Architect @robertstonedesign has created a very special space in the desert, and we are honored to be able to stay at the #acidodorado. It was just as we remembered and magical ✨. The mirrored surfaces - walls, ceilings, etc- made it remarkably easy to take family selfies! 😉 #familyvacation #springbreak #robertstonearchitecture #modernarchitecturedesign

Joyful, inquisitive, artistic, big hearted, cuddly, and a bit mischievous and free spirited. Our dear Brian turns four today! 🎉❤️ 📷: @galaxieandrews

“Own what works for you and your style, and you will soar” - Sue West Growing up, my friends would sometimes ask why I was so different. They weren’t being mean, but were curious. I wasn’t sure what they noticed, because I felt “fine" 🤷🏻‍♀️. But in retrospect - I was, and am, different. I’m an outlier- a fast-paced, high energy, multi-tasking, out-of-the-box thinker. Since I grew up in a culture with zero acknowledgement of mental health, it took 30 years before I was diagnosed with ADHD. During my 4th year of psychiatry residency, I realized I solidly met the criteria I was learning about. Although “high functioning” despite these traits, I found it validating to learn that some of my idiosyncrasies - struggles sitting still, talkativeness, lack of filter - were not due to “poor effort” or rude intent. I tried a stimulant. The first dose confirmed the diagnosis, as I immediately felt slowed and took a nap. I continued try medication for 3-4 months. While on meds, I was able to sit through lectures, and my friends noticed a significant reduction in my interruptions. I scored near perfect on a standardized test, whereas I’d previously see a mismatch between effort and results. Ultimately, I decided to stop the medication despite the benefits. I missed the bubbly and animated “wild and free” 😉 version of myself, flaws and all. While there is still much stigma around ADHD, I am certain that it has played a key role in my success. Over the years, I’ve figured out compensatory strategies. I have a disciplined work ethic, thanks in part to the structure my tiger mom provided during my childhood. I’m able to hyperfocus on things I’m passionate about, which translates to high productivity. I’m calm during crisis, and an intuitive/ creative problem solver- which has come in handy both at home and at work. Lest you think I run full speed nonstop, I love vegging out and a good nights sleep. I’m not for, or against, medicating ADHD. Each person’s unique situation should be considered for an appropriate treatment plan. I wanted to share my story of success despite, and in light of, ADHD for #mentalhealthawarenessmonth #endstigma 📷 @galaxieandrews

Part 2/2 #reconcilingmedicine: Post med school, residency and fellowship (I’m a double board certified adult & consult liaison psychiatrist), I’ve continued to juggle my role as a full time CL psychiatrist with my roles as a mom, surgeon’s wife, and creative. During the period pre-kids, balance came rather easily and naturally. I loved my 9-5 job, and had plenty of time to date my spouse, hang out with girl friends, host dinner parties, blog, workout and sleep. Then I had one child, and a couple years later - another. We moved from LA to Orange County, where we knew no one, and immediately dove into very busy lives. My husband joined a private practice surgery group and was on call Q3 (= one in 3 nights, 17 weekends a year). While pregnant and postpartum with my first child, I woke up at 4:30am in order to commute to LA to see patients from 7am-3pm - my average daily commute time was 4 hours a day. I was exhausted and my creative outlets had to be put on the back burner. When a position opened up for me in Orange Counter, I transferred close to home. Over those 5 years, pretty much all I had time and energy for was medicine and motherhood. I’d like to say it didn’t break me and made me more resilient. This is mostly true. During those years, I became more appreciative of the things that I did have - my parents moved out to help us, our kids are happy and healthy, we've made the most of our time off together and went on some incredible trips. But it wasn’t sustainable. As my kids have gotten a little older, I’ve started to carve out some time for myself again. After attending a women’s retreat a year ago and leaving my boys for 4 days (the longest ever), I realized how important it is to nourish more than the doctor, wife, or mom sides of me - as fulfilling and rewarding as they are. I am, and have always been, a creative and community oriented person. I’m started making time for friend dates, participating in creative and mental health advocacy projects again. There’s still finite time and energy, which means I have to say no to certain projects. Who knows where I’ll be in another few years, but where I am now is where I want to be ❤️📷 @imoments

Part 1/2: I share occasional glimpses into #doctorlife, but it hasn't been the forefront of my presence on IG. A couple things have inspired me to share a bit more this week: 1) @drreneeparo’s #reconcilemedicine campaign, 2) conversations with other #mamasinmedicine about balancing medicine with other interests. I hope my story might provide reassurance that one can have a traditional job, and still have a creative lifestyle! 😉 Medicine may have been chosen for me early on, but spoiler alert - I found my calling in Psychiatry. My immigrant parents were focused on my brother and me becoming doctors, so medical school became my default path as a “good Chinese child”. Admittedly, I had some doubts along the way, especially since I once fainted at the sight of blood during high school, and preferred social sciences to organic chemistry. Fortunately, I was accepted into Brown University’s combined undergrad/med school program. With the pressure of getting into medical school removed, I was able to pursue a liberal arts undergrad education. Along with standard premed requisites, I learned about eastern religions and philosophies, took literature, sociology, anthropology classes, learned trinidadian steel drumming, volunteered, and led several student organizations. I loved learning about people, their cultures, and their stories. I still wasn’t sure how this would fit in with medicine as I knew it - my experiences with health care were limited to quick and impersonal routine checkups, and unfortunately some disappointing encounters with less than empathetic providers when I was struggling with back pain. But my brother encouraged me to keep at it and advised that my experience would “make you a better doctor”. When I started medical school, the return to sciences and rote memorization threw me for a loop. I contemplated quitting, as I felt unhappy and unbalanced. Instead, I decelerated the first two didactic years into three years. With a reduced course load, I was able to find meaning in medicine. I spent the extra “free” time on a narrative research project where I collected stories of patients with chronic pain (continued in comments) 📷 @imoments

When you ask your boys to take a nice picture together, and they instead decide it’s time to play wrap themselves in your dress. 🤷🏻‍♀️ This is authentic motherhood captured. 📷: @galaxieandrews #embracethechaos 😂😍 Happy Mother’s Day to all the mamas out there! 💕

My boys 💙💙 📷: @galaxieandrews I love candid photos of my boys the most. Because this is how they are, and what I love so much about childhood - goofy, a bit (ok maybe more then a bit 😉) wild, and joyfully carefree. #wildandfree #letthembelittle #brothers

❤️✨📷 ： @galaxieandrews Last month during the kids spring break, we went back to Joshua tree to take our 10 year anniversary photos with the same photographer who also took our first anniversary photos there. Galaxie and her husband Brandon have become dear friends over the years, despite them living in Arizona and us in California. It was so special to be able to celebrate not just our family, but also this friendship. We got our photos yesterday, and I love them so much. Our anniversary isn’t until August, but we figured the desert might be a bit 🔥🌵then. Besides, if you know me, you know I’m a big fan of celebrating everyday! 😉 For the record, we’re usually super casual, so I’m proud of how our crew cleaned up. 🤣 Kudos to Galaxie for photoshopping out the scratch on Brian’s cheek, and thank goodness we took photos before he tripped and split his lip. 😅 #lovemyfamily #familyportraits #joshuatree #thesincerestoryteller

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Joshua tree, April 2019. Our family ❤️, in one of our most favorite places/ parks 💚, captured by one of our most favorite photographer - turned - friend 💛 @galaxieandrews ✨ #somuchmagic #joshuatree #optoutside #adventuretogether

And off they go again! 🏃🏻 Ok, I totally intended on sharing my photos from joshua tree, but I have to share a couple more by 📷 @galaxieandrews because there are about 83845937274 photos that I love so much from this session, and I can’t help myself. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Also, can you believe how green Joshua tree is in this pic? The desert was beyond dreamy thanks to this spring’s rain 🌧 #joshuatree #kidsinnature #alwaysrunning #boymomlife

Just one more dip in the hot tub before check out. 🙌✨ #livingtheirbestlives #desertgold #acidodorado #joshuatree

Acido Dorado, Joshua tree. Designed by architect @robertstonedesign We’ve stayed at some neat design homes and hotels over the years, but this place will be my forever favorite. We stayed here for the first time in 2010, and returned in 2011 and 2019. This place is as magical as it looks. ✨💛 (swipe to for interior) Do you have any favorite vacation spots that you return to again and again? #iphonepic #acidodorado #joshuatree #modernarchitecture

Family Selfie Series ✨Joshua Tree We just got back from a whirlwind weekend in San Francisco, and I realized I haven’t shared pics from our spring break trip to Joshua Tree (other than a few of our pro pics by the awesome @galaxieandrews 👏) . So please bear with me as I go through some of my favorites this week! Joshua Tree national park is one of our favorites, we try to visit at least once a year. It’s less than 2 hours away, and the entire park is a basically giant playground for families with fun hikes and boulders to climb. The landscape and vegetation is so different than anything either Jason or I had ever seen growing up in Canada and New England, and totally different from coastal Southern California where we live now. This year, we were excited to return to the desert to celebrate ten years of marriage, and also return to the place we stayed to celebrate our first anniversary with our boys. Architect @robertstonedesign has created a very special space in the desert, and we are honored to be able to stay at the #acidodorado. It was just as we remembered and magical ✨. The mirrored surfaces - walls, ceilings, etc- made it remarkably easy to take family selfies! 😉 #familyvacation #springbreak #robertstonearchitecture #modernarchitecturedesign

Joyful, inquisitive, artistic, big hearted, cuddly, and a bit mischievous and free spirited. Our dear Brian turns four today! 🎉❤️ 📷: @galaxieandrews

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