Baking as Bonding: How Kitchen Time Builds Family Connections and Teaches Life Skills
More Than Just a Sweet Treat Baking is one of those quiet joys in life that often gets overlooked. For me, it’s more than a hobby or a way to satisfy a sweet tooth—it’s a space where my children and I connect, laugh, make a mess, and learn from one another. The kitchen has become […]
How Engineers Think About Health: Applying Systems Thinking to Personal Wellness
As a chemical engineer, I’ve been trained to approach problems with structure, logic, and precision. When I worked in biomimetics research or managed engineering projects in the medical field, everything came down to systems—how inputs, outputs, and feedback loops worked together to create desired results. Over time, I realized that this systems-based mindset doesn’t just […]