안녕, it's Ari, your talkative Korean friend and weekend reminder. 🎉 Now that my hands feel much better 😊, I will soon be able to bring back the weekly and full newsletter. I am also planning to launch a new Korean lesson. Please look forward to it! Today’s newsletter is about long-lasting historical scars and a new K-Drama. Let’s start! Netflix’s latest historical K-drama series, Gyeongseong Creature, 👆 is gaining immense popularity globally, securing the second spot on the top 10 Netflix programs worldwide, according to FlixPatrol.

Turn over a rotten log and it’s likely that dozens of pill bugs or sow bugs will be seen running for cover. They love rotting organic matter - and for this reason many of my viewers that have recently switched to being “no-till” gardeners often ask me what to do about pill and sow bugs. Well, the answer is simple - just keep mulching and don’t worry about it! In this article I explain why there is no need to fear the dreaded “roly-poly” aka “potato bug” aka “doodle bug” in a mulched vegetable garden, and why you might even come to love these funny little “bugs” that are actually the long-lost relatives of shrimp.

Do you think you are self-aware? Until about five years ago, I was utterly convinced that this label applied to me. But really, I was clueless. I mistook being self-critical for self-awareness. This mistake led me to believe that the way I saw myself and the world was completely accurate. This happens when we haven’t brought what’s stored in our unconscious mind into awareness. Until then, we see life through a distorted lens and believe it’s objective reality.

It’s Q&A time! You can ask your own question here for a chance to have it answered in an upcoming edition. Today’s question has two parts. The first part is available to all subscribers (about so-called adrenal fatigue in general), and the second part is for paid subscribers (about the “adrenal body type”).  Upgrade to Paid I know you’ve spoken to guests about adrenal fatigue before, but I didn’t see this question addressed anywhere, so apologies if it’s a repeat.

As COVID started to fade into the background of our lives – for me this started roughly in the last half of 2022 – many of the things I had ignored came rushing to the forefront. I was fresh into my recovery for compulsive gambling and was working through its underlying causes. Our family was in the beginning stages of thinking about moving, and one of the options was leaving Minnesota.