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- Kim Mi-hee, Columnist
The Scent That Brings Back Time — An Aromatherapist on the Link Between Smell and Memory
By Columnist Kim Mi-hee Smell follows a different path than our other senses. What we see and hear passes through several stages before becoming memory, but smell is often said to sit close to the areas of the brain that handle emotion and…
- Kim Mi-hee, Columnist
Keeping a Caregiving Journal: The Changes a Record Can Bring
By Columnist Kim Mi-hee A day of caregiving is not one big event but dozens of small tasks. Managing medications, helping with meals, assisting with the bathroom, confirming hospital appointments, soothing a sudden change in mood. Each is …
- Kim Mi-hee, Columnist
Welcoming the Seasons Through Scent
By Columnist Kim Mi-hee When you care for someone, the units of time change. The day is no longer divided into spring, summer, autumn and winter, but into 'the next dose,' 'the next appointment,' 'the next bath day.' The seasons pass quiet…
- Kim Mi-hee, Columnist
Sharing Care Through Conversation, Like Setting Teacups Side by Side
By Columnist Kim Mi-hee Once caring for a parent begins, an invisible distance forms between siblings. Even though they grew up under the same parents, each remembers the parents differently, and each now stands in a different place. The o…
- Kim Mi-hee, Columnist
Aroma Hand Cream: The Day’s Greeting, Passed Through Your Hands
By Columnist Kim Mi-hee A caregiver's morning begins with the hands. You pull back the blanket, help with washing up, change clothes, tear open a packet of medicine, pour lukewarm water into a cup. You cook the rice, portion out the side d…
- Kim Mi-hee, Columnist
Validation Therapy: The Art of Conversing With Dementia Patients Without Conflict
By Columnist Kim Mi-hee Picture two chairs facing each other. One is for the older parent, the other for the caregiver. As evening light filters into the room, the two sit together in the same space, yet often inhabit different points in t…
- Kim Mi-hee, Columnist
Changing the Mood of a Room Through Scent, No Diffuser Required
By Columnist Kim Mi-hee It is often said that people sense a space through the nose before they see it with the eyes. The scent that hits as soon as a door opens shapes a first impression of that space, and that impression can translate in…
- Baek Chang-hee, Columnist
ESG Green Signal 20 | Renewable Energy at Home
ESG Green Signal · Ep.20 ✏️ Changhee Baek | ⏱️ 7 min read ESG Green Signal Ep.20 · Renewable Energy at Home Turning sunlight into electricity begins not at a distant power plant, but in our everyday livesOn a clear morning, sunlight stream…
- Baek Chang-hee, Columnist
ESG Green Signal 19 | The Power of One Degree
ESG Green Signal · Ep.19 ✏️ Changhee Baek | ⏱️ 7 min read ESG Green Signal Ep.19 · The Power of One Degree A small thermostat adjustment can make both our homes and the planet more comfortableOn a summer day, many of us reach for the air c…
- Kim Mi-hee, Columnist
Storing and Using Aroma Oils Safely: Safety First
By Columnist Kim Mi-hee Most aroma oils come in dark brown or blue glass bottles. This isn't a design choice — it's meant to block out light as much as possible. Oil compounds extracted from plants gradually change in composition when expo…
