I amplify women leaders | NLP Coach + Founder, Branding and Marketing Agency |🎙️F*ck Saving Face podcast | 📚Simon & Schuster Author | Featured in NASDAQ & Fast Company | 2023-24 Tory Burch Foundation Fellow
Been listening to Simu Liu's memoir, We Were Dreamers, and I've gotten to the part where he talks about his parents beating him... While many people might be aghast, this was just like my upbringing. Rolling pins to open palms. Feather dusters to backs of thighs. Kneeling on linoleum facing a corner. Those were simply normal occurrences. For tiger parenting. For children of immigrants. We were expected to be perfect. To make sense of the sacrifices our parents made for us. We were now expected to talk back. To have feelings. To fight back. That's precisely why I created my podcast. Because tiger parenting is still alive and well. And for someone who's been raised in two opposing cultures — Asian and American — we need people to see us. To hear us. To understand us. Because there are beautiful gifts from our family of origin. There are wonderful opportunities in the country where we were raised. There's also a lot of pain. When we feel seen and heard, we can articulate the healing that we need. May you find a resource that gives you the words, too. Latest episode of my F*ck Saving Face podcast is out now — includes chapters from the book I'm working on, "How to Disappoint Your Parents in 10 Shameless Steps: A Modern Asian American Guide." ** Listen on your favorite streaming platforms. Here's a clip from episode 112 ~ Unlocking Secrets: From Taboo Topics to Emotional Resilience — A Journey Through Asian American Identity. #aanhpi #aapi #bipoc #woc #authorscommunity #writing #booklaunch #podcastshow #podcasters
