Asian Women of Power

If you ever wondered how people start their business doing something even with no schooling or training, one of the answers might be they had a problem then someone showed them the way to solve it and now they want to share it with others. Another answer might be they were looking for this and nothing was available to fit their needs so they created one themselves. Lisa Hu’s company, Lux & Nyx, started as a hobby and grew into a full-time career. She was doing accounting and finance for over a decade, but always had a passion for design and art. Lisa shares how she started her company and the challenges and rewards that she is experienced as an owner and founder of her enterprise.

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You might think that Asian children who are born in America would have a better time adapting to the American culture, but this is not the case. Asian descendants still have some challenges growing up in America. Award-winning singer, songwriter, film maker, and TV and radio host Larissa Lam says initially she had a hard time embracing the Chinese side of her identity. It was only when she was older that she realized that God made her who she was for a reason and that all of us are different. All the different colors of the spectrum of races and beauty are equally important. She says there are positive and negative things about both cultures, and finding the balance between the two is really important. Larissa tells the story of how she started in the entertainment industry and the challenges that she had faced while building that career.

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Born to a very famous mother and a non-existent father, bestselling author and life coach Mai Vu grew up in a myth created about her family and their escape from Vietnamese communism. For her, the escape, as difficult as it was, was a doorway into a whole new life. When she hit America, that was when she started hitting the ground running. She felt like she had a brand new slate and nothing was going to stop her. For 39 years of her life, she devoted herself to building a relationship, buying a house, doing chores, having babies, growing her business, going to church, and being good to my parents. On her 39th year, she had this epiphany where she was forced to face the questions of whether she’s going to continue suppressing herself for the rest of her life or opening it up so that she can learn more about herself. Mai shares her life story from growing up in an abusive family to excelling in academics and career, to living large by unleashing herself by finding sexual freedom and full self-expression.

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When you put love into everything you do, you’ll enjoy it more. Even with the food, Korean food ambassador Cathlyn Choi says love is the secret ingredient and it will taste better when you cook with love. Love and dedication are two of the most important things that helped shaped Cathlyn’s life. Having traveled around a lot with her parents, Cathlyn was never afraid of being treated differently. She says it’s all about who you are, whether you’re confident, social, feel at ease, and adapt quickly wherever you go. Her dedication into everything she pursues is evident by the accomplishments under her belt. Cathlyn has always believed that if you have something you want to accomplish, then make the plan and start learning things. She takes us through her journey from Saigon to Brunei to Korea and to the US to show that when you commit and work at your goal daily, you will succeed much sooner.

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As a woman, how often have you compromised your own emotional needs in exchange of social security in the form of relationships? Have you ever thought of yourself as unworthy of special attention, as a second priority in life? There is a raw, painful side to womanhood – and oftentimes abusive relationships have a lot to do with it. In her book, The Naked Truth: A Woman’s Journey to Self-Love, Lilly Joie Cheng takes you inside the limiting beliefs that may be keeping you stuck in your life and career. She shows how you can overcome suicidal thoughts by learning to love yourself for all your faults and fractures, alongside your strength and value as a woman. Joie’s story is a personal journey of triumph from severe depression through unconditional self-love. Lilly Joie Cheng is a Patrick Snow certified publishing coach, author, speaker, mentor, healer, circle facilitator, and a trained yoga teacher. She believes that when we open up as women and share our stories, we heal ourselves – and the world, as well.

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It’s time to reveal your beauty from within. Dr. Rina Shinn of Adonis Cosmetic Surgery shares valuable tips on rejuvenating yourself using holistic methods – all gained from years of experience in general surgery, trauma surgery, vascular surgery, and now cosmetic surgery. But how exactly did Dr. Shinn manage to reach the top from early on, in an America so different in terms of racial acceptance? Back then in a small town just north of Fort Lauderdale, there were no Koreans at all. Asians definitely stood out in school and there was definitely prejudice. But Rina was just too busy to be bothered by the racial slurs that she heard, and the teachers and the administrative people respected her for her good grades. Imagine having to work full time to support a family AND do all their schoolwork and extracurricular activities at the same time!

Dr. Shinn’s story is a story of survival and perseverance, and it is the story of every Asian immigrant in pursuit of the American Dream. It is a beautiful story that proves hard work and discipline will make you succeed, even against all odds. It is a story that deserves to be heard.

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To be a virgin is the most important things in a girl’s life. This is how women have been taught in the Asian culture, and the Asian’s shame is when you lose that virginity before you get married. Yoga instructor and an intuitive coach Lilian Warman escaped from Vietnam at the age of twelve and came to US at the age of fourteen in 1982. She was raped several times during the transit. Lilian carried that stigma for years, and not being able to open up and talk about it made the anger, resentment, guilt, and shame eat at her inside like cancer. It was only when she discovered yoga that she was able to give herself permission to talk and emotionally detoxify her body that healed her childhood trauma and awakened her soul. She is now helping other women who were sexually violated to clear the pain and to live happy by teaching them how to love themselves.

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It is time to acknowledge Ayurveda Yoga as something far beyond fitness – the ultimate technology for human consciousness evolution. Mariko Hirakawa talks about Yoga as a powerful Peak Performance and personal development tool to step into your highest expression as a leader. Mariko is the #1 International Bestselling author of Yoga of Personal Development: Enlightened Lessons on Peak Performance, and Living a Life of No Regrets. A former professional ballet dancer, Mariko is an internationally known Yoga-Ayurveda expert and founder of Visionary Yoga, a personal development company dedicated to accelerating the growth of motivated individuals and companies through the sophisticated, and often hidden wisdom of Yoga.

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For someone at the peak of her life to be diagnosed with an illness that would confine her to the bed for the remainder of her life would be devastating. However, instead of taking that advice from her doctors, Shalini Joshi Yamdagni she went on a profound journey – and healed herself completely. Shalini is an international physical and emotional pain relief expert and a bestselling author. After a decade on this journey and as the founder of MagicalPainFreeLiving.com, Shalini has developed the Emotional Freedom Technique and has coached thousands of clients, including a few doctors, online across the globe helping break free from their pain and ease into peace and clarity. This new found ease and peace then enables the clients to return to a state of flow and attract more joy, fun and magic into their life.

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After having achieved her goal of going to a great grad school in the US, Natasha Che, founder of Soundwise, finds herself asking the question, “What’s the point of working so hard and getting where your parents or other people in your life expected you to get in life, the so-called success?” Natasha wanted to figure out how she can be happier and how her life can be more purposeful and more useful beyond making her parents proud. After doing all the explorations on the side trying to figure out what she really wanted out of life, she realized she wasn’t living that life that she wanted to live. Looking back, Natasha considers it a blessing that she came to the States by herself with no family and no friends. It was a rite of passage into adulthood to be able to survive by herself in order to figure out who she is and eventually find inner peace. It helped her become a stronger person with purpose and clarity for the future that’s very much needed.

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