In our first guest episode, we chat with New York based architect and founder of Holistic Spaces — Anjie Cho — who combines interconnectedness and interdependence of spaces through the mastery of the art of Feng Shui. She is the author of Holistic Spaces: 108 Ways to Create a Mindful and Peaceful Home, a book inspired by the intersection of feng shui, green design, Buddhist and Taoist philosophies, and environmental psychology. Anjie is also a teacher of dharma arts and meditation in the Shambhala Buddhist lineage and for Dharma Moon. She is the feng shui expert at The Spruce, a regular blog contributor to MindBodyGreen and has been featured in dozens of publications including: the New York Times, Domino Magazine and BuzzFeed. 

In this episode, we get to know Anjie beyond her successful professional achievements to chat intimately about how she defines beauty. Anjie shares about her upbringing as a Korean-American in Los Angeles, and how being an "outsider" led her to being a Google famous goth! From grey hairs to the practice of Japanese floral design — Ikeban — we chat about the the impermanence and the imperfections of beauty.

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Thank you to Diana Ho for the production and research coordination! 

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Welcome to Beauty as a Birthright — a podcast where we decode the evolving concept of beauty from a multidimensional lens. In this space, we embark on a journey with engaging guests from all walks of life to figure out — if beauty is a birthright… Then what’s our legacy?

We're your hosts, Dr. Tamsin Lee of Elemental Archetypes and Dr. Paige Yang of Yang Face. We're two doctors of East Asian Medicine in the beauty wellness field but we are far from being "beauty experts". Beauty is a social construction, and we're two people trying to unravel the elusive, and sometimes messy, concept of "beauty". We're on a personal journey to decode beauty culture from a multidimensional lens, and to learn from our guests — If beauty is a birthright, then what is our legacy?

Each month, we interview guests from all walks of life to understand how they define beauty, and a follow-up episode reflecting on what we learned. Join us on our first episode where we talk about what "beauty as a birthright" means, and why we started this podcast. We're on this journey with you!

Thank you to our production and research assistant, Diana Ho — @dianahoyoga! 

In our first episode, we chat about our hopes and fears in regards to starting this podcast, and the concept of immortality from a Chinese medicine perspective. How does our beauty relate to our immortality? Is beauty a birthright? If so, then what's our legacy?

As two doctors, we're used to being known as the "experts" but on this podcast, we're far from being beauty experts. We're just two people on a deeply personal journey to decode the meaning of beauty. We hope you'll join us!