The Mark Groves Podcast

#274: Finding Your Voice and Living Your Truth with Christine Chang

04.06.2023 - By Mark GrovesPlay

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Themes: Parenting, Relationships, Personal Development, Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Authenticity, Boundaries, Transformation, Purpose

Summary: 

Today I’m jamming with my long-time friend, Christine Chang, a serial entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. Her book "Show Up: Finding Love for Independent Women" has helped professional women all over the world create the relationship of their dreams.

Tune in to hear Christine share her experiences growing up as an Asian American and how she handles comments about her interracial marriage, how she has navigated healing from generational trauma and finding her voice, and the importance of listening to your soul’s desires to figure out how you want to show up in this world. As an entrepreneur having explored different paths (professional photographer, dating mentor, and branding specialist to name a few!), Christine drops her tips for branding and rebranding without relying on social media.

Discover:

How Christine went from being a celebrity wedding photographer to helping inspire women all over the world

The importance of adding joy into your life and only doing the things that light you up

Finding your own voice and identity without buckling in the face of codependency

00:00 Intro 

01:35 The impact of negative online conversations

06:20 Finding your identity

10:19 From certainty to uncertainty

18:23 Importance of adding humor in parenting

21:54 Allowing kids to learn resilience on their own

26:51 Confronting stereotypes in interracial relationships

30:20 Having a voice through media representation

34:49 Start something new & be ok with sucking at it

39:02 Healing from generational trauma

42:22 The responsibilities that come with marriage

47:37 Negotiating boundaries in relationships

49:37 Effect of news and social media on your mental health

53:55 Bridging the divide

56:42 Disagreements and differences in relationships

58:53 When extroverts need introverts

1:00:32 Creating boundaries around technology

1:05:11 How to rebrand without relying on social media

1:12:43 What’s next and trying out new things

Links:

Instagram: @cchangandco

Website 1: www.christinechangphoto.com

Website 2: www.christinechang.com

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyv2WHLUch8m66QoKT2lZ0w

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Show-Up-Finding-Independent-Women-ebook/dp/B08BBB446J/

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