Ingrid Hu Dahl: Author & Founder — On Identity, Resilience, and Empowering Future Leaders
Influence of her interracial parents and their boldnessEarly experiences with cultural clashes and discrimination
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Overview
In this episode of “The Brand Called You,” host Ashutosh Garg interviews Ingrid Hu Dahl—author, filmmaker, and coach—about her new memoir and her path as a mixed-race queer leader. Here’s a concise episode guide with important moments and discussion points:
00:00:31- What shaped Ingrid Hu Dahl’s journey to leadership and activism?
Influence of her interracial parents and their boldnessEarly experiences with cultural clashes and discriminationFoundational values of truth, empathy, and curiosity00:02:37- How did Ingrid’s mixed-race, queer background influence her sense of belonging?
Never fully fitting into one culture or identityCoping with “otherness” and learning “multi-layered bravery”Using her experience to help others tap into their own strength00:04:02- How did Ingrid’s creative worlds intersect and impact her professional life?
Storytelling skills across music, film, and coachingSupporting young people in finding expressive toolsEmbracing performance to create open dialogue00:06:08- What inspired the memoir “Sun Shining on Morning Snow”?
Book title derives from Ingrid’s Chinese name and family symbolismWriting as a way to process her mother’s death and their complex bond00:08:10- How did her mother’s passing shape the narrative?
Balancing themes of grief, cultural identity, and hopeUsing humor and uplift to balance the memoir’s emotional weight00:10:13- Why resilience and love, and what were the hardest stories to tell?
Choosing growth over pain, inspired by a family idiom about going through “fire”Emotionally tough scenes centered on conflict and healing with her mother00:14:06- Navigating cultural expectation vs. personal truth?
Living in-between cultures as a giftPicking what to keep, challenging what harms, within tradition and identityLearn more about Ingrid Hu Dahl: Linkedin
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