Turning Trauma into Purpose: Michelle Li's Journey as a Korean Adoptee and TV Journalist
Topics: Adoptee, Korean American, AAPI Heritage Month, APAHM, TV Journalist, author, Very Asian, Korean Food, mixed-race families, Asian heritage, racial trauma, nonprofit, purpose, AAPI identity, Asian American history and culture
Lyn Liao Butler, Author of The Tiger Mom's Tale: Asian family drama. Adoption. Food as a love language.
Lyn Liao Butler, author of The Tiger Mom’s Tale, tells us how she found peace and healing in her writing, Taiwanese heritage, and fitness background, and how fate led her to adopt "the happiest little boy in the world". We talk about the effects of racism and Tiger parenting, why food is the original love language in Asian culture, and unpack why mental health issues are seen as so shameful in our families and communities - and what we can do about it.