Ruth is one of our most prolific side project friends, and also one of our most prolific parent friends. Sometimes those two identities intersect, like when Ruth builds kids play areas in community spaces to make San Francisco a more kid friendly city.

In this episode, we talk about joyful parenting, and how a brief stint in hospice care shifted her towards an anti-perfectionist mindset.

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Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kevin Lau⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jamie Wong⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Guest: Ruth Grace Wong

Intro music by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Harry Dai⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Kevin has always struggled to give himself permission to have fun and spend time just enjoying life, especially when it came to letting himself travel. In this episode, we talk about the next step in Kevin’s self love journey and his learnings from first time solo traveling to Asia, just for funsies.

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Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kevin Lau⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jamie Wong⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Is anyone in your life transgender? On today’s episode, Kevin, Jamie, and special guest Rox Guo talks about his transitioning journey, how people can miss that a gender transition is a celebratory moment, and some ideas for supporting a loved one through transitioning.

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Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kevin Lau⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jamie Wong⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Guest: Rox Guo

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Have you ever struggled with fitting in because of your race? ]Do you find yourself (like us) somewhere in the infinite spectrum of racial identity? On today’s episode, Kevin, Jamie, and special guest Lyn talk about not knowing what option to check on government forms and their experiences growing up on different spots on the racial identity spectrum.

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How do you guide career decisions if you decide to step off the beaten path? What’s your north star? In today’s episode, Kevin and Jamie chat with special guest JN Fang about her journey weaving through healthcare to public service to political campaigns to fighting climate change with technology. Through it all, we talk about how we develop faith that we’re heading the right way.

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Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kevin Lau⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jamie Wong⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Guest: JN Fang

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When’s the last time you went on a first date? Does the idea of going on a first date excite you or make you feel squeamish? On today’s episode, Kevin and Jamie talk about their experiences going on first dates, what makes a good first date, and how online dating can be really (really) hard.

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Do you open up easily to others? Or is your default to be more closed off? Today we discuss how Kevin struggles with being vulnerable, despite really enjoying connecting with people.

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Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kevin Lau⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jamie Wong⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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Do you live your life by pursuing what interests you? Or your sense of responsibility? In today’s episode, Jamie digs into his experiences in the Internal Family Systems therapy modality and working through being led by his curiosity vs his sense of duty.

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Hosts: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kevin Lau⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jamie Wong⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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