S3 E10: June Chua on learning to love herself through dance, how her films led her to Norway & Nepal, and why she moved to Berlin from Canada.

GUEST BIO

June Chua loves to tell stories in a myriad of ways. She's an award-winning filmmaker with more than 20 years experience in journalism, writing, editing, broadcasting and communications. She also helps artists with their proposals and grants. She's now developing a creative nonfiction project - a collection of poems & stories. In 2015, she decided to resign from her life in Canada, selling her things, giving away books and moving to Berlin--alone. It would mark a 2nd migration. Her family moved from Malaysia to Canada in the 70s.

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DEFINITIONS

• Laksa: A spicy noodle dish popular in Southeast Asia.
• Stipendium: A scholarship (in German)
• Sandra Oh: A Canadian & American actor of Korean descent. She's Dr. Christina Yang in Grey's Anatomy and the star of the BBC spy thriller "Killing Eve".
• Mr. Miyagi: A fictional character in the Karate Kid franchise.

MENTIONED

• 9-Man by Ursula Liang
• Moon Is The Oldest TV by Nam June Paik
• Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
• Fortune Cookie Chronicles by Jennifer 8. Lee
• My Year of Meats by Ruth Ozeki
• Forever Chinatown

TAKEAWAYS

1. Immigrant parents struggling to survive often do not have time or bandwidth to provide emotional support
2. Art is not created in a vacuum. It is always a reflection of its time, and its creator.
3. We often deny ourselves the life we want because we think that's the right thing, the honorable thing, the expected thing to do. But if we peel back the layers, sometimes all we have are excuses and fear.
4. Feeling beautiful is not about external looks, but about feeling comfortable in our own bodies, and our own power.
5. Quiet time alone (and or therapy i might add), can help us untangle what we really want, what is really possible, and every other obstacle or expectation that we've taken for granted as fact without questioning

Full show notes: https://nuancespod.com/2023/08/20/june-chua/

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Host: Lazou

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