#421: From Court Rooms To TikTok: The Korean Vegan’s Journey Of Reinvention

12/30/21 • 58 min

6 Listeners

Talking Life And Career Transitions Over Curry

Like soooo many of us, Joanne Lee Molinaro hopped on to TikTok in July of 2020 as a way of coping with the isolation of quarantine.

But as fate would have it, a post of her making Korean braised potatoes for dinner (while her husband taught a piano lesson in the background) went viral and The Korean Vegan was officially on the map.

But it’s not just her red chili paste mushroom pasta or vegan kimchi cheese fries that gathers the masses and leaves them hankering for more.

My guest on today’s episode is no stranger to enduring (and leveraging) major life transitions... and she’s using her platform to share stories that challenge and inspire.

Joanne, a lawyer turned full-time creator and New York Times bestselling author, is a child to immigrant parents who at times found themselves in near-starvation situations in what is now known as North Korea.

She shares about this among many of her other heroic tales through her social media platforms. And with over 3.5 million fans, it’s clear that her storytelling and vulnerability are what people are craving... along with her tasty chocolate chip paht cookie recipe.

In this episode, we chat about:

Transitioning and pivoting in life and careers
The idea of reinvention and how it’s never too late in order to align with your design to create a life that lights you up
The power and influence of storytelling and vulnerability
And so much more!

Whether you find yourself in a moment of transition, you’re dreaming of making a career jump (that may or may not make sense to those around you), or you simply love a story that moves you to your core, you’re going to love my conversation with Joanne.

Here’s a glance at this episode...

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Talking Life And Career Transitions Over Curry

Like soooo many of us, Joanne Lee Molinaro hopped on to TikTok in July of 2020 as a way of coping with the isolation of quarantine.

But it’s not just her red chili paste mushroom pasta or vegan kimchi cheese fries that gathers the masses and leaves them hankering for more.

My guest on today’s episode is no stranger to enduring (and leveraging) major life transitions... and she’s using her platform to share stories that challenge and inspire.

In this episode, we chat about:

Transitioning and pivoting in life and careers
The idea of reinvention and how it’s never too late in order to align with your design to create a life that lights you up
The power and influence of storytelling and vulnerability
And so much more!

Here’s a glance at this episode...

[Insert transcript brief]

Click here to listen!

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#420: Unlearning The Hustle Mentality (& How I Got It Wrong)

An Entrepreneur’s Permission To UnHustle

I L - O - V - E new entrepreneurs.

There’s no drive or determination like the early days of starting a business...but with that comes a few habits that become hard to break.

Like taking that drive and willingness to do what it takes and forgetting that you’re running a marathon...not a sprint.

A “hustle, hustle, hustle” mentality can be the default setting for high achievers (like many entrepreneurs are.) But it’s also been the flag that successful entrepreneurs have loudly and proudly flown for the last decade.

And I made the mistake of falling into the hustle culture trap myself in the early days of my business.

So in this episode, I want to talk about the turning point when I realized hustling my days, nights, and weekends away wasn’t cutting it anymore

Plus how I undid the thoughts of what I “should be” as an entrepreneur and even the “hustle-over-everything” beliefs I brought into my business.

Whether you’re just starting out or you’re a long-timer like me, I hope this short and sweet conversation is one more reminder that your *whole* life deserves your attention.

And that doing *all* the things isn’t always what’s best for your biz.

So take a deep breath and click to listen. Your permission to unhustle is inside!

Here’s a glance at this episode...

[03:29] The one thing that I would do differently in my business is that I wouldn't have hustled to get to where I am today.
[04:42] The first years are the most difficult. Once you start to see traction and double down on what's working, the hustle can stop or at least slow down.
[06:50] What I believe now is that you can have an amazing personal life with white space and downtime as well as an amazing business.
[09:03] The questions we ask allow us to work smarter. It took courage to allow me to switch to a four-day workweek. My team and I put in a system and a plan. Then we got to work!

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#422: Lessons Learned From Social Media Bullies

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