Heart Open ConversAsians
A thoughtfully curated space where intentional and honest conversations are had and held for and with a community I hold near and dear to my heart: the Asian collective. Every month, you’ll hear a guest join me in conversation, followed by a solo episode in the same month where I share and weave in my reflections and learnings from that conversation.
Together, we’ll exchange stories of our uniquely hard yet beautiful lives, our journeys, learned experiences and lessons, with the hope that it will encourage and empower you to live out your one precious yet nuanced life that is most true and most YOU. I’m that friend you can count on as we walk together on this journey to learn to embrace and make space for all parts of us. You’re welcome here.
Heart Open ConversAsians
Deanna How: On Finding Strength, Clarity and Courage In The Face Of Unexpected Adversities
As I walked into these past week working through some heart-wrenching episodes of my life, I am heartened and so grateful, to be able to bring you a warm and hopeful conversation I had with my treasured friend, Deanna.
Deanna is a licensed tour guide certified by Malaysia’s Ministry of Tourism and UNESCO. Born and bred in Malaysia, she is passionate about spreading the culture and flavors of Malaysia far and wide to all tourists who visited from near and far. She is experienced with handling groups ranging from full bus loads of tourists as well as private tours. The onset of COVID brought about unexpected and difficult pivots to her life and career and through her tenacity and resilience, she pivoted onto the virtual space to continue to pursue and hone her passion in tour-guiding. At each of our core as human, is the need to be seen and understood and she believes strongly that by sharing Malaysia authentically with the world, that is the first step towards world peace.
There is so much in this honest, warm conversation that all of us need to hear on so many levels, but if there is one message I encourage each of you to take away from this episode, is that, you bring so much more to the table than you think you do. It can be really hard to see or grasp when you’re standing in the midst of a storm, but if you could clear the noise and be still, you’ll see that the resources and possibilities are there; you just need to have the resilience, the courage and the room for curiosity and to all yourself to do it messy to claim it.
In this episode:
- Connect with Deanna through:
- IG: @deannahow
- Email: dosesofmalaysianstories@gmail.com
- Listen to the Doses of Malaysian Stories Podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/doses-of-malaysian-stories-thru-the-lenses-senses-of-deanna/id1571701419
- Join ‘Doses of Malaysian Stories’ private Facebook Group for addition content on Malaysia stories and journey through her career as a tour guide: https://www.facebook.com/groups/dosesofmalaysianstories
- Deanna is currently reading:
- Mind To Matter by Dawson Church
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