Grief, Joy, and the First-Gen Journey
This podcast episode is probably the most personal and vulnerable one I've put out, but I'm doing it in case anyone has encountered similar situations previously. There are certain life moments that are such curve balls they leave you feeling shocked and unable to (emotionally) move. And yet at the same time you aren't really given time to stop and process - life keeps moving forward. In this episode I talk about the duality of life: of balancing joy and grief, of being there for yourself and also others, of wanting to make a life for yourself in a new city and still feeling deeply rooted in your hometown. There is no perfect recipe, but this is me just trying to figure it out myself.
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