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The Lavendaire Lifestyle

189: Reinvent Your Identity & Make Decisions for Yourself w/ Maddy Park

The Lavendaire Lifestyle

Aileen Xu

Education, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Self-improvement, Mental Health, Spirituality

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Following a set career path with clear steps may feel safe, but is that honoring your true self? Maddy Park talks about her upbringing, how it led to years of stability (and an unfulfilling career in dentistry), and taking the risk to become a content creator making cozy cooking vlogs.

While juggling a part time job and creating cooking videos, Maddy shares how cooking became a form of therapy and how she formed a new identity by taking control of her life. She also takes us behind the scenes of Cafe Maddy Cab: an AAPI charity and non-profit (despite having no experience at all).

TIMESTAMPS:

  • 4:14 — Cooking is like Therapy
  • 8:42 — Growing up Korean, Following a “Stable” Career Path, and Becoming a Content Creator
  • 13:20 — Forming a New Identity and Quitting Dentistry
  • 19:48 — Advice for My Younger Self
  • 22:36 — Inspiration and My Grandpa
  • 32:05 — Cafe Maddy Cab
  • 45:12 — Taking Control of Life and Investing Into What You Want To Do
  • 51:03 — Be Your Number 1 Fan of Your Own Content

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0:00.0

When you ask for help to the universe, the universe really will respond to a good cause where you put your heart in it.

0:10.2

Welcome to the Lavender at Lifestyle, the podcast on personal growth and lifestyle design.

0:15.4

My name is Eileen and I'm here to guide you to shine as you're bright as self and create your dream life.

0:21.4

We all have a light within and the power to create a life we love.

0:25.8

Every Sunday, we'll share thoughtful conversations, exploring how we can build a better future for ourselves and our world.

0:32.6

Life is an art. Make it your masterpiece.

0:37.6

Hello, my loves. Welcome back to the Lavender lifestyle podcast.

0:40.6

It's Eileen. Today, I get to interview a creator that I admire.

0:45.1

So you may have seen her videos on TikTok.

0:47.4

She makes very cozy cooking videos on TikTok under the name Cafe Maddie.

0:52.6

So we talk about Maddie's story growing up in Korea to pursuing dentistry to transitioning to content creating and also how she started her nonprofit initiative Cafe Maddie cab.

1:03.3

So Madeline Park is the founder of Cafe Maddie, a cooking vlog focused on Korean inspired recipes and host of the Cafe Maddie podcast, an emotional food podcast where she responds to your story with a dish to match your mood.

1:17.3

It's really cute, by the way.

1:18.8

She's also the founder of Cafe Maddie cab, a service providing cab rise for Asian women, LGBTQ and elderly folks in New York City in response to the rise of anti Asian hate crimes.

1:30.3

Hello, Maddie. Welcome to the Lavender lifestyle podcast. I'm so excited to have you. I'm such a fan.

1:36.7

Hi. Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited to be here.

1:42.1

Yes. Okay, so let's first, why don't you tell us about your story and what led you to starting Cafe Maddie?

1:50.5

Sure.

1:52.6

Wow, it's been a while now, and I never thought this would go on for years.

1:58.8

I started this as a hobby because I like to vlog.

2:03.8

I've always loved making little vlogs and videos and just would put together like fun videos for my friends.

2:12.0

When we travel, so that's been like a lifelong hobby of mine.

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