Your dreams don't just expire when you turn 25, 35, 38, even 40.

They're still there.

Today's guest is Joanne Lee Molinaro, the incredible Korean vegan queen.

It's very tempting to just do what everybody else is doing.

If you box yourself into somebody else's formula from the get-go, then it becomes much harder to be

who you want to be.

Joanne Le Molenaro, the founder and creative visionary behind Korean vegan cooking.

New York Times best selling authors, being feared, award-winning author.

When I went vegan in 2016, the biggest fear and anxiety I had was that I would

lose my Koreanness. Korean Americans are the children of immigrants. Our number one road to our heritage

is food. We had a great talk about what it takes to find truth within yourself, to make hard decisions, and that as long as you try your best sometimes and most definitely all the time that can be enough i can only ever do my best sometimes it works out and sometimes it doesn't the only thing i can control is whether I regret not trying harder.

I'm Rebecca Minkoff and this is superwomen.

Each week, inspiring women are interviewed to uncover the unexpected journeys, the challenges, and the unwavering spirit that makes them

powerful. Get ready to be motivated by stories of resilience and discover the keys to

unlocking your own potential. Joanne, welcome to the podcast. I'm so excited to have you. Of course,

I'm a big foodie, so your cookbook is gorgeous.

So thanks for joining. Oh, thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited.

So let's go back to before the cookbook, because you quit a very safe, very, I'm sure,

well-paid, high-powered career. I want to know about that moment

that you said, I'm diving in. I'm going to, you know, do this and pursue it. And what that,

how you stepped out of your fear of what you might be losing or failure to sort of just give

yourself the push to do it? Well, I remember,

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