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Proving Ourselves into Existence

the goop podcast

Gwyneth Paltrow

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education

4.37.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

“I grew up with this intense fear of failure,” says Cathy Park Hong. “And in retrospect, I can understand why my parents instilled that in me—because for them, there was no safety net.” Hong is a writer, a professor at Rutgers-Newark University, and the author of Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning. It’s a book about family, identity, culture, and self-worth. Hong joins us today to talk about the parts of the Asian American experience that are often left out of the mainstream. She talks about how becoming a parent forced her to reckon with her own upbringing and the complicated nature of assimilation—both what it afforded her and what it stole from her. She asks: How do we go about the messy process of deciding which parts of our culture to pull forward to keep in our lives and which to put down? (For more, see The goop Podcast hub.) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Thanks for listening to The Goop Podcast, made possible by our friends at SASH.

0:07.0

Like Goop, SASH is a brand that believes women deserve better.

0:13.4

SASH is a community center for or brand for women by women.

0:17.6

It was founded by Allison Felix, the most decorated American Olympic track and field athlete

0:22.6

of all time.

0:24.0

She had her labeled moment years ago when she was facing a choice between pursuing motherhood

0:28.1

or her career.

0:29.6

So she decided to build her own brand that valued female empowerment as well as equality.

0:34.9

Head to sage.com to sport Olympian Allison Felix's mission and to learn more about the

0:39.8

four brand made exclusively for women.

0:42.6

That's S-A-Y-S-H.com.

0:51.8

Don't hold anything too tightly.

0:54.2

Just wish for it, want it, let it come from the intention of real truth for you, and then

1:01.0

let it go.

1:02.0

For me, our soul is like it's unbound, it's limitless, but we will use words to limit ourselves.

1:10.2

When people stop believing that somebody's got your back or Superman's coming, we turn

1:16.4

to ourselves, and that's where you become empowered.

1:19.6

Courageous participation attracts positive things.

1:25.0

I'm Gwyneth Paltrow.

1:26.7

This is the Goop podcast, bringing together thought leaders, culture changers, creatives,

1:32.8

founders and CEOs, scientists, doctors, healers and seekers, here to start conversations,

1:39.9

because simply asking questions and listening has the power to change the way we see the world.

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