Before we begin today's episode, I want to share why I felt that this was the right moment to re-air this conversation.

This episode originally aired as part of the Clear Intention series last year, and it was one that I thought would be important to share with the listening audience now, not because the information is new, but because it feels especially relevant.

Many of us are living in a season where our bodies are

asking for more than our schedules, expectations, or habits have allowed. And in this conversation,

I speak with Michelle Bang, whose story begins in a place that will feel familiar to many.

Outward success paired with quiet burnout. After building an award-winning sustainable fashion company in

Hong Kong, Michelle found herself in the emergency room, her body carrying the weight of years of

stress, and that moment actually became a turning point, one that led her to rethink health,

longevity, and what it actually means to care for ourselves in a sustainable way.

Okay, so what makes this episode worth for visiting now is its invitation to slow down and listen,

especially to the signals we're often taught to ignore.

Michelle draws from traditional Korean wellness practices and the wisdom of food is medicine,

exploring how daily nourishment, functional foods, and simple rituals can support long-term health. And as with all the replay episodes, if you have heard them before,

I do encourage you to listen again to notice what lands differently this time. And if this is

your first time, I hope this conversation offers some new perspective that doesn't ask you

to do more, but instead invites you to care more

thoughtfully. This feels like the right moment to return to this conversation. So let's dive in.

I don't think I realize the importance of these lessons from my Korean heritage until I began my

healing journey. I was just constantly sick. And at the same time, my husband who had grown up in a traditional

Chinese household, he started cooking me these healing whole foods that he had grown up with.

And actually, in Asia, Sukhut is known as cold medicine you can eat. It goes back to a Korean word

called Yakshik Dongwan, which means in Korean, food is medicine. But it's not really about food.

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