I am so glad you could join us. I'm your host Mo Gaudette. This podcast is nothing more than a conversation between two good friends sharing inspiring life stories and perhaps

some nuggets of wisdom along the way.

This is your invitation to slow down with us.

Welcome to slow more. Today's guest is a story of inclusion that I think we should all aspire to.

Sophie's son was born in China in 1986 and then she moved to the Netherlands in 2007 to pursue her degree.

And she lived there ever since after receiving her master's degree in

Dutch literature she has gone on to translate more than a hundred books from

Dutch to Chinese to act as a bridge between the two cultures.

Sophie then started to focus on the topic of happiness.

She founded, Build Your Happiness,

to bring engagement and happiness at work

for different organizations,

and has also served the Chief Happiness

Officer for one of the biggest Dutch banks, ABI Amro.

Sophie's mission is to help organization

create that trust environment,

if you want a safe environment,

so that everyone can feel free to be who they truly are.

And I think she gives a fabulous example of that because of course as you can imagine our

world as much as we would love for it to be inclusive, to be a

Chinese person in a Western culture challenges your ability to be who you are.

And in a place where you can actually express yourself freely,

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