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Clear Intentions with Diane Boden

The Korean Art of Self-Care, Wellness & Longevity | Michelle Jungmin Bang (EP09)

Clear Intentions with Diane Boden

Diane Boden

Self-improvement, How To, Kids & Family, Mental Health, Education, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 952 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

What happens when a high-powered entrepreneur realizes that success has come at the cost of her well-being? After launching an award-winning sustainable fashion startup in Hong Kong, Michelle Jungmin Bang found herself in the emergency room, overwhelmed by years of stress. Determined to prioritize health for both herself and her family, she embarked on a journey of healing and self-discovery, chronicled in her new book, SUN & SSUKGAT: The Korean Art of Self-Care, Wellness & Longevity. She dives into the wisdom of traditional Korean wellness practices, the power of food as medicine, and the importance of functional foods and phytochemicals in promoting longevity. Along the way, she reveals insights on terrain theory, keeping a food journal, shifting perspectives on aging and more.


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Michelle Jungmin Bang is an award-winning eco-entrepreneur and Harvard Business School graduate who spent 16 years living in Asia as a Korean-American from New York City. She is the author of Sun & Ssukgat, a wellness guide covering her research, interviews, and personal eco-conscious journey in uncovering centuries-old well-being traditions from her time in Asia and Korea, where scientists project its people will top longevity charts in 2030. Michelle is the co-founder and founding CEO of The R Collective (formerly BYT), a sustainable fashion brand that creates affordable luxury pieces out of high-end materials that would otherwise have been disposed of in a landfill. She is passionate about driving social impact and serves as a board director and founding member of various mission-driven organizations.

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0:00.0

I don't think I realized the importance of these lessons from my Korean heritage until I began my healing journey.

0:10.0

I was just constantly sick.

0:16.0

And at the same time, my husband, who had grown up in a traditional Chinese household,

0:20.0

he started cooking me these healing whole foods that who had grown up in a traditional Chinese household, he started cooking

0:21.8

me these healing whole foods that he had grown up with. And actually in Asia, Sukhut is known as

0:27.0

cold medicine you can eat. It goes back to a Korean word called Yakshik Dong-wan, which means in

0:33.1

Korean, food is medicine. But it's not really about food. It's a philosophy around trying to use the

0:39.4

steps that we often forget in modern medicine that we can take nutritious foods and try to take

0:45.5

natural steps before we take the pill. Stress is not necessarily bad, to be honest. I think it can

0:52.6

actually give you the adrenaline that you need to reach the finish

0:57.3

line. But I think when you start not listening to your body and it becomes chronic, that's when it

1:02.5

becomes a problem. It becomes inflammation and then disease. I think the key to lasting health

1:08.5

isn't found in a pill. It's a lot of different things that we could do.

1:12.5

70% of chronic disease can actually be prevented with lifestyle changes.

1:19.0

What happens when a high-powered entrepreneur realizes that success has come at the cost of her well-being.

1:26.3

After launching an award-winning sustainable fashion

1:28.8

startup in Hong Kong, Michelle Bang found herself in the emergency room, overwhelmed by years of stress.

1:35.8

Determined to prioritize health for both herself and her family, she embarked on a journey of

1:40.4

healing and self-discovery, chronicled in her new book, San Nsukkot, the Korean art

1:45.8

of self-care, wellness, and longevity. In both her book in today's conversation, she dives

1:51.6

into the wisdom of traditional Korean wellness practices, the power of food as medicine, and the

1:56.6

importance of functional foods and phytochemicals in promoting longevity.

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