The Korean Art of Self-Care, Wellness & Longevity | Michelle Jungmin Bang (EP09)
Minimalist Moms Podcast | Purposeful Life & Parenting Tips
Diane Boden
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2025
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
This podcast is part of the Clear Intentions series of the show.
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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- Book: Sun & Ssukgat: The Korean Art of Self-Care, Wellness & Longevity
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About Michelle |
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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| 1:08.6 | lessons from my Korean heritage until I began my healing |
| 1:11.6 | journey. I was just constantly sick. And at the same time, my husband who had grown up in a |
| 1:17.3 | traditional Chinese household, he started cooking me these healing whole foods that he had grown up with. |
| 1:23.5 | 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. |
| 1:33.6 | But it's not really about food. |
| 1:35.1 | It's a philosophy around trying to use the steps that we often forget in modern medicine, |
| 1:40.8 | that we can take nutritious foods and try to take natural steps before we take the pill. |
| 1:46.7 | Stress is not necessarily bad, to be honest. I think it can actually give you the adrenaline that |
| 1:53.7 | you need to reach the finish line. But I think when you start not listening to your body and it |
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