Roots & Routes
Every story has its Roots, and every path is lined with Routes. Join me on a journey of rediscovering diverse childhood stories across continents and generations, piecing together how family values intersect with personal choices, and how cultural traditions shape dreams.Subscribe my newsletter: SUBSTACK.COM/@LENALI
Sara Routh | Live Outside the Norm
In this episode, we delve into a deep conversation with Sara Routh, an Iowa-born singer and songwriter, about her roots and routes as a musician who “lives outside the norm.” Sara is a talented artist who won the LA Music Critic Awards, she is also a devoted mother, daughter, sister and wife. Having traveled across Asia and hustled in LA to forge her own path, she eventually returned to her hometown to build a life with her family, realizing that life would be easier if everyone could just be true to themselves.
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Rebecca Jo-Rushdy | The Nomad Kid Who Finally Let Go
This is a story of a highly sensitive kid who has been on a journey of rewriting her narratives to find a way to embrace her constantly moving lifestyle. Rebecca has relocated internationally 11 times in her life, changed schools 9 times in her childhood, and traveled to 35 cities around the world with her husband and children in a year. Beneath the surface of her glamorous nomadic tale, a touching story unfolds quiet challenges and personal growth through all the global transitions being an outsider. Eventually she finds her path of letting go with gratitude.
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Eason Yang | From A Society Fallout to A Social Innovator: The Kid Who Ran Away From The System
From a corporate superstar to a workplace fallout, and then to a social innovator confronting the stigma surrounding cancer survivors, Eason Yang will share his personal journey as a cancer survivor and his childhood memory—the kid who ran away from the system.
If you want to find out more about Eason's social enterprise, please visit: notentirelydead.org.
Prologue | From Shanghai to San Francisco: my Roots & Routes as a storyteller
Hi, I'm Lena, your host. In this very first episode, I'm going to take you on a captivating journey through the crossroads of my life. I'll dive deep into my own background and cherished childhood memories, unearthing the stories that have shaped me as a storyteller.
