Chopsticks & Chaos

Raising kids in China as a foreign family is shocking, eye-opening, and life-changing in ways most people never talk about. 🇨🇳 From strict school culture and intense academic pressure to unexpected safety, discipline, and community support — this is the raw truth about parenting and family life in China. In this video, we share what it’s really like raising children in China — the good, the hard,...

In this episode, we talk about how each of us carries our own trauma — often shaped by our childhood and life experiences. We explore where our pain begins, how it connects to our inner child, and what it truly takes to heal from the past so we can live a happy, fulfilled life — a life filled with love, growth, and self-acceptance. We share my own journey, how China changed us, and how healing did...

Living in China changes you — whether you expect it to or not. Chopsticks & Chaos is a podcast about figuring life out while living between cultures. It’s an honest look at what it’s really like to build a life in China, told through real experiences, quiet moments, and uncomfortable questions we don’t always say out loud. We talk about identity, language, ambition, relationships, motherhood,...