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Tradition Breakers

Join host, Mary Vallarta, as she interviews AAPI individuals who bravely broke free of cultural expectations to follow their creative, artistic, or entrepreneurial passions.

Podcast · By Mary Vallarta · American English · Official site

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Jul 29, 2026
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Jul 21, 2026
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  1. Episode · Jul 29, 2026

    Eldest Daughter Syndrome: How to Stop Carrying Your Whole Family (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Positive tone

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    "My dad was able to come to my UCLA graduation, but my mom had to stay behind and help the church. That's when I learned I wasn't a priority." If you grew up as the eldest daughter — the peacemaker, the second parent, the one who keeps everyone in line while nobody asks how you're doing — this episode is going to put words to things you've felt your whole life. Therapist, Grace Huang, grew up a second-generation eldest daughter in her immigrant parents' church in downtown LA, where serving every

  2. Episode · Jul 21, 2026

    An MIT Engineer Hacked Her Broken Body Back to Health (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Neutral tone

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    Sixteen years ago, a spinal injury during childbirth left MIT-trained engineer and Goldman Sachs alum Winnie Wang unable to sit for ten minutes. After six years of chronic pain and depression, she made an engineer's decision: go to medical school and rebuild her body from the ground up. It worked. Now an integrative medicine doctor, Winnie breaks down: healing at five levels — body, energy, mind, heart, and soul why the first sign of burnout is resentment, not exhaustion. the 80% rule (why overd

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