Old Asian Lady

Old Asian Lady is a space where real people share the life experiences that shaped who they are. Hosted by Sharon Landon, OAL features thoughtful, authentic conversations about identity, cultural belonging, resilience, life transitions, relationships, family, aging, personal growth, success, and purpose.We explore the moments that challenge us, change us, and help us understand ourselves and the world a little differently.Sometimes the stories we carry help someone else understand their own.Real Stories. Thoughtful Conversations. Different Perspectives.

Old Asian Lady is a society podcast hosted by Sharon Landon, with 99 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Sharon Landon hosts Old Asian Lady, a society show with 99 episodes published.

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  Episode #12

  Travel Writer to Spiritual Seeker: Asking Bigger Questions About Life

  Oct 5, 202649 minS3

  What happens when you reach a point in life where you realize you may have more years behind you than ahead of you? In Part 2 of Joshua Samuel Brown's interview on #OldAsianLady, Novelist and "recovering travel writer" moves beyond his years as a travel writer, He shares a candid, funny, and comforting reflection on aging, mortality, and finding peace. We also talk about something fascinating: what it's like to realize you're living through history without necessarily knowing it at the time. How do our ordinary lives fit into the much bigger story of history? And as Josh looks toward the next chapter of his own life, his answer to what he'd like to try next is wonderfully unexpected: Beekeeping. Because perhaps growing older isn't about slowing down.Maybe it's about becoming more curious about what still lies ahead.

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  A Dim Sum Lady Changed My Entire Life Path

  Oct 5, 202653 min

  What if one random comment from a stranger in a restaurant completely changed the next 30 years of your life? In this episode of #OldAsianLady, Sharon sits down with veteran travel author and former Lonely Planet writer Joshua Samuel Brown Part 1. We chat about the unconventional journey that took him from dodging Manhattan traffic as a teenage bike messenger to letting a spontaneous restaurant encounter redirect much of his life abroad to Taiwan in 1994. Josh shares a deeply honest, witty, and reflective journey of adventure, adaptation, and cross-cultural belonging.Together, they explore the reality behind authoring 13 Lonely Planet guides, the unexpected cultural shocks of living in Taiwan, the eye-opening confrontation with global capitalism while inspecting sweatshops in China, and how decades on the road permanently reshape your identity and perspective on aging. Because sometimes you don't find your path. You create it.

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  Episode #10

  I Lost My Entire Life. Now I'm Rebuilding It

  Sep 16, 20261h 11mS3

  I had 25 days to pack up 23 years of my life. It was the great escape and I did it while severely ill. In Part 2 of Carrie Marshall's unforgettable story on #OldAsianLady, we pick up after her sudden, harrowing decision to repatriate after 23 years in Taiwan. Carrie talks openly about facing the brutal shock of Canadian healthcare bureaucracy where getting disability support meant being forced onto welfare. She shares the raw reality of total life collapse, reverse culture shock, and how she's rebuilding an entirely new life from a Canadian basement.

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  Episode #9

  I Left A Great Career To Follow My Heart

  Sep 9, 202656 minS3

  What happens when you build the life you're supposed to want… and realize it's not the life you actually want? In this episode of #OldAsianLady, YiHsin Chang opens up about the friction of breaking societal molds and restarting her life in Los Angeles in her 40s. She also talks honestly about the difficult side of making those choices and learning to accept that every decision comes with both pros and cons. Her message is simple but powerful: Life is short. Don't give up on your dreams. This conversation is about identity, cultural expectations, career choices, family, courage, and what it means to follow your heart—even when the path isn't always easy.

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  Episode #8

  Hearing The Five Words That Made Me Uproot My Life

  Sep 2, 20261 hourS3

  What happens when you spend years taking care of everyone else—and suddenly realize you don't know how to take care of yourself? In this episode of #OldAsianLady, Betty Lo shares her journey from corporate Silicon Valley project management to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), navigating 10 years as the sole caregiver for both her aging parents through illness, finding herself at a crossroads of her own and then taking a radical leap of faith to relocate to Taiwan. We dive into emotional numbness, Asian parental obligations, the physiological philosophy of Eastern vs Western medicine, and what it truly means to "come home" to yourself. If something in this conversation speaks to you, leave a comment. I'd love to hear about a time when you chose a different path.Like, subscribe, and share this episode with someone who might need to hear it.️ About Old Asian LadyOld Asian Lady is a podcast about real people and honest conversations, exploring the experiences that shape who we become.

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