My guest today is Christin Chong. She is a neuroscientist at heart and enjoys investigating consciousness through the Buddhist lens. Christin's work history continues to evolve—from research in the lab to biotech marketing, to creating a delicious self-care tea for physical + mental health, to establish a community for accelerator compassion.
In today's episode, we discussed:
- Our experience with Write of Passage Cohort 7 online writing course led by David Perell.
- What's it feel like to be the Third Culture Kids/Adults?
- How to deal with a multi-culture identity crisis?
- The journey of moving to the US and a serendipitous chance to study neuroscience under a strict apprenticeship model
- How does intuition help us make decisions? What's your hero's journey?
- What's the difference between western and eastern Buddhism? What's the connection between Buddhism and neuroscience?
- What's Alliance for Bhikkhunis? And what's Theravadan Buddhist tradition (e.g. four noble truths and noble eightfold path)?
- The San Pedro psychedelic experience. How does psychedelic help us to have different perspectives about the world and clarify life purpose?
- Why is meditation not the cure for every your problems?
- What's the future of online courses to build the community?
- Introduction to Compassion Accelerator and Honeyritual Tea
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