The Journey

In this conversation, I speak with Adam Liu, a Taiwanese American who has been living and working in Los Angeles California for most of his life as a financial advisor for big financial services firms. This episode is about what brought him a sense of meaning and purpose in life from his teenage and adult years, as well as his challenge of being lost at mid-life. This episode was recorded in person at Lake Arrowhead in California in 2022.

In this conversation, I speak with John Shen, a middle class Taiwanese American who is happy in his marriage, comfortable financially as a dentist, and content with his life at 46 years old. John is a childhood friend of mine and a role model of “action speaks louder than words”. Because John is someone who checks all the boxes for being “successful” as defined by our society, I wanted to find out what does he have to share about his approach to a life of meaning and purpose. 

Have a listen to this episode where John talks about embracing the tasks that have met him at every stage in his life, and how knowing oneself and one’s ultimate goal helps to drive a life of simplicity and clarity.

This podcast was conducted in Mandarin Chinese。 這次關於人生意義及生命方向的對話是與我父親作的。我父親李德宣於一九四六年在上海出生，與他父母及五個姊妹在國共戰後遷移到了台灣，是台灣的最後一代的外省人。我父親在他的一生中碰到了許多不可思議的事情，也曾經遊走死亡邊緣多次。因為他有志做出一些可以看得到的結果的事，決定走上做生意這條路，曾涉及建造遊艇，檀香木貿易，及開發房地產等等不同的生意，並在全世界各地都有留下他的足跡。在多次面對老天所給他帶來的種種挑戰和面對道義抉擇的十字路口上，我父親分享了他對人生意義的看法和他一生之經歷所給他帶來的感想。我熱情邀請大家來聽這次的播客 (podcast)！

“I just can’t find an existing narrative; I have to live into my own narrative” thought Chuck Peters. Having always sought and excelled at external validation and measures for the meaning of his life, Chuck eventually realized a basic truth that has always guided his life, even if he was not conscious of it.

Currently engaged in the pioneering work of generative education at Springhouse Community School in Virginia USA, and supporting learners to live into their own wholeness and agency through literacy across the US, Chuck has lived a life full of twists and turns, not the least of which was a handstand that literally turned his life upside down. 

Listen to this episode of The Journey and find out what happened to a successful media and manufacturing business veteran who had sustained a head injury so serious in his 20s that he had to drop out of Harvard Law School because he could no longer read and understand a paragraph, and how a mystical experience turned his life around.

“No, work like you do. NEVER. Dad !” was the response Vincent received from his children at the dinner table. Thus at the age of 39, Vincent turned down a career opportunity to become CEO in a thriving company in Belgium. He turned away from his 50~70 hour work weeks in order to spend more time with his family, and live life in a way that is different from the automatic pilot mode he has been on for the previous twenty plus years.

Eleven years later, Vincent de Waele left the corporate world completely to support companies and its employees to have the governance and the inner space to be able to explore a more meaningful existence. Vincent has (co)founded projects such as EcoTeal (https://nautealus.be/ecoteal/ ) and SensPlus. (https://www.senseplus.eu/) to help society make the shift towards the next order of values in our collective evolution.

What does Vincent de Waele, a humble former corporate executive and changemaker in Belgium, have to share with us regarding how to approach the question of life meaning and purpose? Listen to this episode of The Journey and find out how Vincent has explored this question in a down-to-earth and simple manner. Among others, we also talk about the state of mind that is required in order to allow purpose to emerge; and, how do you know when you are aligned with your purpose?

I hope this conversation will light up the insights that may have been hibernating in the recesses of your consciousness.

This podcast was conducted in Mandarin Chinese. 在這一集關於人生意義與目的的訪談，我和中醫徐裕博聊他對人生裡未知和社會是如何運作的探索。從作「乖孩子」有規劃的人生，到以興趣為導和過一天算一天的生活，徐的人生之旅其實是他面對內心心魔的過程。從台灣到美國到中國大陸的工作，流浪，和學習讓徐越來越樂觀，越自信。我和徐的對話或許平淡無奇，但是隱隱約約可以感受到他對活出可以與道合而為一的嚮往之心。生命的大道如果不是為了擁有，也不是為了完成大業，那是為了什麼呢？讓我們從徐裕博的人生旅程來汲取他的智慧與經驗吧！

This podcast was conducted in Mandarin Chinese. 台灣人林孟勳在讀大學時為了混學分而去拿了一堂法文課，但是卻引發了她對法國文化和飲食的興趣並驅使了林去法國Tour讀語言學校。十幾年後，林孟勳的人生發展完全在她的意料之外：從一個只在愛家裡玩電玩的人變成什麼都願意去嘗試並且時常旅行的人。目前居住在比利時，就職於網路科技業的林孟勳是如何從想逃避人生的不確定性變成可以去面對和接受並且擁抱人生的未知數和無常性呢？讓我們來聽聽林分享她的人生經驗和生命之旅吧！

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此博客為四月二零二五在比利時製作