Why Success Still Feels Empty | Jane Marie Chen, Founder of Embrace

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Check out our matcha brand, Sisters Matcha at www.sistersmatcha.com Sign up for our newsletter here: https://cherieluo.substack.com/subscribeIn this Director's Cut episode, we're revisiting one of our more vulnerable conversations with Jane Marie Chen, a Harvard and Stanford graduate and the founder of Embrace, the organization that helped save over one million babies around the world. Tune in for new thoughts on: ✅ How achievement can become a trauma response✅ Why children of immigrants feel the pressure to prove themselves✅ How trauma lives in the body and why healing isn't linear ✅ Why surrender may be the key to sustainable successIf you’re struggling with depression or mental health issues, you’re not alone: Call 800-950-6264 or text “NAMI” to 62640. If you’re in crisis, call or text 988📚Jane’s book recs: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk and No Bad Parts by Richard SchwartzTimestamps:00:49: Introducing Jane Marie03:45: How to watch the episode 06:22: Why Jane wrote ‘Like a Wave We Break’09:39: Achievement as a coping mechanism 15:50: How trauma lives in the body 27:29: How to stay open and have boundaries36:19: How to tune into your body 39:48: Why control is an illusion 50:25: Cherie on slowing down54:40: How ‘My pain became my purpose’56:28: Starting your own healing journey57:15: Closing thoughts🐯👯‍♀️ We’re the Tiger Sisters, your Wall Street & Silicon Valley big sisters Decoding Money • Power • Love✨ New episodes every Monday | Shorts all week ✨💌 Want to partner with us? Sponsorships: partnerships@tigersisters.coWhy trust us?▫️ Cherie Brooke Luo — 100M+ views demystifying tech, finance & MBAs▫️ Jean Luo — ex-Goldman Sachs, ex-Snapchat exec, 50+ AI patents, startup investor▫️ Together: 4 Ivy League degrees • built billion-dollar products • two startups — decoded for youWhat you’ll get (and keep):▫️ 🚀 Ivy League cheat sheets — no $250K tuition▫️ Personal finance playbooks (salary, investing, negotiation)▫️ Networking scripts behind $100M+ deals & job offers▫️ Real conversations with CEOs, op