KidEthnic

Grateful for another year here with all of you (and shout-out to Moms for preserving childhood cake decorations).
On my birthday, I like asking people for advice.
So, if you were my manager, what would have me do this year?
Life is confusing, please advise.

Hey y'all, launching a new mini-series collab with for her show 'Am I Normal.'
If you're not familiar with Mona's work, she's a dang genius Pulitzer Prize-winning illustrator/journalist/everything person whose show explores (and melts) the concept of 'normal' through data and storytelling.
Each episode in this mini-run of the show starts with Mona and I talking about a statistic that might surprise listeners. Then I (with the help of a bunch of talented / producers) call someone up around the world who has an interesting story or angle on that stat, based on their lived-experience. It's not a show that wraps up a trend from all angles, it's a show that lets me take a peek into the mind of just one person in the sea of data and hear their take on a statistic that their a part of: A Japanese parent who talks about kids running errands alone, a woman in Hong Kong on the ins and outs of living with one's parents as an adult, a happiness researcher in what miiiiiight be the happiest country, and more.
Please give it a listen, and let me know what you think.
BONUS SLIDE: I'm in Japan currently, and our oldest child enrolled in school for a week while we are here. That last emoji-masked photo is the neighborhood kids (and our kids) rounding the corner as they ran home from elementary school, unaccompanied by adults.

Launch day! 🎙Awhile ago, I posted a question about non-English words for emotions that were hard to translate, and y'all posted all kinds of fascinating discussion in the thread.
Well, I ended up interviewing some of you about those feeling words, and I'm excited to let you know that a bunch of those interviews ended up in Episode 1 of More Than a Feeling, a new podcast on the science and philosophy of emotions that I'm hosting for 10 Percent Happier.
S/o to for the photo and of course , , , , and all the other producers for kicking off a season that's about to be a strange and magical ride ✨
We got a magical soundtrack from and , too, listen in y’all! 🙏🏽