"Dogs are allowed, foreigners are not" - Linda Li on being too Chinese or not Chinese enough, and on morphing from Fortune 500 star player to marathon super star
Thank you for sharing this conversation. As someone who in their early 40s and considering going into the world of health and fitness (possibly PT and nutrition), it was really interesting to hear about ageism in this area!
Thanks for listening, Sarah! Eugh, the ageism (and inherent misogyny...) I'd so much rather see you or Linda as a PT or nutritionist than any 20-something ex-military guy! What the hell would they know about what it's like to live in my middle-aged female body! Please let me know if you decide to pivot to PT... If you're able to offer support online, I'll be your first client. 🙏💕
What a wonderful human being.All that drive to be successful seems to be the dominant value in today's world. As a parent I'm really stunned to it, from the time the kids start school and compete in "fun" games and sports, the competition to get a part in school, college musicals, dramas...etc.Yes it's so great seeing our kids do their best but it can cross a line into being driven to a level of unhealthiness...god knows what exactly leads to that. Genes or conditioning. But so many successful people crash and burn and how lucky and resourceful some are to rise again. We can learn so much from people like Linda.
I look around me here in v provincial area and see new people from other lands and wonder how they feel. It's so much easier to be absorbed into big, multicultural cities where being different is the norm. While my Irish nationality should have made life easy for my boys, their dad being Polish, I felt the subtle sense of being different and a source of curiosity in this v non diverse area we live in.
And in the times we live in I know it's difficult for people who have to travel to new countries and start a life.
Thank you for sharing this conversation. As someone who in their early 40s and considering going into the world of health and fitness (possibly PT and nutrition), it was really interesting to hear about ageism in this area!
Thanks for listening, Sarah! Eugh, the ageism (and inherent misogyny...) I'd so much rather see you or Linda as a PT or nutritionist than any 20-something ex-military guy! What the hell would they know about what it's like to live in my middle-aged female body! Please let me know if you decide to pivot to PT... If you're able to offer support online, I'll be your first client. 🙏💕
What a wonderful human being.All that drive to be successful seems to be the dominant value in today's world. As a parent I'm really stunned to it, from the time the kids start school and compete in "fun" games and sports, the competition to get a part in school, college musicals, dramas...etc.Yes it's so great seeing our kids do their best but it can cross a line into being driven to a level of unhealthiness...god knows what exactly leads to that. Genes or conditioning. But so many successful people crash and burn and how lucky and resourceful some are to rise again. We can learn so much from people like Linda.
I look around me here in v provincial area and see new people from other lands and wonder how they feel. It's so much easier to be absorbed into big, multicultural cities where being different is the norm. While my Irish nationality should have made life easy for my boys, their dad being Polish, I felt the subtle sense of being different and a source of curiosity in this v non diverse area we live in.
And in the times we live in I know it's difficult for people who have to travel to new countries and start a life.
Oops should read back my rambling thoughts...meant atuned not stunned 😂