This Is Me Being Not Enough: Ruth Chou Simons
September 16, 2023
As a Taiwanese immigrant, Ruth Chou Simons was always head-down, proving her worth. She chats about shame-honor culture, the hamster wheel of never being enough—and one mind-blowing "aha" that changes it all.
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