Eating Tarantulas in China: Living Purposefully with Edna White

Leadership strategist Edna White, creator of the Keeping It Real On Purpose podcast and Wounded to Wonderful newsletter, discusses the culture shock of moving from Alabama to Long Island as a child, her nervous breakdown in her 40s, and her decision to teach English in China. Living in China, she climbed the Great Wall and sampled tarantula and scorpion, returning to New York a changed woman ready to help others. She is the founder of Second Chance, Inc. and lives on Long Island in New York.    00:00 Moving Along Introduction to Edna White 03:34 Black Girl Growing Up in Alabama and Long Island 07:31 Leadership 10:19 Finding Your Original Identity 12:10 Embracing Your Emotions 13:40 Meshing Emotions and Leadership 18:07 Edna's Gift of Clairsentience and for Helping Others 19:42 Making the Wrong Mistakes 20:12 The Solitude of Home and Canoeing 21:06 Learning to Meditate 22:23 Teaching and Traveling in China 24:16 Walking the Great Wall of China 27:16 Zip Line Down the Mountain 28:13 Arriving in China 30:17 Culture Shock in China 30:58 Real Chinese Food 33:58 A New Leaf, Writing and Coaching Back in New York 34:10 Eye-Opening Lessons About Communism and Religion in China 36:53 Learning Different Kinds of Meditation in China 37:27 Can We All Be Leaders? 39:51 How to Contact Edna   Contact Edna: https://ednawhite.com At Edna's website, you can sign up to get more information about her projects: Podcast: Keeping It Real on Purpose Newsletter: Wounded to Wonderful Book (not an affiliate link): The You Project: Uncover the Real You and Create a Better Life   CREDITSHost and creator: Christi CassidyContact: [email protected] by Phyllis BusellMusic by Eve’s Blue. Post-production help from Auphonic.com.Show notes written with assistance from Descript and Claude.ai. LINKS:More information and to listen to past episodes: https://movingalongpodcast.comPast episodes are here too: https://moving-along.simplecast.com/Tag and like Moving Along episodes on Facebook and Instagram