On Starting A Dream Creative Business as an Attorney, the Essentiality of a Meditation Practice, and Trusting the Small Steps with Karen Chan

In this first interview post hiatus, I’m thrilled to bring you this heartwarming, nourishing conversation with the smart and sparkly Karen Chan. Karen is a children's book author, entrepreneur and attorney. She is the founder of Gloo Books, an independent publishing company making children's books for a more inclusive, just and compassionate future. After she became a parent, she noticed how few children's books had Asian characters in them. This inspired her to write her first children's book What's That?, which celebrates Asian American identity through food. This eventually turned into starting her own publishing company, Gloo Books, with the mission to create social change through children's literature. When she's not working on Gloo Books or practicing law, Karen is often cooking, wrangling her two young boys and enjoying life in the mostly sunny, Los Angeles.

We jammed about: 

The essentiality of meditation to equip us with more power over our emotions and how it can in turn help us help gratitude from a more authentic space Karen’s golden and solid tips on what helped her take her first right step towards starting her creative business The concept of ‘just begin’, of trusting the small steps (while trying to eat an elephant), and of making space for imperfection 

This conversation was grounding, invigorating and one that I personally needed to listen and get goosebumps over it again as I talk through this season of seeking inspiration and channeling creative energy in my life. 

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Connect with Karen via: Email @ [email protected]IG for Karen’s publishing company @gloobooks IG to see insights of Karen’s personal, quirky life as a mama and author @imkarenchanLearn more about the gloobooks brand, and support the 1st all-inclusive children’s book that Karen authored and published via website: gloobooks.com 

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