We had the good fortune of connecting with Tsao Lin Moy and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Tsao Lin, what’s the most important thing you’ve done for your children?
This was consciously looking at parenting, and recognizing that if I did not address and heal my own childhood “trauma” I would be parenting in ways that would repeat the same values.

To help my child to develop into her own person and to be an independent thinker.

Providing opportunities and experiences for her to develop. such as a second and third language, travel, animals, nature, socializing, martial arts and spiritual practices.

Having people in her life that genuinely care and support her.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I have always worked from babysitting, pet sitting, working for a fabric store, making jewelry, working for a designer make samples and production in the fashion industry. Working in corporate travel and the tax free market and then finance.

As a young person I did all kinds of jobs to make money and support myself, this gave me experience in meeting many people and learning about many industries. I was always reliable and hardworking and offered positions of responsibility.

Working to make money to “survive” was not a career path, and working long hours for other people did not give me the satisfaction, or the freedom.
My time is more valuable than the money someone could pay me, and what I wanted was to have a family and not work a 9-5 job where all my money would go to a nanny and in the end would take home 5 thousand dollars.

For that amount of money I could work part time and make more than that and be with my child, so I should just do what I want to do and not focus on the money aspect.

This led me to the decision to go back to school and become a massage therapist and while studying eastern foundations I realized the next step was to study acupuncture and Chinese medicine. This is because of the complexity, the continued learning and improving my skills to help people to heal.

I grew up with both parents in western medicine field, but that model of health did not feel right for me, though it saves millions of lives. I always felt there was more than pills and surgery.

My brand is Integrative Healing Arts and this means using both Eastern and Western paradigms of healing by integrating them.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
New York City has so much to offer.

There are the typical tourist spots like the Empire State Building and the Twin tower memorial.

I would recommend walking across the Brooklyn bridge where you can see the east river and visiting the ice cream shop that is on the other side.
It is possible to walk back over the Manhattan bridge and go into Chinatown and Soho.

At the seaport there is the Tin building with all kinds of food and drink you can sit out doors.

On the weekend you can take a ferry to Governors Island and have a great view of NY, walk through historical buildings and there are art installations and lawns to relax. There is also “glamping’ on the island which can be fun, though I have not tried it.

The little island that is at 13th street.
There is the Chelsea market and art galleries throughout Chelsea.

The High line which is on the West side at 14th street, that goes up to 34th street and then Hudson Yards.

New York is a walking city and I recommend visiting neighborhoods like the East village, West village and Washington Square park.
So many restaurants too.

So many museums and venues.

The Metropolitan museum and the museum of Natural, the planetarium. Central park.

Personally I avoid Time Square as it is very crowded, flashing billboards and people hustling tourists.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
There are so many mentors and people that have helped me to take charge of my life.

This is Arnold Siegel, whom I started to study with in 1989.

He had and I believe still has a program called The Conversation. It is was an offshoot from the human potential movement that was EST, The Forum and now Landmark.

The focus was on self-mastery and cultivating yourself in all areas of your life. At a time in my early 20’s, I needed a structure that would help me navigate life choices.

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Nick Onken

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