Semicolon Spaces with Linda
"Semicolon Spaces" are the turning points in our lives. They’re the pauses that became new paths, the endings that revealed unexpected beginnings.
In this podcast series, we explore these deeply human moments of transition, redirection, and quiet resilience - normalising pauses, one story at a time, with our pause makers.
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A pause on herself to be a mother: Qiaoqing’s fight for her children …
In this episode, Linda Lee interviews Qiao Qing (QQ), a mother and founder of Little Warriors, a clothing brand for children with eczema and allergies. QQ shares her journey of motherhood, the challenges of finding personal p...
Redefining Self-Worth with Alisa Chopard: From titles and appearances…
In this episode, Linda Lee hosts Alisa Chopard, a communications professional and personal trainer, to discuss her pauses in life and how they can lead to new paths. Alisa shares her experiences with both forced and voluntary pauses, the impact of losing a job on her self-worth, and how she redefin…
The Joy of Painting - A child's imagination
In this special episode with my five-year-old daughter, Bethany, we discussed her love for painting and colours. When I was a child, I shared her joy for art. With this episode, Bethany reminded me that art is truly powerful ...
Recent Episodes
A pause on herself to be a mother: Qiaoqing’s fight for her children …
In this episode, Linda Lee interviews Qiao Qing (QQ), a mother and founder of Little Warriors, a clothing brand for children with eczema and allergies. QQ shares her journey of motherhood, the challenges of finding personal p...
Redefining Self-Worth with Alisa Chopard: From titles and appearances…
In this episode, Linda Lee hosts Alisa Chopard, a communications professional and personal trainer, to discuss her pauses in life and how they can lead to new paths. Alisa shares her experiences with both forced and voluntary pauses, the impact of losing a job on her self-worth, and how she redefin…
The Joy of Painting - A child's imagination
In this special episode with my five-year-old daughter, Bethany, we discussed her love for painting and colours. When I was a child, I shared her joy for art. With this episode, Bethany reminded me that art is truly powerful ...
Recent Blog Posts
A Pause on Herself to be a Mother: Qiaoqing’s fight for her children …
“The hardest pause and one of the longest pauses I've ever taken in my life was a pause on myself. Ever since I became a mother, me as QQ has taken a backseat.” When I first started Semicolon Spaces focusing on pause stori…
Redefining Self-Worth with Alisa Chopard: From titles and appearances…
"I realized that I put a lot of my own self-worth into the job" This was the biggest takeaway from Alisa Chopard’s story. For many, our jobs define us – how we show up, how we feel about ourselves, how it looks on LinkedIn. A lay…
What made me weird as a kid brought a new vision and mission
As young as five, I knew I wanted to be a news anchor. Every evening after our family dinner, I would watch the Chinese language news with my family. I would play pretend to be a news reporter, even set up my own anchor desk with scribbles as notes …