Jane Chen (Embrace Global) - Doing the Inner Work

About this episode

Jane Chen discusses her journey of self-discovery and the importance of self-compassion in entrepreneurship.

Jane Chen is the co-founder of Embrace Global, which created a low-cost infant warmer that has helped more than one million babies in low-resource settings. Her new book, Like a Wave We Break: a Memoir of Falling Apart and Finding Myself , tells the story of her globe-spanning journey to break free of the narratives that once defined her and confront the long-buried truths of a traumatic past. In this conversation with Adjunct Lecturer Emily Ma, Chen encourages entrepreneurs to focus on journeys instead of outcomes, sharing her experiences with burnout and healing to illustrate the importance of self-compassion and finding the worthiness within. Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders and other Stanford eCorner content is produced by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), the entrepreneurship center at the Stanford School of Engineering. STVP empowers aspiring entrepreneurs to become global citizens who create and scale responsible innovations. CONNECT WITH US YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ecorner    X: https://x.com/ECorner    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stanfordtechnologyventuresprogram/    Bluesky…

People in this episode

Host: Emily Ma

Guest: Jane Chen

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• self-compassion
• burnout
• healing
• personal journey

Keywords

• infant warmer
• Embrace Global
• burnout
• self-worth
• entrepreneurial journey

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Embrace Global, Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Stanford eCorner

Books & works: Like a Wave We Break: a Memoir of Falling Apart and Finding Myself

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