Do you ever wonder how your skills and experience could lead you to your higher purpose? Amy Yeung’s soul journey from corporate fashion designer to social entrepreneur shows that inside each of us lies the ability to create positive change in the world. Owner of the Orenda Tribe lifestyle brand, Amy lives and works with artisans in the Navajo community to create upcycled clothing and share indigenous culture. Growing up in rural Indiana, with her Native American heritage and obsession with fashion, Amy felt like an outsider. When she moved to New York to pursue her career in fashion, she knew she’d found her path and never looked back. As a mother, Amy desired to leave a legacy focused on sustainable design and solving the social problems plaguing her native community. She left her corporate job behind and retraced her family history back to the Navajo reservation of her birth, where her studio is now based. In this episode, Amy models reconnecting with ourselves by connecting with the land, sky, and water. She shows us that, while we can step into our true calling at any point in life, the best time to align with your greater purpose is right now. Show Notes - Learn about Amy’s Diné heritage and growing up in a small rural town in Indiana. - The historical context that played into her mother’s decision to have her adopted. - The difficulty of trying to translate your passion into a career in a community that is unlike you. - Feeling like an outsider as a Native American artsy kid who made her own clothes. - Starting with studies in pharmacy before convincing her parents to let her apply for fashion. - The sink-or-swim experience of moving to New York and creating a life there. - Ascribing her success to a deep understanding of being loved by her parents. - How motherhood made her more community-oriented and invested in sustainable design. - Responding to the call to consciousness by turning her back on the corporate measures of success. - Rethink, revive, rebirth, and other re-words that form the foundation of Orenda Tribe. - Learning about environment genocide, fracking, and other problems on her journey of reintegrating with her tribe. - Advice for crafting the life you want: simplify, eliminate the noise, and connect to the earth. - How the meditative processes in indigenous cultures brings us closer to ourselves. - Reclaiming her ancestry, learning about the native community, and educating others. - Find out which Navajo community service projects Amy is currently working on. References Amy Yeung on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyyeung/ Amy Yeung on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lilacreative/ Orenda Tribe - https://www.orendatribe.com/ Inc. - https://www.inc.com/leigh-buchanan/orenda-tribe-amy-yeung-navajo-reservation-albuquerque-new-mexico-main-street.html Majo Molfino - https://majomolfino.com/ HEROINE (Podcast) - https://majomolfino.com/podcast