After reading Nancy Chen Baldwin’s book, One Thousand Layers of Water and Clouds: The Tale of A Taiwanese Daughter, and taking some time to digest it, I decided to interview Nancy (born Lai Shui-yun / 賴水雲) on Google Meet and to invite Talking Taiwan’s listeners to join us, but instead of having a Q&A afterward, I wanted to hold a private healing circle discussion.
Nancy’s book touches upon child molestation, neglect, abandonment and emotional trauma. The idea of having a healing circle was to create a safe space to talk about these topics. We are grateful to Dr. Hsiao-wen Lo, a highly experienced fully licensed Psychologist for helping to facilitate the healing circle which was not recorded. The event was hosted in March of 2025 and March is Women’s History month.
Talking Taiwan’s Silent Auction: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/talking-taiwans-silent-auction
Related Links:
Talking Taiwan’s Silent Auction: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/talking-taiwans-silent-auction
Nancy Chen Baldwin: https://www.nancychenbaldwin.com/
Nancy Baldwin on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nancy.baldwin.374
Nancy Baldwin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-baldwin-7483198/
One Thousand Layers of Water and Clouds: The Tale of A Taiwanese Daughter: https://www.amazon.com/One-Thousand-Layers-Water-Clouds/dp/B0CJL3HNJ8
Book review: The chambermaid’s tale (from Taipei Times): https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2023/11/16/2003809238
Perspectives on Taiwan’s Path to Democracy (Conversations with Sean King, Cheryl Wu & Nancy Baldwin): https://www.youtube.com/live/8V-vjBdVZx0?si=aDDGqFUTJv7KT-BW
Our Live Podcast Event @ Pic Collage: Highlights and Interesting Stories of 10 Guests in Taipei Ep 276: https://talkingtaiwan.com/our-live-podcast-event-pic-collage-highlights-and-interesting-stories-of-10-guests-in-taipei-ep-276/
Psychological Defense and Practices to Manage Stress for the People of Taiwan: A Talk with Dr. Hsiao-Wen Lo Ep 296: https://talkingtaiwan.com/psychological-defense-and-practices-to-manage-stress-for-the-people-of-taiwan-a-talk-with-dr-hsiao-wen-lo-ep-296/