FOR-PUROSE FOUNDER and MULTIMEDIA CREATOR
ABOUT HSIAO-YEN LEE EDEN
creating media, tools, and containers that aim to facilitate our personal rebirth ∞ collective liberation
MYSTIC • SURVIVOR • ARTIST • ACTIVIST • FACILITATOR
about MY PERSONAL ETHOS, MISSION, and APPROACH
WHO I AM: a human here to help bridge what divides us
As a half-Asian 3rd generation American WOC and neurodivergent trauma-survivor deeply affected by the inequities of this world, I am fervently driven by two co-existing and deeply interconnected desires: 1) to bring light to the personal and systemic unconsciousness of our culture and 2) to provide such powerful tools of inner and outer transformation that systems of harm become obsolete. Born between the blended yet warring views of my Asian-American + Christian mother and my European-American + Buddhist Mystic father, I, by necessity, have always been a cultural translator and intermediary. Growing up seeing both the blatant duality and hidden unity between my parent's most foundational beliefs, I learned from an early age how to recognize and translate seeming differences into bridges that could foster greater compassion and understanding.
WHY I CREATE: to reveal and heal the illusions that harm us all
Right now, we live in a world that's divisions are widening by the day, that's media regularly dehumanizes our marginalized brothers, sisters, and non-binary soul family as "others" separate from us that can be placed outside our circles of compassion, and that's societal norms have so vastly disconnected us from our inextricable interdependence with each other and the earth. So how do we get to the more equitable world we’re all seeking? We surely don't need more voices that just tell us to "just forget" or "get over" the intergenerational historical traumas, cultural conditioning, and self-perpetuating systems of harm that divide us; we need re-humanizing media, inner-work tools, and community care structures to help us to deconstruct and heal from hyper-individualism.
WHAT I SERVE: the divine interconnection that unifies us all
I have a vision of another world — one where the eyes of our hearts, and thus minds, are cleansed by the recognition of our inseparable interdependence with each other and the earth; where we remember the power of our collective voices and will; where all acts of intra+interpersonal, systemic, and environmental harm become so unthinkable, that when any of us gets lost in illusions of separateness and fear, our communities, culture, and systems will support us in finding our way back home to each other and ourselves. I believe that if we truly wish to create regenerative and self-sustaining peace, we cannot use the brute force through top down regulation, but must co-create such a radical groundswell r/evolution of hearts that acts of peace both in our individual lives and collective systems will become a natural and inevitable consequence.
HOW I SHOW UP: by doing my work within so I can without
So what role am I taking in our r/evolution towards systemic regeneration and collective liberation? I’m doing the slow and steady work of starting with myself and getting intimately familiar with my own programming, traumas, shadows, and cycles — to see where and how within myself I as a microcosm reflect the macrocosm that we are each a part. Witnessing my own inner-world as a testing ground and re-humanization as a primary approach in my work, I use myself as an example to model the perfectly human messiness of changing our minds, hearts, and lives to reinforce that we can uncover our inherited conditioning with neither taboo nor shame, but the healing alchemy of humility, curiosity, and loving-kindness. From this foundation of mutual respect and inner safety, I create and curate multimedia projects, inner work tools, and community care containers that support the radical and tender process of collective awakening from the inside out. Let’s walk this beginner’s mind path, together as equals.
THE PHILOSOPHIES and MODALITIES that inform my work
Shadow Work
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Generational Cycle Breaking
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Ancestral Healing
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Reparenting
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Inner Child Work
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Internal Family Systems
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Somatic Experiencing
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Nervous System Regulation
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Shadow Work ⇨ Generational Cycle Breaking ⇨ Ancestral Healing ⇨ Reparenting ⇨ Inner Child Work ⇨ Internal Family Systems ⇨ Somatic Experiencing ⇨ Nervous System Regulation ⇨
Non-Duality
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Mysticism
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Meditation
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Mindfulness
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Tonglen
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Breath Work
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Soul Retrieval
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The Enneagram
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Non-Duality ⇨ Mysticism ⇨ Meditation ⇨ Mindfulness ⇨ Tonglen ⇨ Breath Work ⇨ Soul Retrieval ⇨ The Enneagram ⇨
Decolonization
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Unschooling
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Lifestyle Rewilding
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Biohacking
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Sacred Sexuality
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Slow Living
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Bioindividual Nutrition
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Symbiotic Interdependence
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Decolonization ⇨ Unschooling ⇨ Lifestyle Rewilding ⇨ Biohacking ⇨ Sacred Sexuality ⇨ Slow Living ⇨ Bioindividual Nutrition ⇨ Symbiotic Interdependence ⇨
Collective Trauma Healing
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Worldwork
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Non-Violent Communication
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Restorative / Healing Justice
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People’s History
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Diverse and Humanized Media Representation
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Systemic Equity
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Mutual Aid
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Collective Trauma Healing ⇨ Worldwork ⇨ Non-Violent Communication ⇨ Restorative / Healing Justice ⇨ People’s History ⇨ Diverse and Humanized Media Representation ⇨ Systemic Equity ⇨ Mutual Aid ⇨
some of MY MOST SEMINAL self-study MEDIA RESOURCES
✺ (AUDIO)BOOKS that have moved and changed me:
✺ PODCASTS & COURSES that have moved and changed me:
✺ MOVIES & DOCS that have moved and changed me:
FORMAL EDUCATION, TRAININGS, and CERTIFICATIONS
✺ COMPLETED EDUCATION & TRAININGS
Sistership Circle: Women’s Circle Facilitator Training (Certification)
Marie Forleo’s B-School: Online Business + Marketing School(Graduate)
Emerson College: Visual Media Arts + Film Production (Bachelor of Arts)
(with an academic focus in using media as a medium for social change)
✺ CURRENT &UPCOMING TRAININGS
Trauma & Somatics: Trauma - Informed Practitioner Training(Certification)
ART International: Authentic Relating Level 1 & 2 Trainings(Certification)
IFS Institute: Internal Family Systems Level 1 Training(Pre-Certification)