Firelight Chats Ep052 Hypnotik Dream Maker w/Melody Hsu

In this episode of Firelight Chats, Melody Hsu hip-hopped her hypnotik way to the Spacelab to chat with Kane & Mocha by the fireside about business, music, her fast life & fast cars. Melody shared stories about growing up in the States, the importance of getting dirty & getting out into nature, her favorite camp sites, pink power ranger suits, being a caucasian girl, reverse culture shock in Taipei, the teachers that made a difference in her life, re-learning Chinese, her college dance crew, working as a bottle service girl & other early jobs, being attracted to the Mad Men life, her favorite cars, drag racing & fixed-up GTRs, and collaborating with Porsche Taiwan and other companies like Zenith watches.

Melody also shares stories about going to a college famous for entrepreneurship & then founding two companies, her early inspirations from her dad the Keelung hustler, the difficulties & challenges of being early in the market, the joys of business, the roller coaster of marriage & being a mommy, her wellness journey, her realization that self-care is not the same thing as being selfish, and her hopes and dreams for her future in life and business.

Melody Hsu is a certified health & wellness coach, the founder & executive director of VIASWEAT, and the co-founder of Ness Wellness, which she started with Angela Feng, a previous guest of Firelight Chats. Born in the Pennsylvania, raised in New Jersey, she went to high school at TAS in Taipei, and returned again to the States to attend college at Babson College. Melody now lives & works out of Taipei with her husband and two daughters.