by Emily Chang | Nov 13, 2022 | Family, The Spare Room
What’s your family’s story? Ours is all about The Spare Room and how we’ve come together to welcome vulnerable babies and young people into our home. Every family has a story – if you don’t, you simply haven’t written it, yet!...
by Emily Chang | Nov 2, 2022 | Leadership, Learner, Uncategorised, Ways of Work, Workplace
I recently chatted with a young ad executive, Geno Schellenberger, for his Breaking & Entering podcast. He’s impressively enterprising, setting up his own podcast to help peers also trying to break into the advertising industry. Though Geno’s interest...
by Emily Chang | Oct 31, 2022 | Change Management, DEI, The Spare Room, Workplace
As we watch little ones don masks for Halloween, I can’t help but think about the masks that we adults wear. Some of us hide behind masks in an effort to protect our vulnerable selves. Others wear masks of foundation and shimmer to beautify the self we project...
by Emily Chang | Oct 24, 2022 | Explorer, Learner, The Spare Room
I recently started posting the occasional The Spare Room Challenge of the Day. This week, I shared a video that I took right when we realized our flight back to China had been delayed. Picture this: I’m with my teenage daughter, who’s anxious about...
by Emily Chang | Oct 18, 2022 | Family, Friend, Learner
Yes, seriously. Looking back, I remember a colleague in Arkansas who would suddenly run and open a window in the middle of winter, murmuring something about hot flashes. And my dear friend Denise has forever coined the phrase in our family, “Is it hot in here,...
