Introducing "Real You Mandarin: Self-Expression," New Course Tackling Life's Toughest Challenges

For many of us who grew up speaking Mandarin at home — or chose to learn it ourselves later on — the challenge isn’t as simple as mastering tones. But rather, having the words and the confidence to express ourselves on what we really think, what our boundaries are, our needs, and other more complex aspects of being a multifaceted adult.

That’s why I’m so excited to introduce our newest course: Real You Mandarin: Self-Expression — a course built to support you through life’s most complex intersections: emotions, relationships, fertility & parenting, caring for aging parents, and self-growth.

And, in honor of Asian-American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, we're pleased to offer you early bird pricing available now through May 31.

🎯 Why This Course, and Why Now?

Over the past year, we’ve heard from so many Real You Mandarin students and fans asking us to tackle deeper topics more immediately applicable and necessary in your everyday lives.

That's why we built this course for you — in partnership with frequent Real You Mandarin: The Podcast guest and Mandarin teacher Crystal Hsia — to help you find your voice and use Mandarin confidently in the moments that matter most.

🧠 What You’ll Learn

Real You Mandarin: Self-Expression covers 5 deeply important modules:

✅ Module 1: Expressing Your Feelings (available now!)

Learn to articulate emotions like fear, anger, shame, joy, and love — beyond “I’m happy” or “I’m sad.”
→ Comes with 8 bite-sized lessons and full vocabulary support

🔜 Module 2–5 (releasing through 2025):

• Interpersonal Relationships & Dynamics

• Fertility Journey & Parenting

• Caring for Aging Parents

• Self-Growth Journey

Every module includes:

• 💬 Easily digestible, video lessons (<2 min) based on realistic conversations

• 📘 Video Captions & Transcripts in Traditional and Simplified Chinese, with Pinyin + English

• 🧠 Algorithmic digital flashcards (via Anki, available in Traditional or Simplified Chinese) capturing vocabulary from each lesson — includes Chinese, Pinyin, Sample Sentence, & Audio Pronunciation

• 🎧 Flashcard audio pronunciations are presented as "slow + natural speed" and notate Taiwan and China pronunciation differences where relevant

• 📁 Transcripts also available as Downloadable PDFs, so you can study offline

• 🌱 Access to our free Discord community to connect with other students (whether online or IRL!)

🎧 Podcast Episode + Community Voices

To celebrate the launch, I sat down with Crystal on the latest episode of Real You Mandarin: The Podcast to share the heart behind the course, how it was made, and why it’s different from anything else out there. Listen to the episode now

We’re also honored to be featured on TaiwaneseAmerican.org, where one of our Real You Mandarin: Beginnings students, Jen C. shares her motivation to reconnect with Mandarin and her identity, and how Real You Mandarin helped her on this journey.

🎁 Special Launch Pricing (Until May 31)

Already a student of Real You Mandarin Beginnings? Check your inbox — we sent you a special offer as a thank you for being an existing student 🎉

🧭 Which Offering Is Right for You?

You can also upgrade to the All-Access Pass at checkout to get all of our offerings (Real You Mandarin: Self-Expression, Real You Mandarin: Beginnings, and Lifetime Access to Real You Mandarin: The Podcast Transcript Membership) at a steep discount. Learn more about how these three offerings compare here.

✨ This Is About More Than Just Language

This is about being able to show up fully as yourself in Mandarin — as a multifaceted person, not a robot regurgitating textbook phrases.

It’s about knowing how to talk through pain, set boundaries, share joy, and grow.

We’re so proud to share this next chapter with you.

→ Try a free lesson from Module 1
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