

Chapter 1: The Happy Tune is My Step | My Story with Swing Dance
"In dance, I met myself,” Xiaojie said. Here is her story. “在摇摆舞中,我遇见了我自己。“ 小杰说。 这,是一篇她的故事。 作者 Author: 秦小杰 Xiaojie Qin 时间 Date: 2021 ...
Dec 12, 2021

Psychotherapy on Healing from Abusive Relationships | Group and Individual Therapy
Please note: this project was an initiative by Xiaojie and Megan as individuals, and was not a service provided by CandleX. In Beijing,...
Nov 15, 2021


CandleX: What it Means to Me, and the Community | Xiaojie on EmberFlame
In February of 2021, Zhen from EmberFlame interviewed CandleX’s director Xiaojie on her story of founding and running CandleX. Thank you...
Nov 4, 2021

Never say Never | My Love Story With Brazilian Jiujitsu
Never Tony, a good friend of mine, showed me a video of him in this gym class he was going to, some kind of foreign fighting thing. All I...
Feb 11, 2021


Grandpa David | My Emotions, My Stories
I woke up in a hotel bed in Chiang Mai, Thailand, checked my phone. There it is, on my screen My breath was gone for a second. The next...
Dec 18, 2020


Fear of Rejection | Xiaojie's Story
In Sep 2015, I went visit NYC and friends there. As I was walking in China Town, I passed a fire fighter station. Growing up watching...
Oct 5, 2019