Asia spent years chasing the film industry, believing that making it would finally prove her worth. She was functioning on the outside — acting classes, parties, a supporting lead role — but hollow inside, numbing herself and unable to be present to anyone, including herself.

" I only hung out with people who benefited me. I didn't really care.I was, I was very, I was not mindful of others. The more I partied, the more emptiness I felt within me. The more I started filling voids where I was sleeping with people, drinking my problems away and... I was looking more forward towards like the weekend and like escaping drugs were consuming me....  My inner child would be screaming right now, why am I feeling so lonely, so empty still? Why is there still that missing gap?"

Standing in what should have been her moment, she realized the emptiness hadn't gone anywhere. What changed wasn't her circumstances but her orientation — from being seen to learning how to truly see and serve others.