What is are NFTs, what is crypto, web3 and block chain… and why in the world should I care? With the world moving into a more technologize era, and we’re hearing crypto, blockchain and now “Web3 & NFTs” thrown around, it can get complicated to keep up! But… should it? (Thank you Sturdy Exchange for bringing us this talk!) The NFT world was built to uplift and benefit artists, creators, musicians, communities and such… and so it’s important we are bringing in CREATORS OF COLOR & DIVERSE VOICES here! It is important we stay financially literate because often the money & investor world is gate kept/dominated by white male voices. You will learn? * What is an NFT? Blockchain? Exchange Platforms? * Why should women, creators of color care? Why is diversity important here? * Why would someone get involved? What are the benefits? * Debunking myths and skepticism * How can one start getting involved? In this episode, we’re talking to Yoselin Rodriguez, a social media coordinator at ...
Nicole Anderson Paniagua is an actress turned activist flower farmer. She owns InClayCo in the Pacific Northwest. Before she started her own business, she was a former teen actress on Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, and ABC Family known for her roles on Jonas, Mean Girls 2, Ravenswood, and Make It or Break It. She is now a proud mother and wife. She will be launching her new website for her business soon. Her instagram is @nicolegaleanderson and @inclayco In this episode we’ll cover… The power and importance of representation in entertainment and Nicole’s journey through this industry at a young age. How Nicole discovered her new creative passion of sustainable farming in her early twenties How it is never too late to reconnect with your Filipina identity How to eat with the seasons The importance of family keeps us grounded and rooted in our culture. Importance of Episode The importance of this episode is finding happiness through one’s creative passion and big life transitions. Nicole was once a former teen actress who was on the cusp of becoming a big star but during her early twenties, she began to question where her food came from and how was it grown which led to her new passion of sustainable farming that she turned into a career. Although her family questioned her career transition and the current success she was making in entertainment, they noticed how happy she was without it as she was traveling the world and volunteering on farms. It’s all about what makes you happy. Nicole teaches us more about her mission to combat climate change through agriculture and farming. One of the best ways to combat climate change is through personal practices but Nicole took matters into her own hands to study sustainable agriculture and to immerse herself on a flower farm in Northern California. The more she learned, she started to acquire her own land to grow and cultivate flowers in the Pacific Northwest. She now makes sustainable flower arrangements for weddings and sells at her local farmer’s markets. We also talk about the importance of representation in entertainment, both its good and bad while also delving into how that played into Nicole’s identity shaping. When she was coming up in the business as a young star, she was asked to not disclose being Filipina or to stop “tanning”. Now, she embraces her inner Filipina and shows that it is never too late to reconnect with your identity. Join the Filipina Soul Sisterhood Circle! Thank you to our episode sponsor, Silviyana Boutique, a Filipina-owned fashion brand committed to raising the piña, advocating for sustainability & ethical fashion, and supporting farmers & seamstresses in the Philippines Get my new Zendaya Turno Topand rock a modern chic Filipiniana! Use code FILIPINAONTHERISE for 25% off! Pledge $3 or $10 a month to help keep the show going! Here: Patreon
Hi everyone! One of my most favorite discussions, an oldie but it’s been one of the most popular ones that I wanted to repost. I think it’s because os many people in their journey of reconnecting with their culture and finding out what it means to be proud to be Pinay, there’s this hunger to go back in our history and understand who the Filipino woman was, before we had narratives and roles built for us, before colonizers came and stripped her of her power, dignity, agency, name. There’s this fascination around who were we before the colonizers came, in our indigene days. That’s something I wanna be focusing more in on, have more discussions about, the indigenous Filipina. There’s something so empowering about finding out about who we are in a tribal, pre-colonial sense. Gabes is a Pyschotherapist, artist, and activist and her life’s work is to demonstrate how there’s nothing “post-” about post-colonialism. She recently completed a Master’s in Theology and Culture at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, focusing on colonialism and is completing her Master’s in Counseling Psychology. In this discussion, we learn Gabes’ journey and what brought her to her work and mission of decolonization, The history of the Philippines from before colonization What the pre-colonial Filipina was like and womanhood before oppression The Grieving Process around the “Inferiority Complex” and Rejection-of-the-self The Reclaiming Process: Reclaiming the colonized parts of our identities and embracing and loving what is our own * Find her on:GabesTorres.com| Instagram @gabestorres Join the Filipina Soul Sisterhood Circle! Pledge $3 or $10 a month to help keep the show going! Here: Patreon
In this episode, Krystl gives an update on her personal life, her big move to Austin, funny moving horror stories, and lessons she has for the community and why investing and creating a beautiful environment and lifestyle for yourself actually means you can have better impact for others. You will learn: What you can get excited about this year at Filipina on the Rise, about seasons of silence and solitude, family healing, Krystl’s crazy stories on her move to Austin. Hang out with Krystl and like-minded Pinay sisters every week at the Filipina Soul Sisterhood Circle! We’re coming to a city near you! Stay in the know for Filipina Meetups – Sign up here
Hey everyone! This is one of earlier episodes but one of my most favorite, an audience favorite and one of the most important discussions, regarding taking back our money power. I believe in our journey as stepping into our power as Filipinas, shifting things generationally and just living a more authentic, freed life, we have to debunk money myths, talk about what financial mindsets have been passed down generationally, and what are actions we can do to be more financially literate and strategic in society. I believe this is important for racial, economic progress, uplift our communities, set up wealth for your own descendants, and live a life from scarcity to abundance! I also give quick updates on what’s been happening with my life and ALL THE AMAZING THINGS COMING UP THIS YEAR. Berna Anat is a financial consultant and financial literacy educator who is dedicated to making personal finance education more funny, accessible and more “brown” for people everywhere. Her mission to help others find financial freedom and is creating a financial revolution helping people of color and minority communities take back the power of money. On this episode, we talk about: Her journey, from having no financial educational background, paying off $50,000 in debt, to being Financial Literacy Educator Decolonizing Financial Falsehoods that have been passed down generations from the Philippines and where they are rooted How to reclaim our Financial Freedom and Money Power * The “Frugal-Flex” in Filipino communities 3 First Steps to begin your journey to Debt-Freedom & Personal Wealth As a first generation Filipina-American, her journey began after struggling with the debt she owned after college and saw what was lacking in financial education: a face and story she can relate to. After paying off $50,000 of debt with self-taught methodologies, she’s created countless resources, from content on her Instagram HeyBerna, YouTube videos, articles, and programs and workshops. Follow her on @Heyberna on Instagram and HeyBerna.com Pinay-Products Seasonal Subscription Box! Get the Mahal Kita Box. Join the Filipina Soul Sisterhood Circle!
I am joined with Emerald Rubio, Therapist, Speaker & Healer, on this Clubhouse Chat, and we open it up to the community to talk with us about something no one taught us to do but is becoming necessary: confrontational, courageous (& yet compassionate) conversations with our parents. This past year has invited more people into their journey of healing and confronting things in their past, in their childhood, and having overdue conversations. Have you noticed in your personal development & growth journey, there are things in the past that are asking for healing, for reconciling, and this may involve conversations with certain people? How about certain family members? Do you ever feel like before going ambitiously in the future, you have to finally confront something in the past? Think about anyone close, loved ones, friends or family, that have had a significant effect on you and who are today.. Are there any elephants in the room, whether it from something that happened in the past, ...
Hey everyone! As 2021 comes to a close, we want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to this community. For the engagement, for the enthusiasm, for how we see you stepping into your personal passions and power, for your comments, messages and shares, for being personally committed to Filipina Excellence. What did we observe from the Filipina on the Rise movement this year? What did we learn from this community? Where next? In this episode, Krystl Fabella is interviewed by Alexis Jacinto, FOTR community manager and close friend/confidant, to do a reflective episode on 2021. Because this year, while it didn’t fail to give us its twists & turns, didn’t stop FOTR from evolving and getting *deeper* with the community. We had more podcast guests, Filipina Author Book Club, launched the Filipina Soul Sisterhood, had city meetups events, and more. We’ll share our favorite snippets from guests of past episodes (SO POWERFUL!) and dive into what 2021 was for Filipina on the Rise. Alexis asks Krystl Krystl discusses some of her own observations and life as she was building Filipina on the Rise this year, and balancing personal wellness and the collective wellness of the FOTR community. Krystl shares how the most meaningful “metric” of growth & success, was in the end not all about numbers but the deeper impact of individual people: the testimonies received, the stories and experiences sent in, the people she met at Sisterhood events, and more. Thank you so much to our amazing listening community! Doors are open for the Filipina Soul Sisterhood January Circle, where we’re taking on the theme “My Dreams are my Birthright.” We begin January 6!
This is an EXCLUSIVE discussion from the Filipina Soul Sisterhood Circle, which we’re posting because it is so moving and important. Our sisterhood meets online every Thursday, and through out the month we are doing activities, journaling, having discussions, meeting with Filipina leaders & experts. Join here! Dr.RobynMagalit Rodriguez is leading expert oncontemporary Filipino issues, anda professor and chair of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis. She is also the founding faculty director of theBulosan Center for Filipinx Studies, the first of its kind in the University of California system focused on the Filipinx experience in the United States,and she has written extensively on the Filipino experience (ashort listcan be found here) * She’s one of only a handful of Pinays who research, write and teach on Filipino topics that have reached the highest ranking in the professoriate, full professor, at a major research university in the country.She is venera...
Jeanelle Castro is an online food & travel content creator. Through her videos and storytelling, Jeanelle showcases Filipino cuisine while sharing her unique experiences as a 1.5 generation Filipina-American. She also brings her audience along on her journey as she travels and explores different dishes and flavors from around the world. You can find “JeanellEats” on Youtube, Instagram, and TikTok. Since May 2021, Jeanelle’s YouTube channel has exploded from 21,000 to 375,000 subscribers in 6 months. Themes & Topics: How JeanellEats experienced an exponential growth across social media platforms within the past few months— 20k to 375k subscribers on YouTube. How Jeanelle presents her content in a way that encourages non-Filipinos to view Filipino dishes as a familiar concept, rather than a foreign or exotic one. Managing the analysis paralysis that comes with the noise of conflicting advice. Red flags to avoid when an opportunity or business connection seems too good to be true. ...
First generation, queer, Filipina American, Angelia “Angel” Trinidad is the CEO and Founder of Passion Planner. After graduating from UCLA with a B.A. in Art and a Minor in Arts Education, she found herself depressed, spiraling down and struggling to find direction. She took the leap and created Passion Planner, a paper life coach, from her parents garage. Now, a thriving multimillion dollar company, Passion Planner has helped over 1.5 million people live in their purpose with less stress and more fun, build their ideal life, and work day in and day out to make those dreams a reality. In this episode we’ll cover… How Passion Planner started as an idea from a friend’s living room apartment to a million dollar business How to work through a toxic hustle culture as a start up entrepreneur How to heal our relationships with our immigrant parents, especially as first generation Filipina Americans What it means to be a CEO and leader to start a successful business What it really mean...