**GIVEAWAY DETAILS AT THE END OF THE EPISODE**

In the words of viral TikTok sensation @joolieannie, we're being very demure, very cutesy in today's episode.

It's a solo Summer Session and Part 1 of 3 as I dive into some of my passions outside of traveling. We begin with my entry into the world of beauty and how I accidentally manifested my 10-year career in this industry. No, really.

I briefly discuss the expectations of success as a child of immigrants, how I tried to juggle meeting those expectations with my interests, and how the 2010s beauty guru explosion got me here.

From my chemistry background to my neurotic tendencies and how both inform how I approach beauty and beauty consumption as an expert and audience member. Again, very demure.

I end the episode with a sneak peek of my belated birthday giveaway, which will be hosted on the @busygallivantingpodcast Instagram the day after this episode goes live.

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We're kicking off Busy Gal Summer Sessions: a casual, not über-travel focused series focused mainly on women who chase their hobbies and passions. Basically, what makes their world turn during the season of long days and hazy heat.

WHERE TO FIND ME:

Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@BusyGallivantingPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Email: [email protected]

Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠busygallivantingpodcast.com⁠

Welcome to the fifth episode of the Busy Gal Summer Sessions.

Throughout the summer, I'll have conversations with various women to talk about their interests, hobbies, and creative passions.

In a world where women are often defined by how they serve others, I want to know what serves them.

This episode features a familiar guest in Kate (@katherinehere) but outside of her love for travel and theater... we talk about her talent and passion for pole! From what started out as a fun bachelorette activity but has now become a regular practice, we discuss and debunk any preconceived notion of pole dancing and how it's an inclusive form of expression, art, and strength.

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We're kicking off Busy Gal Summer Sessions: a casual, not über-travel focused series focused mainly on women who chase their hobbies and passions. Basically, what makes their world turn during the season of long days and hazy heat.

WHERE TO FIND ME:

Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@BusyGallivantingPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Email: [email protected]

Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠busygallivantingpodcast.com⁠

In an age where BookTok is throwing fairy romance, beach flings, and mafia bosses at you, @MelsLiteraryDisco is here to tell you there's so much more!

We chat with Melissa, the creator behind @MelsLiteraryDisco, "Studio 54 but for books". A space where books of all kinds can come together and just jam.

It's a thoughtful conversation where we discuss her entry into reading after not being one in childhood/teenager-hood like so many adult readers are, how her Scorpio moon likely has a role to play in the books she likes, and the pipeline between book lovers and lover girls. It's an openness to be soft, vulnerable, and authentic.

Find her at @melsliterarydisco on Instagram!

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We're kicking off Busy Gal Summer Sessions: a casual, not über-travel focused series focused mainly on women who chase their hobbies and passions. Basically, what makes their world turn during the season of long days and hazy heat.

WHERE TO FIND ME:

Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@BusyGallivantingPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Email: [email protected]

Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠busygallivantingpodcast.com

Welcome to the third episode of the Busy Gal Summer Sessions.

Throughout the summer, I'll have conversations with various women to talk about their interests, hobbies, and creative passions.

In a world where women are often defined by how they serve others, I want to know what serves them.

This episode features one of my best friends and we have a conversation about her love and natural talent for creating and a renaissance of the old school, elegant art of hosting. Join me in picking her brain about what elevates a get-together into an event.

Christine also discusses her multicultural upbringing growing up half Egyptian-half Ukrainian and touches on the influences of her childhood as she turned her dream of visiting New York into her reality of having New York in her backyard as she raises her daughter.

You can find Christine at @christinemade_!

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We're kicking off Busy Gal Summer Sessions: a casual, not über-travel focused series focused mainly on women who chase their hobbies and passions. Basically, what makes their world turn during the season of long days and hazy heat.

WHERE TO FIND ME:

Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@BusyGallivantingPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Email: [email protected]

Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠busygallivantingpodcast.com

Welcome to the first official episode of the Busy Gal Summer Sessions.

Throughout the summer, I'll have conversations with various women to talk about their interests, hobbies, and creative passions.

In a world where women are often defined by how they serve others, I want to know what serves them.

This debut episode features my best friend and we have a conversation about her two main hobbies: baking and film... how both have brought her peace in tumultuous times, how she protects these creative passions, and how visual storytelling is a big part of her joy.

We may also sneak in talks of crushes, local and celeb, Lord of the Rings, and our circumstances growing up as daughters of Filipino immigrants.

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We're kicking off Busy Gal Summer Sessions: a casual, not über-travel focused series focused mainly on women who chase their hobbies and passions. Basically, what makes their world turn during the season of long days and hazy heat.

WHERE TO FIND ME:

Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@BusyGallivantingPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Email: [email protected]

Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠busygallivantingpodcast.com

Hey Bestie... catch up with me and my bestie (@chrisjunebug).

Today's episode is the chance for you to be a fly on the wall of one of our daily conversations where we talk about summer plans, what it's like to be friends with a frequent traveler, and our shared but still unique experiences growing up as eldest daughters of immigrants.

We're kicking off Busy Gal Summer Sessions: a casual, not über-travel focused series focused mainly on women who chase their hobbies and passions. Basically, what makes their world turn during the season of long days and hazy heat.

WHERE TO FIND ME:

Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@BusyGallivantingPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Email: [email protected]

Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠busygallivantingpodcast.com

Busy Gallivanting Season 1 Finale. Part 2 of 2.

**Trigger Warning** This episode briefly discusses suicide and suicidal ideation, and some people might find it disturbing. If you or someone you know is suicidal, please, contact your physician, go to your local ER, or call the suicide prevention hotline in your country. For the United States, the numbers are as follows: The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255), or message the Crisis Text Line at 741741. Both programs provide free, confidential support 24/7.

Here's the sequel to last week's episode on being an angry girl. The vulnerability keeps on showing. And that's such a good thing. In a world where we're often taught to be on and perfect all the time, I'm unpacking what's taken years for me to learn.

We talk about Eldest Daughter Syndrome, growing up as a daughter of immigrants, and how it's impacted me in adulthood. Through the trauma and triggers, I describe how travel has been a healing journey for me because it's simply allowed me to be without expectation or failure and how this simple joy may have just saved my life.

WHERE TO FIND ME:

Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@BusyGallivantingPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Email: [email protected]

Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠busygallivantingpodcast.com

Part 1 of the Busy Gallivanting Season Finale.

This episode is the most vulnerable you'll see me thus far. And that's such a good thing. In a world where we're often taught to be on and perfect all the time, I'm unpacking what's taken years for me to learn.

How being so on top of it all can just as easily lead to a downfall. Through a lot of self-reflection, learning, listening, and therapy, I'm taking you with me on my discovery that I am an angry girl and how that's ok.

We talk about the spiritual and psychological side of anger, the divine feminine, and how to identify triggers and learn how to demystify them and ultimately, get to know yourself a little more.

I'll share personal breakthroughs about my anger triggers, hyperindependence as a trauma response to being parentified at a young age, and the lessons that have come along the way.

This episode is an expression of me trying to heal my Divine Feminine and reflect, express, and finally be kind not just to others but to myself and little me.

WHERE TO FIND ME:

Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@BusyGallivantingPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Email: [email protected]

Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠busygallivantingpodcast.com

Lobster rolls, sunrise at Cadillac Mountains, and glorious, glorious nature.

Join us on one of our first trips in a post-lockdown world as we embark on a girls road trip from New Jersey to Maine to try and reacquaint ourselves with travel again in 2021.

We indulge in seafood, kayak in open waters, and climb summits in this jam-packed vacation. Listen for our favorite food recs, hidden gems for swimming and hiking, and how to guarantee a spot at sunrise at Acadia National Park.

WHERE TO FIND ME:

Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@BusyGallivantingPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Email: [email protected]

Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠busygallivantingpodcast.com

Come chat with us for a casual conversation as Belle (@lavieavecrosebelle) and I get ready for a fun event while taking you into one of our usual conversations about folklore, myths, and legends.

One of the most fascinating parts of travel to me is learning about local wives tales and mythology and how these weave their way into a location's history and culture.

WHERE TO FIND ME:

Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@BusyGallivantingPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Email: [email protected]

Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠busygallivantingpodcast.com