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Recently, I've been listening to the Rich Roll podcast and am fascinated by the wisdom from his guests, especially two that talk about Modern Elders and what makes us truly happy as we embark on the next phases of our lives: Arthur Brooks and Chip Conley. Given my recent trip to Hawaii, I discovered more insights into myself, what's important, what to let go of, and how to let love in. Listen today and take a few moments to arrive where you are now.

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Veronica Yanhs, our guest and founder of Business Laid Bare, unknowingly became interested in kink culture at 4 years old after seeing Red Jasmine for the first time in the Disney movie, Aladdin. Fast forward to today and Veronica is living out her most authentic life, blending business with her passion for kink and BDSM culture. But her story goes beyond sex (even though she’s on a mission to “un-taboo” the topic).

Her journey has shown her that her calling is to empower other folks to unapologetically live out the life they’ve always envisioned for themselves — not what society or our families have prescribed to us.

I loved talking to Veronica about this topic and it’s a must-listen for anyone out there who feels the tug to do the same but feels blocked by trauma, expectations, self-consciousness, or other forces.

We also talk about consent, what BDSM and kink culture is, and the history of how Asian women are portrayed in the media.

*Warning: potentially triggering topics about relationships and sex are mentioned in this episode.

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This week is my 44th birthday and I am celebrating it in Hawaii! I'm sharing a few nuggets of wisdom for my birthday. Thank you for listening!

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I’m so excited for you to listen to the second part of this interview! We are continuing our discussion with The Cashflow Doctor, Eric Nghiem, talking about NFTs, cryptocurrency, and Web 3.0!

I know the opinions about the blockchain are quite divided, but that’s exactly why I’m so glad that Eric stopped by.

In our conversation, he starts to demystify these topics and most of all, provides some optimism to those of you who want to learn more about this space and how it can create personal abundance for historically marginalized groups.

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I’m so excited for you to listen to today’s episode because we have The Cashflow Doctor, Eric Nghiem, in the studio to discuss NFTs, cryptocurrency, and Web 3.0!

I know the opinions about the blockchain are quite divided, but that’s exactly why I’m so glad that Eric stopped by.

In our conversation, he starts to demystify these topics and most of all, provides some optimism to those of you who want to learn more about this space and how it can create personal abundance for historically marginalized groups.

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From the latest book I’ve been reading, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think, by Brianna Wiest:

“When you choose to value other people’s acceptance over your own, you accept a fate of battling your instincts to assimilate to the needs of other people’s egos. In the meantime, a world and lifetime of listening, leaning, allowing, following, perceiving the feeling and experiencing constantly eludes you. Sadness will not kill you. Depression won’t either. But, fighting it will. Ignoring it will. Trying to escape it, rather than confront it will. Denying it will. Suffocating it will. Allowing it no place to go other than your deep subconscious to embed and control you will.”

And, even more poignantly:

“It will rob you of every bit of life you do have — you either let yourself feel everything or numb yourself into feeling nothing. You cannot select emotions. You’re either in accord with their flow or in resistance to their nature. In the end, the choice is yours.”

I’ve been robbing myself of so much of my life thanks to achievement-oriented thinking that after catching COVID, I had to slow down and revamp the way I showed up, especially when I had to miss so many events during the two weeks of recovery.

In the end, it was good for me… and I hope this podcast episode helps you move away from achievements to simply “being,” too.

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Friends, we have a very special guest on the show today: Snigdha Sur, founder of the world-renowned smart journalism platform of the South Asian diaspora, The Juggernaut!

This season, one of my focuses is broadening the types of guests with various cultural backgrounds to talk about identity and voice as multi-faceted folks. In this episode, Snigdha and I talk about Asian history, the importance of BIPOC storytelling, and her inspiring journey that lead her to create this empire she’s built for our community.

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Today’s episode explores how a memory of mine was recently triggered, one where I spent a lot of my junior high years living in my parents’ 1980s Toyota Minivan, because they were carting four kids around, trying to save two ailing businesses: my father’s construction company, and the aquarium store they also owned. As they continued to dive deeper into debt, they would drive all over Southern California with us, going from suppliers to Home Depots, until they were too exhausted to drive the 45-min back home to the Westside. 

So, we’d sleep in the van, parked in my father’s construction warehouse. We’d wipe ourselves clean in the early mornings via the deep industrial sink, my mother would drive us to LA and drop us each off at school, and then drive back to Rowland Heights, and home again to feed us, then repeat the whole ordeal again. When I heard Trevor Noah narrate a similar experience at his stepfather’s used car repair warehouse in the book, Born a Crime, I casually mentioned it to my husband at the time. He looked alarmed. I said the same to my current partner who paused, came close to me, and said, “You’ve been through more than most people. You’re a strong woman.”

We’ll talk about resiliency, taking radical responsibility, resources for healing (I’m loving the Brain.fm app!), NFTs & VeeCon, and more.

I hope you loved this insight into my world today!

Come watch me speak live in San Gabriel Valley. Register here.

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Today, we have the lovely Vanda Asapahu join us in the studio! Vanda is a second-generation Thai restaurateur and the first female host of Masters of Taste, the biggest food event at the Rose Bowl!

While it’s easy to look on the outside and marvel at this amazing accomplishment, Vanda shares the hurdles she had to overcome on a personal level to show up in the ways she wants and needs to for herself, her family, and her team. We talk a lot about perfectionism, finding a path for ourselves, and shedding our familys’ expectations.

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