Welcome, Filipino Momcast listeners!

Have you ever sat down to really think about what worries you the most as a mom? Do you worry about doing something wrong that you’ll screw your kids up? Do you have a hard time letting them or your partner be their own person?

Closing out our final episode of season 3, we invited first-time mom, podcaster, writer, and communications consultant, Nani Dominguez-Smith back onto the show to get an update on life and the struggles she’s experiencing in her current season of motherhood.

At the time of this recording, her son is on the cusp of turning 15 months and with other life dynamics like getting married, working, consulting on the side, and her husband starting law school, Nani shares candid insight on the stress that surfaces as she bravely takes each turn.

To reach out, connect with, and support Nani, you’ll find her contact info below.

As we wrap up another Season here on the Filipino Momcast to be present with our families for the holidays, from Maryann, Roanne, Leilani, and Lynne, we are grateful that you continue to listen and support our space in the podcast world. You are making a difference in the intersections of your lives and we appreciate all of you who have reached out to share your stories with us.

As we end one year and rise to a new one, we invite you to rest, care, nourish, and love yourself unapologetically. Anchor in your sufficiency. You are enough and whole just as you are.

From the four of us, thank you for being here, for your time, for your support. We can’t wait to continue the conversation with you next year!

If you enjoy what we’re talking about here on the podcast, we would love your support! The best ways to do that are by:

Thank you for doing the hard work to show up for yourself, your family, our community, and the next generation. Believe you are more than enough because it’s an incredible blessing to be on this journey with you.

Now, what you’ve been waiting for! Let’s get’s started with the episode!

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Nani Dominguez-Smith

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Welcome, Filipino Momcast listeners!

When you think of someone going through a recovery program, what thoughts surface to the top?

And, if you've been through a recovery program, what do you wish others knew about your experience?

In this 2-part episode, Maryann and myself share our own experiences entering recovery for codependence through a faith-based recovery program called Celebrate Recovery.

As we share our story, we hope you’ll find helpful wisdom and support for your own journey or someone you know. While our experience takes place through a faith-based program, we respect and honor the different spiritual practices of our audience. Our goal is never to let our beliefs create division, but to share our experiences that you may find resources that align with your needs and goals.

We hope this episode brings a new level of awareness and perspective in how we all can be more informed in our approach to ourselves and others.

If you haven't yet listened to Part 1 of this episode yet, go back to the episode list and give it a listen. Or, click here.

If you enjoy what we’re talking about here on the podcast, we would love your support! The best ways to do that are by:

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Welcome, Filipino Momcast listeners!

When you think of someone going through a recovery program, what thoughts surface to the top?

And, if you've been through a recovery program, what do you wish others knew about your experience?

In this 2-part episode, Maryann and myself share our own experiences entering recovery for codependence through a faith-based recovery program called Celebrate Recovery.

As we share our story, we hope you’ll find helpful wisdom and support for your own journey or someone you know. While our experience takes place through a faith-based program, we respect and honor the different spiritual practices of our audience. Our goal is never to let our beliefs create division, but to share our experiences that you may find resources that align with your needs and goals.

We hope this episode brings a new level of awareness and perspective in how we all can be more informed in our approach to ourselves and others.

If you enjoy what we’re talking about here on the podcast, we would love your support! The best ways to do that are by:

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Leilani Lei

Welcome, Filipino Momcast listeners!

Have you ever found yourself so convicted of a certain truth that when others don’t share the same views it seems like they’re the problem? Or they’re the one’s who are wrong?

As the world around you continues to shout what’s right and wrong, good and bad, you can easily find yourself caught in your own form of extremism. Going undetected, you might not realize how harmful your behaviors towards yourself or others you care about can be when you so desperately want to be helpful.

In this episode, Maryann, Roanne, and Lynne use the lens of religion and other experiences to shine a light on the topic of extremism. As the conversation evolves, you’ll gain insight and perspective around how you might have some polarizing and absolute views of your own and how to maintain kindness in its midst.

We hope this episode brings a new level of awareness and perspective in how we all can be more thoughtful and kind in our approach to helping and lifting others up.

If you enjoy what we’re talking about here on the podcast, we would love your support! The best ways to do that are by:

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Welcome, Filipino Momcast listeners!

We have a special Part 2 for you all that needed it's own episode! In this episode, Jo Portia Mayari joins the conversation to help us understand sexuality without the lens of religion over it. You'll want to tune in!

As a sexual wealth coach her deepest passion is in helping women/femmes embody abundance, pleasure, and power in sex, love, and money by awakening their sacred sexuality.

Through her coaching and online platforms, she creates safe and brave spaces to normalize taboo topics surrounding female sexuality in order to shine a light on the societal, cultural, and/or religious programming that prevents us from healing our trauma, being at home in our bodies, and experiencing true wholeness and liberation.

By fusing the tantra rituals with practical tools for empowerment, she has helped thousands of students, clients & followers make meaningful choices & powerful changes in their lives.

Her work has been quoted and featured by The Every Girl, Shape, Elle Magazine, L.A. Times, Coveteur Magazine, and Well + Good. In 2018, she was named as one of the Top 20 Health + Wellness Role Models by Arianna Huffington and Thrive Global.

Her mission is to give women the tools to thrive at a high vibe spiritual, physical, and emotional state of being using their sexual energy. She loves guiding women through practices and rituals that allow them to heal the wounds that have kept them unfulfilled in sex, relationships, and their life.

She is devoted to helping women reconnect to the power of their voice, body, and sensuality, and facilitate deep transformation for sexual sovereignty.

If you enjoy what we’re talking about here on the podcast, we would love your support! The best ways to do that are by:

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CONNECT WITH JO PORTIA MAYARI

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Leilani Lei

Welcome, Filipino Momcast listeners!

We have a treat for you all! In this episode, Jo Portia Mayari joins the conversation to share her wisdom on deeply connecting to our sexuality through the Erotic Mother.

As a sexual wealth coach her deepest passion is in helping women/femmes embody abundance, pleasure, and power in sex, love, and money by awakening their sacred sexuality.

Through her coaching and online platforms, she creates safe and brave spaces to normalize taboo topics surrounding female sexuality in order to shine a light on the societal, cultural, and/or religious programming that prevents us from healing our trauma, being at home in our bodies, and experiencing true wholeness and liberation.

By fusing the tantra rituals with practical tools for empowerment, she has helped thousands of students, clients & followers make meaningful choices & powerful changes in their lives.

Her work has been quoted and featured by The Every Girl, Shape, Elle Magazine, L.A. Times, Coveteur Magazine, and Well + Good. In 2018, she was named as one of the Top 20 Health + Wellness Role Models by Arianna Huffington and Thrive Global.

Her mission is to give women the tools to thrive at a high vibe spiritual, physical, and emotional state of being using their sexual energy. She loves guiding women through practices and rituals that allow them to heal the wounds that have kept them unfulfilled in sex, relationships, and their life.

She is devoted to helping women reconnect to the power of their voice, body, and sensuality, and facilitate deep transformation for sexual sovereignty.

If you enjoy what we’re talking about here on the podcast, we would love your support! The best ways to do that are by:

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CONNECT WITH JO PORTIA MAYARI

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Leilani Lei

Welcome, Filipino Momcast listeners!

Have you ever wondered how you and your partner are evolving in your relationship? What would it mean to you and your partner if you could learn to understand and love them better and they could do the same in return?

In this episode, Maryann has a conversation with The Filipino Momcast’s very own Resident Psychotherapist, Roanne Samuels.

Not only does Roanne have the unique gift of bridging the nuances of filipino and american culture, but in this conversation, she shares more about her own culturally relevant approach to discovering the unique love style preferences that come from mix-ethnic and diverse cultural backgrounds to help couples design a love map tailored to each partner’s unique love needs.

Check the show notes below for links on how you can design your own love map with your partner.

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She has frequented at least 500 Filipino household & counting. She is the author of the Ebook: 5 Pinoy Love Languages & the creator of the presentation entitled: Filipino Core Values & Considerations in Culturally-Responsive Care presented to various organizations including the UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities Team.

Roanne was the lead clinician & pioneer for Solano County’s first Filipino Outreach Project for 5 years.

She has been featured in the Filipino American Woman Podcast, at Apple, Inc., UC Davis Bulosan Center and NPR’s Code Switch. Roanne is a lover of Kapeng Barako (straight from Batangas) , a gardener-wanna-be & enjoys belly-laughing with her children.

For Roanne's Love Mapping Course, visit https://kalamansijuiceacademy.podia.com/love-mapping-for-couples

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Welcome, Filipino Momcast listeners!

What happens when you lose a parent, especially at such a young age? How do you process and respond to the emotional load that comes with such grief? What can the effects of loss look like when it comes to engaging with others especially in relationships with partners?

In this episode, it’s an honor to sit down with award-winning podcaster, entrepreneur and fur mama, Jen Amos, to gain her insight on this complex topic. And, if you haven't heard about Jen just yet, she’s an Interview-style podcaster, who often focuses on the personal narratives of military families, Filipina Americans, and entrepreneurs. She’s a Gold Star daughter, and finds joy in sharing her experiences with loss and grief, while also providing tailored financial education to career military families.

This is a special episode friends. Invite someone who could really use this insight and encouragement.

If you enjoy what we’re talking about here on the podcast, we would love your support! The best ways to do that are by:

Thank you for doing the hard work to show up for yourself, your family, our community, and the next generation. Believe you are more than enough because it’s an incredible blessing to be on this journey with you.

Now, what you’ve been waiting for! Let’s get’s started with the episode!

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For Jen's latest work, visit https://thejenamos.com/entrepreneur

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Welcome, Filipino Momcast listeners!

Are you a reactive mom? Do you immediately have something to say when your kids do something you don’t like? 

I mean, who are we even trying to fool, mamas? We don’t like any of it unless it’s done the way we want it, so of course we want to correct it, amiright? LOL

In all seriousness though, our reactions and body language to our child’s behaviors can have a long-lasting impact and that’s what we’re bringing to the table in this episode. So get ready for some helpful tips and examples as you listen to another insightful and encouraging conversation here at the Filipino Momcast.

If you enjoy what we’re talking about here on the podcast, we would love your support! The best ways to do that are by:

Thank you for doing the hard work to show up for yourself, your family, our community, and the next generation. Believe you are more than enough because it’s an incredible blessing to be on this journey with you.

Now, what you’ve been waiting for! Let’s get’s started with the episode!

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Maryann Clark

Roanne De Guia-Samuels

Lynne Tugangui

Leilani Lei

Welcome, Filipino Momcast listeners!

There is a first time for everything - but there’s nothing like being a first-time mom! 

The labor and delivery experience, short hours of sleep, cracked nipples, and everything else that comes with your new responsibility of keeping a new human alive. Back in Season 2, Episodes 6 & 7, we shared the mic with our dear friend Nani Dominguez, blog author of Notes by Nani and fellow co-host of The Filipino American Woman Project (you should check it out!), who was 7-8 months pregnant at the time of that recording and anticipating her first child’s arrival, a little boy.

Well, he’s here now, healthy as can be and we are getting the scoop on how the first 3 months have been transitioning to motherhood!

Whether you’re a soon-to-be mama, a veteran at the game, or know someone who would enjoy some unfiltered conversation on the topic, we encourage you to send them this episode to include them in the conversation. We don’t want you OR THEM missing out on any of this.

If you enjoy what we’re talking about here on the podcast, we would love your support! The best ways to do that are by:

Thank you for doing the hard work to show up for yourself, your family, our community, and the next generation. Believe you are more than enough because it’s an incredible blessing to be on this journey with you.

Now, what you’ve been waiting for! Let’s get’s started with the episode!

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Nani Dominguez

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Filipino Momcast

Maryann Clark

Roanne De Guia-Samuels

Lynne Tugangui

Leilani Lei