Hiii friends, it’s Estefi — and today Meijun and I are taking you back to the quietest part of our 10-year trip: an 11-day silent meditation retreat. Yep, no phones, no journaling, no makeup, no music… and no talking. We went full monk mode in Chiang Mai, Thailand at Wat Ram Poeng— and let’s just say we learned a lot about ourselves (and each other).

So what is Vipassana, anyway?Vipassana means “clear seeing” — it’s an ancient form of meditation where you focus on your breath and your body, moment by moment, without reacting. Wat Ram Poeng, the temple we stayed at, takes it seriously: no distractions, no talking, and no external tools.Just you, your body, and your mind — for 11 whole days. And we did it… together. As a couple. Which made things extra spicy in the silence. 😂

A Day in the Life at Wat Ram Poeng:

* Wake-up call: 4am

* Chanting: 4:20am

* Breakfast: 6:30am

* Alms for monks: 7:30am

* Dhamma talk (some days)

* Lunch: 10:30am (yes, the last meal of the day)

* Meditation / walking / sweeping / bathing

* Evening chanting: 5pm

* Lights out: 10pm

All while wearing only white, staying in a bare-bones room, and navigating the swirl of thoughts without distraction.

In this episode we talked about…

* The moment one of us almost gave up

* The weirdest intrusive thoughts that showed up

* The thing we missed the most from the outside world

* Our favorite part of the temple’s methodology

* Whether we peeked at each other in silence 😅

* What we each learned — about meditation, about ourselves, and about being together in stillness

Listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts!

And if you’ve done a retreat like this (or want to), drop a comment — we want to hear your stories too. 💌

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Hi friends! Welcome to this episode! It's me, Estefi, and our favorite co-host, Meijun.

In today's episode, we'll share candidly and vulnerably about co-creating, being scared, fear of each other’s ideas, trust, roles, boundaries, and communication. We finish this episode with a little round of advice we would give someone thinking about starting a different hobby, stream of income, or wanting a little change in their current career.

Hugs, hugs, hugs, and thank you for listening!

If you want to unlock some tools to turn your creative chaos into an intentional plan of action, conquer idea overwhelm, and transform your ideas into action… then head over to this link and check out our most recent Creative Vitamins Collection for Too Many Ideas.

GO: www.takethreeuni.com/too-many-ideas

THANK YOU!

— Estefi 1/3 of TakeThree

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Hi friends! It’s been a minute! Let’s dive into it, our reflections, comparison, seeing the humanity in others, and staying soft.

the show notes for this episode with all the links and notes: www.takethreestudio.com/podcast/ep30

the brand new podcast landing page: www.takethreestudio.com/podcast

You are amazing, thank you for being here, thank you for listening and PLEASE let me know what came up from listening to this conversation.

I appreciate you,

– Estefi 1/3 of TakeThree

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Hi friends, hello from a cozy, rainy Quito! I've revisited my 2021 episode, finally feeling brave enough to connect with it. But before we dive in, let's catch up. Get ready for a wild, beautiful, and vulnerable ride.

🕯️🙌🏽💓🖐🏽hi-5 because we get to do his Earth thing together one more day 🖐🏽👏🏽🫶🏽🕯️

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Hey friends! It's Estefi. We wanted to take a moment to connect with all of you and dive into a heartfelt conversation. Let's catch up and do a meaningful retrospective of sorts, of lessons and learnings from our 8 years of being in a love/life relationship and also the 4 years of being a working couple.

In this episode, we've delved into a range of intriguing topics, from mental health to client seasons, our relationship with social media, reorganizing our service offerings, dreams and so much more. I hope you're all geared up to relish this episode, and we're genuinely grateful for the chance to be back here with you. Did you find yourself missing us? Because I sure missed all of you a ton!!

The topics we covered:

8TH YEAR ANNI: Love, Life Relationship

• couples therapy 49 sessions


• we paused couples therapy


• safe space!!


• reconsidering productivity


• reprioritizing our TODAY


• today not tomorrow


• mental health practices we’ve incorporated into our life/love


• codependence


• our home and setting roots and how that has impacted our lives


• culture, how being immersed in each other’s cultural bubbles has impacted our day-to-day relationship

4TH YEAR ANNI: Work Relationship

• quitting working for “content” — how do we approach sales content vs day to day real time content vs planned


• what has changed from our social media relationship in the last 4 years.


• reshaping our service offerings


• client season


• takethree studio vs. takethree uni shifting between


• clients vs in house projects


• mental health practices we’ve incorporated into work

Here's a link to download Insight Timer App: https://insig.ht/7fRC1ropiCb

Let us know your thoughts!!! AAAH so excited to be here with you.

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The last time we introduced ourselves was in June 2021 so we decided to come to say hi and catch you all up to today, April 20, 2023.

In this episode we cover everything from burnout recovery, couples therapy, what we would say to our 2019 selves, what the hell happened in 2022 (?), breakthroughs, walking through hot fire stones, our road trips and travels, so much nostalgia... this is a must listen for all who want to get on the roller coaster, get messy with us and enjoy the ride.

It feels good to let you all in again, hugging you tight, thank you for being here.

Now tell me, when did you stumble upon this creative duo aka TakeThree? what year? where were you? do you remember? Oh yes and never forget thank you for listening to us!!

xoxo,

Estefi from TakeThree Talks podcast production, editing, and media crew 🦸🏽‍♀️

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show notes: takethreestudio.com/blogs/ep27

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Hi friends! Este episodio con Andreina está tan interesante!!

Hablamos de estos 3 casos: 

1. Hermès vs MetaBirkins by Matthew Rothchild

2. Nike vs Lululemon

3. Demanda al Reggaeton: Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Karol G y más.

El episodio está perfecto para lxs curiosxs como nosotras y como sé que deley necesitan visuals para acompañar el chismecito de hoy entonces no se olviden de chequear los show notes, aquí les dejo los links. También, para el caso #3 de la demanda del Reggaeton hice un playlist con algunas de las canciones que están en la demanda y otras como referencias.

LINKS IMPORTANTES

a los show notes para ver los detalles: takethreestudio.com/blogs/ep26

a la playlist: Demanda al Reggaeton

al instagram de Andreina: @andreinaandrade_l

a nuestro instagram: @takethreestudio

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A dream conversation with a wonderful friend, entrepreneur, and fellow artist, Ashlei Payne, founder of TracingThought Productions.

Ashlei was vulnerable, kind, lighthearted, honest and oh so very honest with me and that is all I could've asked for. Here're some of the questions we answered and of course, we went off on a few tangents. IF YOU WERE LOOKING FOR AN UNEDITED CHAT, THIS ONE IS FOR YOU.

Some IMPORTANT links are below, you can also find them all on the show notes on our website.

TracingThought: A Deeper Understanding

Website

Instagram

Patreon

Donate NOW via Credit Card

Greenland Documentary Kickstarter

Current Films

Shop TT Merch

Tyler's Music and Instagram!! 

Our Instagram

Interested in our Community and 1:1 Mentorship Sessions? Feb 15 at 11:59pm Doors Close for TakeThree Uni Community BUT you can still join the waitlist so that when the doors open in April you are the first one to know about it and get a little gift of course.

Community Waitlist

If you are looking to work with us to build you a custom Squarespace website or develop your brand identity to get that glow up you've been wanting then contact us by filling out our client contact form (give us all the details) and then we will schedule a digital cafecito with you.

Contact Form 

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Hi friends! Esta vez estamos Estefi y Pili, de @pilisanchezu, somos dos amigas, Ecuatorianas, que van a votar en la Consulta Popular, este 5 de Febrero y queremos tomar una decision más consciente, esto no es un análisis.

Realmente nos sentíamos muy pero muy perdidas así que hicimos research...no nos des-confundimos 😂 por completo pero igual nos sentamos a conversar.

En los show notes van a encontrar las preguntas, todas las notas de Pili y mias anotadas así como el link a la guía que creó Pili en instagram, el instagram de Dayanna Monroy que tanto recomendamos y todo lo demás :) 

Show notes: www.takethreestudio.com/blogs/ep24

Votar es nuestro derecho, hagámoslo de la manera más consciente que podamos!

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Hi friends! We *coincidentally* answered 23 questions within these 4 categories: Basic, Business/Career, Food/Travel, Relationship/Self! The questions were submitted via our Instagram DMs/Stories.

Instagram: @takethreestudio

Hire us to develop your or a friend's... brand identity or to create a Squarespace website for you fill out our contact form here and we can schedule a digital cafecito! here's the link: www.takethreestudio.com/contact-form

Shownotes: www.takethreestudio.com/ep23

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