ARTS - Asians Redefining Their Success

From Loving Movies as a Kid to Becoming a Film Director with Kimberly Han

August 29, 2022 22:25 - 1 hour - 74.7 MB

Welcome back to the ARTS podcast! In this episode, Kimberly Han and I talk about her journey of moving to LA to pursue directing seven years ago, and the realization of one of her biggest dreams this year - the creation of her film Champion. Champion, a story inspired by her own personal experiences as a daughter of immigrants, is about how 9-year-old Korean girl seeks to rebuild a sense of community and mend her broken heart, after moving to California without her "goose father" who stayed ...

Redefining Identity: Embracing a Creative Career and Gender Transition

May 28, 2021 20:49 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MB

Happy AAPI Heritage Month! Today, we have Marty Noel Chenyao with us. Marty is a troll who lives under a bridge made of Coca-Cola bottles, wide-ruled journals, and pink organza dresses ;). In this episode, we talk about the pressure Marty felt to go after ‘status’ careers (aka software engineering) to prove his worth, the post-undergrad existential crisis that made him realize that he had to do his own thing and how he balances having a main job with making art every day. We also dive deep...

Redefining Comfort Zones: From PM at Amazon to Tech Career Coach for Women of Color with Michelle Carrizosa

April 02, 2021 21:20 - 56 minutes - 51.7 MB

In honor of Women’s History Month, I’ve invited a couple of my clients who just started their businesses, and made their first 1K and beyond within 3 months, to share their insights, mindset shifts and behind the scenes stories with you. Each of them is breaking barriers and making history right now - not just for themselves, but also for the whole entrepreneurship field as what’s possible as an Asian and woman of color. This week, I have the AMAZING Michelle Carrizosa with us. Michelle is ...

Redefining Authenticity: From HR to Holistic Career Coach for First Gen Professionals with Arianna Laila Dela Rosa

March 26, 2021 21:18 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

In honor of Women’s History Month, I’ve invited a couple of my clients who just started their businesses, and made their first 1K and beyond within 3 months, to share their insights, mindset shifts and behind the scenes stories with you. Each of them is breaking barriers and making history right now - not just for themselves, but also for the whole entrepreneurship field as what’s possible as an Asian and woman of color. This week, I have the AMAZING Arianna Laila Dela Rosa with us. Arianna...

Redefining Making Paid Offers: From English Teacher & Consultant to Life Transitions Coach with Kristy Ishii

March 19, 2021 22:55 - 1 hour - 67.1 MB

In honor of Women’s History Month, I’ve invited a couple of my clients who just started their businesses, and made their first 1K and beyond within 3 months, to share their insights, mindset shifts and behind the scenes stories with you. Each of them is breaking barriers and making history right now - not just for themselves, but also for the whole entrepreneurship field as what’s possible as an Asian and woman of color. This week, I have the INCREDIBLE Kristy Ishii with us. Kristy is a lif...

Redefining Past Experiences: From Science PhD to Holistic Health Copywriter with Kim DeGracia

March 12, 2021 21:46 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MB

In honor of Women’s History Month, I’ve invited a couple of my clients who just started their businesses, and made their first 1K and beyond within 3 months, to share their insights, mindset shifts and behind the scenes stories with you. Each of them is breaking barriers and making history right now - not just for themselves, but also for the whole entrepreneurship field as what’s possible as an Asian and woman of color. This week, I have the AMAZING Kim DeGracia with us. Kim is a PhD scien...

Redefining Money: From Making 1K in My First Year of Business, to Making 10K in A Week

March 08, 2021 20:05 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MB

Happy Women's History Month! I'm also celebrating a new milestone in my creative business - where I just created 10K IN A WEEK! This wasn't even in my realm of possibility a year ago, or frankly even 3 years ago when I made about 1K (with rounding up) in my first year of entrepreneurship. This is why I love creating from the future, instead of letting the past define us. And because this podcast is all about breaking barriers, I wanted to share with you what I found the most helpful on the j...

BONUS: Redefining parenting & our relationship with parents

January 17, 2021 23:42 - 1 hour - 58.8 MB

Our relationship with our parents is one of the most important ones of our lives - not only did our parents shape our childhood where many of our values and beliefs were formed and influence us to this day, but it also determines the way we nurture our next generation. Iris Chen is an author, unschooling mom, deconstructing tiger parent, and founder of the Untigering movement. As an advocate for peaceful parenting and educational freedom for children, her mission is to inspire generational ...

From Marketing at Facebook to Becoming a Laughter Yogapreneur

October 09, 2020 01:23 - 1 hour - 58.9 MB

Jenna Pascual shares her story of how she left the tech world to become an entrepreneur and laughter yoga teacher.

Redefining Boundaries with Clover Lam, founder of Unconventional Asians

September 25, 2020 19:22 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MB

In this bonus episode, I coach Clover, founder of Unconventional Asians, how to set boundaries. This is a recorded coaching session, so if you were ever curious about how coaching works or how coaching with me is like, you can experience that in this episode!

Redefining Success: From VP at BlackRock to co-founding an EdTech company

September 04, 2020 18:05 - 1 hour - 60.6 MB

Denise Wang shares her journey of becoming a VP at BlackRock after graduating from Yale, to quitting her job and starting a career development platform called UniCareer.

Redefining Success: From Branding in Tech to Creating Surrealistic Art

June 27, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 59.3 MB

Melissa Ess shares her journey of going from nightlife and tech to channeling her experiences and trauma into poignant art pieces as a founder of Ikigaijin.Studio

Redefining Success: From Harvard + Tech to Freelance Illustration

May 28, 2020 13:30 - 1 hour - 66.8 MB

Susie Yi shares her story of switching careers from tech (and almost going to dental school after Harvard) to pursuing the arts full-time and becoming a freelance illustrator.

3 Lessons from Taking a Creative Break (and learning to fall in love with creating again)

May 14, 2020 10:32 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MB

In this episode, I share the 3 major lessons I learned from taking a creative break and what helped nourish my passion for this craft. This personal interview is all about exploring the unwritten rules that we have set for ourselves as creators. And how to let go of expectations from society and those rules from yourself.

Redefining Success: From EY Consultant to Co-founder of a Fashion Startup

February 07, 2020 09:32 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MB

Tanya Zhang shares her journey of switching careers from consulting to building her own fashion startup that makes actually slim fit men’s shirts called Nimble Made.

Redefining Success: From Biology Major to Music Producer

January 24, 2020 02:07 - 1 hour - 69.3 MB

Adam Kim shares how he switched from a biology major to a full-time music producer, and hitting 1 million streams in one of his songs!

Redefining Life: From a near-death experience with Guillain-Barré Syndrome to rebuilding her career

January 16, 2020 22:47 - 1 hour - 63.3 MB

Carolyn Brunson shares her journey of overcoming a sudden rare illness and how she was able to bounce back through meditation, exercise, and a faith over fear mindset.

Redefining Success: From Data Analyst to Product Designer

January 10, 2020 02:10 - 53 minutes - 49.1 MB

Yang You shares her story of how she was able to switch from a background in data analytics and civil engineering into product design at a SF startup.

Redefining Success: From Working in Corporate America to Starting his Own Consulting Firm

January 02, 2020 23:45 - 1 hour - 68.5 MB

Marcus Chan shares his story of quitting his corporate job and the behind the scenes tips on how he was able to set his new business up for success.

BONUS: Year in Review - From Feeling Unworthy to Feeling Enough

December 26, 2019 17:00 - 20 minutes - 19.1 MB

I’m a firm believer that reflection doesn’t have to be hard so for anyone who wants to do a year in review that feels easeful, this is for you! In this episode of Asians Redefining Their Success, I guide you through the 5 core questions to ask yourself to reflect upon 2019 and plan for the new year. It’s also short and sweet - the whole exercise only takes 20 minutes :)

Redefining Success: From Petroleum Engineer to Marketing CEO

December 19, 2019 18:45 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MB

Islin Munisteri shares her story of how she quit her job in engineering because of the stress on her mental health and how she started her own business as a way to have flexibility to see doctors, and empower herself to get better.

Redefining Success: From PhD Student to Teaching English Abroad in Korea

December 12, 2019 17:19 - 47 minutes - 43.7 MB

David Tian shares his story of leaving the prestigious academic route and pursuing what fulfills him - teaching students in Korea.

Redefining Success: From Tech to Personal Fitness

December 06, 2019 03:20 - 1 hour - 62.7 MB

Nelson Toriano shares his story on how he was able to quit his job in tech and become a highly successful personal trainer, as well as finance coach for new personal trainers.

Redefining Success: From Customer Success to Recruiting

November 28, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.8 MB

Kristie Moy shares her story on how she changed careers from Customer Success to Recruiting and all the steps in between that helped her find a career she loves.

Redefining Success: From Accountant to Money Mindset Coach + Entrepreneur

November 21, 2019 08:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MB

Lily Hii shares her story of how she changed careers from being in accounting for years, to finally starting her business and becoming a money mindset coach.

Redefining Success: From Accountant to Entreprenuer + Money Mindset Coach

November 21, 2019 08:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MB

Episode 6 - “Often times, the things that you crave about is the answer to your happiness and goals.” Lily Hii is an accountant turned business owner and money mindset coach who is passionate in helping women entrepreneurs break through their fear of money and become successfully wealthy while loving their life and family. In this episode of Asians Redefining Their Success, you’ll hear about how to navigate changing jobs after taking a break (especially after maternity leave), way...

Redefining Success: From Consultant to Content Creator in Tech

November 14, 2019 08:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MB

Ruika Lin shares her story and advice on how she followed her creative interests, and changed careers in completely different industries, from consulting to tech.

Redefining Success: From Food Scientist to Podcaster

November 07, 2019 08:00 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MB

Adam Yee shares his story on how he turned his side project in podcasting into a full-time career.

Redefining Success: From Doctor to Writer

November 01, 2019 00:55 - 55 minutes - 51 MB

Episode 3 - “I spent much of life as the Model Asian, so didn’t have much time off to figure out what I really wanted to do.” From quitting her job as a doctor to pursue the creative path at age 30, Toni Liu is the epitome of breaking norms and boundaries. In this episode of Asians Redefining Their Success, you’ll hear about the one question that made Toni realize being a doctor wasn’t right for her, strategic ways to experiment with different interests while planning for your futu...