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Finding Mojo with Zana and Nico

19 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago -

In Finding Mojo, we will guide and inspire you to grow as an individual and find the balance to lead a meaningful and contented life. In each episode, we will share stories with key learnings that you can use as practical tools in navigating your life’s journey. We’ll touch on all aspects of life – relationships, career and finance. We hope you’ll seek to find the balance with your eyes wide open and take every challenge that life throws at you as an opportunity. This podcast is brought to you by BSA Solutions Inc. for the Millenials-on-the go in Cebu, Philippines.

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Episodes

Finding Mojo Season 2 Episode 2: Rapper Magic Thinking Big

September 21, 2023 07:28 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MB

In this episode, get ready to read the brilliant mind of one of the country's fastest-rising rappers, Cookie$.  From his humble beginnings learning to play music in church, to quickly blossoming into a rock drummer, Job (in real life) went through a major speed bump after moving to Atlanta, thus putting a stop to his music career in the Philippines.  To his surprise, life has quite a few tricks up its sleeve. While exploring other professional pursuits, he mustered the courage to write and...

Finding Mojo Season 2 Premiere: Leading the stage with Margo Frasco, the Multifaceted Maven.

July 04, 2023 04:56 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MB

In this episode, Zana and Nico chat with Margo Frasco, a successful entrepreneur, radio host, and dance and performing arts director. Margo shares her journey of pursuing her passions across different countries and cultures. She reveals how she balances her family business with her creative endeavours, and how she overcomes challenges with gratitude and resilience. Margo is the CEO of Titay’s Liloan Rosquillos and Delicacies, Inc., famous for its rosquillos, a ring-shaped cookie that was in...

Episode 14 - Full Throttle in Speed and Life

March 15, 2023 06:57 - 36 minutes - 83.7 MB

This episode features Joe Vincent Medrano, one of our modern-day road heroes. He provides daily ease and comfort for commuters as one of our dynamic and energetic Angkas bikers - like a Grab rider but on a motorbike. Everything started with his love for going the distance and pushing the limits of his motorcycle while travelling to different parts of Cebu. He can still experience all these while making good money to provide for his family. A jack of all trades, Joe has dabbled in diffe...

Episode 13 - Pivoting with A Clear Purpose

December 23, 2022 09:43 - 34 minutes - 78.2 MB

In this episode, we spent an afternoon with Clyde Maratas. His passion for quality service, his sound business acumen, and his undeniable charm, has won him more clients, and dare we say a "Poster Boy" candidate for his company, IntelliCare. Clyde pursued varied interests in his teenage years, opening up opportunities for him to discover more about himself and what his passionate about. He joined the BPO industry for two years before shifting gears into the health insurance industry, takin...

Episode 12 - Taking the Road Less Travelled.

November 09, 2022 09:57 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MB

BSA Solutions Inc. officially turns TWO on the 3 October, reaching a full 24 months of commitment, dedication, and enduring efforts on the part of the team. In this episode, Zana took us down memory lane, how Team BSA started at the same time as COVID-19 and how they navigated through it, but with a positive impact. Team BSA had grown from only four original members when it first began in 2020 to support 366 Associates at the end of October 2022. Whilst the majority, 60%, come in physicall...

Episode 11 - Between Sunstar, Fantasy Fool and Beautiful Show.

September 12, 2022 06:07 - 34 minutes - 39 MB

Get some insights on how you can turn your passion into a career when you have a vision. In this episode, we spent the afternoon with Luis Quibranza, finding out how his work as an editor has helped him stay focused on his passion for pursuing his career as a musician. Luis's love for writing, poetry and songs has led him to be a lifestyle editor. He started at SunStar as an intern and now as an editor covers a mix of subjects - lifestyle, sports and many more. You can read his restauran...

Episode 10 How King Spade makes the most of vinyl records.

April 19, 2022 15:06 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MB

Meet Simon Nunez, aka King Spade, a Cebu-based musician, and an entrepreneur. Inspired by his grandfather and father, who were also musicians in the 1990s, he spent his younger years listening to their music and taught himself how to play the guitar and read music. He followed his passion, joining several Cebu bands as a bass player and singing at gigs around Cebu and Manila. He recorded his first Ep vinyl under a Japanese record label before covid hits in 2019. Injecting a different v...

Episode 9 - This Filipino Will Teach You All You Need To Know About working with Australians

March 21, 2022 09:20 - 40 minutes - 56 MB

Many young Filipinos choose to live and work abroad for a promising brighter future. Living abroad is a unique transitional experience, and it may not be for everyone. During the COVID pandemic, many decided to return and settle at home in the Philippines. In this episode, we have Clacier Paciente sharing her migration story. In 2004, Clacier decided to move her family to Australia to seek a better lifestyle. Their first home was in Geraldton, Western Australia, a regional area with a popu...

Episode 8 Best advice you could ever get in being financially responsible.

February 26, 2022 04:36 - 34 minutes - 47.8 MB

A special guest in this Episode 8 is the Chief Financial Controller and Co-founder of BSA Solutions Inc, Chino Chua. Chino has achieved what many accountants can only dream of. In his studies, Chino was magna cum laude in his university and the top ten scorers in the Philippines for his CPA board exam. He started his career with SGV and continued to get the best training from international companies. In 2020, he co-founded BSA Solutions Inc., an outsourcing company in Cebu, providing jobs to...

Episode 8 Best advice you could ever get in being financially responsible.

February 26, 2022 04:36 - 34 minutes - 47.8 MB

A special guest in this Episode 8 is the Chief Financial Controller and Co-founder of BSA Solutions Inc, Chino Chua. Chino has achieved what many accountants can only dream of. In his studies, Chino was magna cum laude in his university and the top ten scorers in the Philippines for his CPA board exam. He started his career with SGV and continued to get the best training from international companies. In 2020, he co-founded BSA Solutions Inc., an outsourcing company in Cebu, providing jobs to...

Episode 7 - Take your first step towards self-discovery

February 08, 2022 17:56 - 28 minutes - 38.9 MB

There's no better time to get started on taking the first step towards self-discovery. Find your mojo and live the life you want. Sounds like a complex topic? In this episode, we have Phil Pynor, a pastor and corporate strategist, who will unpack the process for us. Phil currently lives in Cebu City. Phil works with leaders and not-for-profit organisations in Australia, the Philippines and Cambodia. He is currently working on rebuilding the slum community after Typhoon Odette. Phil helpe...

Episode 6 - A Tango with COVID

February 02, 2022 07:05 - 38 minutes - 53.3 MB

🔊 We brought to you Dr Cecile Cabias-Jaca, an internal medicine, cardiologist. She shared her experience in treating COVID patients in four hospitals in Cebu from the start, through the troughs and peaks of the pandemic, until now. She has the actual data that proves how vaccination can save a person's life. Dr Cecile also shared her journey in managing her stress amidst the fear and uncertainty. Listen to the secret ingredients 💥 she shared on how to be successful for the millennials. ...

Episode 5 Part 2 Deep Listening is a Loving Speech

January 12, 2022 01:31 - 36 minutes - 50.2 MB

We continue with Part 2 of the series with Azah Yazmin, the relationship therapist. We explore a technique focusing on creating an emotionally safe space in a conversation. In this episode, Zana and Nico imitate a couple, negotiating the demand of career and family. When using the 'I' statement and paraphrasing, it replaces the ‘attack-defend’ style of many failed conversations and relationships with a ‘listen-accept’ conversation cycle, leading naturally to an amicable solution.

Episode 5 Deep Listening is a Loving Speech

December 05, 2021 09:40 - 28 minutes - 38.6 MB

This two-part series will explore how our conversation style influences our relationships. Our guest, Azah Yazmin, a trained emotionally-focused relationship therapist, will share the ‘process’ in managing tough and deep conversations for successful relationships. We judge from the first five minutes when we hear another person talk. The problem is communication – talking and listening, are very complex. How we speak and listen is a learned social behaviour influenced by cultural and chil...

Episode 4 Finding Balance at Midlife

November 27, 2021 16:00 - 26 minutes - 36 MB

Our special guest in this episode is Nicolay Enriquez, my co-host who wears many hats as a radio DJ, event host, and singer-songwriter. Nico shared his journey to becoming a radio DJ and how it opens the doors to other opportunities. Ready to settle down at 37, he fell in love with a neighbour. Living the mantra of happy wife, happy life, Nico shares how important it is to have a collaborative relationship to get to a happy and contented relationship. Recently, he released his single ‘Br...

Episode 3 Self-empowerment through Cosplay

November 20, 2021 14:09 - 32 minutes - 45.2 MB

In this episode, we have Mais Semblante who found her mojo and chose Cosplay as her profession. She knew that she was different, unlike other girls since she was a kid. An introvert, she built her own world, found comfort in comic books, play-acting the characters from her comic books and pretended to have superpowers. She started taking Cosplay seriously when she found that playing dress-up, doing what she loved as a child can help her make money. In the beginning, she invested serious ti...

Episode 2 Passion and Philanthropy with Marvin Conson

November 13, 2021 17:00 - 22 minutes - 33.2 MB

Having tried different career paths from a call centre agent to a web developer in a full-time job, made Marvin a better business owner in the health and lifestyle industry. Starting a business during the pandemic was challenging and requires Marvin to be fluid and make difficult bold decisions. Despite tough times, Marvin still finds time to give back to the community. Collaborating with Gaisano Country Mall, he is now raising funds for the Dream Big Project, building Community Library. Joi...

Episode 1 Welcome to Finding Mojo!

October 28, 2021 03:05 - 57 seconds - 2.67 MB

Welcome to Finding Mojo, hosted by Zana Gawan-Taylor and Nicholay Enriquez. I am Zana, a Malaysian and currently residing in Cebu City, Philippines since 2018. I am the CEO of BSA Solutions Inc. I am passionate about developing professional talents in the Philippines and helping businesses build their dream team offshore in the Philippines. My co-host, Nicholay or Nico, wears many hats – a radio DJ at 92.3, an event host, an artist – guitarist in a band, a singer and a songwriter. He recentl...

Welcome to Finding Mojo!

October 28, 2021 03:05 - 58 seconds - 2.67 MB

Welcome to Finding Mojo, hosted by Zana Gawan-Taylor and Nicholay Enriquez. I am Zana, a Malaysian and currently residing in Cebu City, Philippines since 2018. I am the CEO of BSA Solutions Inc. I am passionate about developing professional talents in the Philippines and helping businesses build their dream team offshore in the Philippines. My co-host, Nicholay or Nico, wears many hats – a radio DJ at 92.3, an event host, an artist – guitarist in a band, a singer and a songwriter. He recentl...